Ah, fascinating. I was aware of Gandhi's actions on behalf of Indians vs. "Negroes" but hadn't heard this story. Watch the interesting intersections of class v

Ah, fascinating. I was aware of Gandhi's actions on behalf of Indians vs. "Negroes" but hadn't heard this story. Watch the interesting intersections of class vs. race vs. nationality. Gandhi was probably quite aware of the difference between the centuries-old Afrikaans (dutch-decescended) and the recently arrived British who would eventually destroy South Africa. This was very similar to the Scotch-Irish vs. Yankee schism in America today. Gandhi was an Indian nationalist first and last, but would play any necessary games necessary on his way... I won't draw any further comparisons.