Your knowledge of the indian scene is rather poor! Read a good work on caste . First, caste is, like it or not, a part of Hinduism. If it has no legitimate basis in religion, as you say,you would have to convert every indian hindu to islam or catholiscism. Ready to take on the task, King George? But then, as we see in this forum, that does not seem to help does it? It is the original indian sin.
It is a part and parcel of the indian experience, wether hindu or not. Almost every non-hindu indian I have met, in private, will either tell you he/she is 'Brahmin' (if christian) or are desceneded from Arabs/Persians (if muslim). We can find a million faults with the india political leadership, but its handling of the caste issue at independence does it proud. For the first time in recorded indian history (unlike your enlightened and beloved european masters, George) the establishment took steps to erode caste. One man one vote, affirmative action etc. Like anything indian, it is slow, often seems to do more harm than good, and did I mention slow? But we must remeber what was being attempted. To change the very fabric of indian scoiety, our very definition. Without bloodshed, without concentration camps, without killing millions in civil war. The magnitude is mind boggling. It will take hundreds of years, but economic development and affirmative action are the only way forward. Self rightous , pompoous statements are easy, understanding and appreciating the magnitude of the task is a little harder. --- George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- halur rasho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the US most personals have a race preference, > for example a woman may describe herself > > as SWF (single white female) seeking a SWM (single > white male). Are such people racists? > > > No. Race is a biological construct and if it is not > used to discriminate, merely as an > identification marker as in the example above, it is > fine. > > Caste is a social construct built on a pack of lies, > it is fraud that has no legitimate basis in > anthropology, no legitimate basis in sociology, no > legitimate basis in humanity and religion. It > is used specifically to discriminate and is to be > rejected. > > Regards, > George > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
