Roland Francis asks: "Are Goans Racist?" ________________________________________________________________________________________ First of all with respect to the discussion at hand re Idi Amin's expulsion of foreign passport holders from Uganda, it appears that Goans did not play a prominent part in Amin's calculations. They just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time and were painted with the same broad brush since they were part of a supporting cast for the British colonialists. Subsequently and happily they all landed on their feet elsewhere and probably with much improved prospects.Also some Indian Investors are returning to Africa as partners rather than colonialists buying and leasing farmlands and adding jobs in the agriculture sector and increasing the African agriculture output.https://www.africa-business.com/features/indians-africa-farmlands.html
As far as the Race question and more to the point the Caste question, Manusmriti's Law dating back to at least 1000 BC, is what drives this social caste construct that assigns economic advantages to certain sectors of the Indian society based on nebulous discriminators. Those who benefit from it, have no reasons to abandon the "ignorant and abhorrent law", which by the way has been deemed to be illegal in India for many years. The impact of the Portuguese Catholic culture in Goa over 450 years including the years of the Inquisition perhaps played a significant role in homogenizing Goan society but it seems there are pockets of casteism and endogamy persists. Dr. Madhvi Potluri is a Human Rights Activist. Here she presents her Thesis that DNA testing proves the irrelevance of the Caste System In India.This 30 minute presentation is a little challenging to watch as she laboriously lays the ground work, but, wait for it, wait for it, she finally discloses her main point which is that we all have the same Mother! And in her view this fact completely invalidates the Caste system in India. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fijp1Sm6ZGg Best Regards, E. DeSousa
