Maharishi in this area was perplex, because he had a mixed way. I personally never had any interaction with Maharishi in that way so I cant say. But watching the videos it seemed like in general he placed to white people more. I have not seen one African or African American Raja. No Black guys as his favorites or any of that. He did do one course in Ethiopa to train teachers to teach in the inner city.
Yet at the same time he did an interview with Ebony magazine in which they ask him about his color. He said I know I am Black why do I need to talk about it. The idea that people can talk about reincarnation and all of this spiritual stuff, invite one to their home treat you like family but the moment it comes to marriage they see it as a great disgrace. That night when someone said that to me. I had been a guest in their home for more than a week. I felt like I wanted to vomit every things I had eaten there. Yet you know this mother did not see it that way she saw it as life as usual. She came to stay in my home and cooked for me. Was very nice....... Very crazy.... --- On Sat, 6/14/08, shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Racism of Indians toward African Americans is INSANE but true To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 11:51 PM Louis: I'm curious to know what you feel about Maharishi's attitude towards African-Americans and Black Africans in general (I use the term "Black Africans" to differentiate them from White Africans, such as Charlize Theron). I'm thinking two such instances which gave an indication to me of Maharishi's thinking in this area: 1) in a video tape from La Antilla I think it was Maharishi was asked about the then-in-place Apartheid system in South Africa and his response was: (taking a flower in hand) see the flower, see how the red of the petal is segregated from the stem, see how the thorn is segregated from the leaves, see how the leaves are segregated from the stem, (and so on). 2) After a trip to Africa, he was relating his experience during a Question and Answer session he had with Africans who had come to see him at a lecture law. The thrust of Maharishi's comments were how surprised he was at the intelligence of the questions. He gave the impression that it threw him for a loop and that he didn't expect them to be intelligent at all. Thoughts? And I'd like to hear from anyone else who got the same impressions that I did on this subject... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Louis McKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But this is not Rwanda this is in The US.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would not have believed that this could be until I experienced it first hand.&nbsp;&nbsp; Absolute stupidity.... the racism that Indians have toward African Americans.&nbsp;&nbsp; I was actually told that I was of too low caste to be with the daughter of this woman.&nbsp; So I went around trying to figure just what caste this cow was suggesting I was. Here in Brazil I have a person who lives in Canada a catholic who is a very dark skinned Indian fellow.&nbsp; He tried to make out that he is in some way superior. &nbsp; But he knows I know of his plight in India which he does not like to talk about. &nbsp;&nbsp; That was the experience that made me look to places and traditions that would not think of me as next to dirt. Or 3/5 human.&nbsp;&nbsp; > > --- On Sat, 6/14/08, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Racism of Indians toward African Americans is INSANE but true > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 6:14 PM > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Louis McKenzie ltm457@ wrote: > &gt; > &gt; Man accused in hired racial killing of son¡¦s wife > &gt; India native charged with hiring killer because daughter-in- law was > black > &gt; > &gt; > > ********* > > Indians are pretty dark skinned, maybe nearly as much so as most > American blacks: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/business/worldbusiness/15ambani.html > > So, in this case, it's not really about color, but ethnic or cultural > prejudice. Which type of prejudice is exemplified perfectly in a place > like Rwanda, where people who were completely indistinguishable in > physical terms hated each other enough to kill 800 thousands: > > "In the fifteenth century the Tutsis were the rulers of most of > today's > Rwanda, with some Hutus among the nobility. Tutsis were a minority of > the population, mostly herders, and the majority Hutus were mostly > croppers. When the kings, known as Mwamis, began to centralize their > administrations, they distributed land among individuals rather than > agreeing for it to be held by the hereditary chieftains, who were > mainly Hutu. Consequently, the aristocracy of Rwanda under the Mwamis > were mainly Tutsi. > > With Mwami Rwabugiri on the throne, Rwanda became an expansionist > state. Its rulers did not bother to assess the ethnic identities of > conquered peoples brought under their sway, simply labeling all of > them "Hutu". The "Hutu" identity, consequently, was to be a > trans- > ethnic one. Eventually, "Tutsi" and "Hutu" were seen to be > economic > distinctions, rather than particularly ethnic. In fact, there was > social mobility between the Tutsis and Hutus, on the basis of > hierachial status. One could kwihutura, or lose "Hutuness", with the > accumulation of wealth.[3] Conversely, a Tutsi bereft of property could > gucupira, or lose "Tutsiness".[4] Redistribution of land, between the > > 1860s and 1890s, resulted in its owners demanding manual labor in > return for the right to occupy their property. This system of > patronage, known as uburetwa, i.e. work for access to land, left Hutus > in a serf-like status, with Tutsis as their feudal masters." > (more) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > &lt;*&gt; To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > &lt;*&gt; Your email settings: > Individual Email | Traditional > > &lt;*&gt; To change settings online go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join > (Yahoo! ID required) > > &lt;*&gt; To change settings via email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > &lt;*&gt; To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > &lt;*&gt; Your use of Yahoo! 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