> On 21 July 2013 10:40, Patrice Riemens <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Indian Constitution itself is 'racist', since it grants a > separate, and protective, status to Anglo-Indians, a category that can > only be described as being constructed on 'racist', or at least > 'ethnicist' terms since it is based on particular lineage, in casu > 'European descent'. > > It would not surprise me if Jose Colaco himself belonged to that category. > > 'Racism-in-reverse', especially towards 'whites' is a very complex and > little discussed issue.. > > Anyway, to go back to General Candeth, he probably was merely going by > the customs of his time: 'you do not touch whites'. > > === > > RESPONSE > > My dear Patrice, > > With due respect, Jose Colaco would be very, very, very surprised if > he belonged to the class of people aka Anglo-Indians. > > wrt Candeth (who may have been Luso-Indian @ Candido), the racism > angle described is hardly 'you do not touch whites'; rather ..... just > the reverse. > > jc >
Hi Jose, Sorry, I should have added a ;-) to your alleged anglo-indian status. And I simply surmised the white Portuguese got the white glowes treatment. Not so? Were they badly treated? I am surprised! Cheers, p+5-3D!
