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> What caste? That is to say, what was your ancestors' equivalent experience of racism? Persecutor or persecuted? This seems strange: to label entire people as
by flumpcakes 3y ago
> What caste? That is to say, what was your ancestors' equivalent experience of racism? Persecutor or persecuted?
This seems strange: to label entire people as either the victims or perpetrators of racism solely based on their caste.
- underlipton 3y agoYes, that is expressly what caste entails. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10764522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10764522/ >The Indian caste system is one of the oldest systematized and institutionalized forms of oppression, having been in existence for over 3,000 years (Thapa et al., 2021). https://www.hrw.org/reports/pdfs/g/general/caste0801.pdf https://www.hrw.org/reports/pdfs/g/general/caste0801.pdf >In much of Asia and parts of Africa, caste is the basis for the definition and exclusion of distinct population groups by reason of their descent. Using one's status as a person of color to legitimize carrying water for racism doesn't work if someone is upper caste. They've essentially seen all the benefits of their ancestral form of racism; their arguing for it carries no moral weight. I would say the same of someone from a noble lineage in Europe if they were to make the same statements.