“At that point in time the human condition didn’t separate themselves by skin complexion, but by language and respective nationality. The idea of using skintone as a system for separating people was adopted by the Europeans from the hindudes who had a setup that divided their priests from their farmers and manual laborers. The hindudes caste system appeared to the Europeans as social stratification according to skintone since the priests were essentially lighter skinned than the farmers.”
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Dallas,
This post was an interesting read, however I feel compelled to write the following:
The Hindu caste system was not devised from skin tone. Hinduism has an incredibly complex (and sometimes ridiculous) belief system that breaks down into castes etc, all of which is derived from subtle variations in their religious beliefs, locale and yes, sometimes their occupation. The ‘Priest’ caste that you referred to (known as the Brahmins) are made up of all different skin tones, dark, light…some even have East Asian features. This is more to do with a geographic / climatic locale in the subcontinent than anything else. In the south of India for example, the majority of the Indians are predominately darker and this has more to do with the climate (more sun etc) and being descendents of the Tamils. Up north, peoples skin is generally fairer, because of cooler climate, but also because of their historical lineage, being the descendents of Persians.
The claim that Europeans adopted this system is somewhat confusing as well. European history has always had a caste system, call it what you will, going all the way back to the Romans. With the formation of city states during the medieval period, the European system of organizing people into castes was only heightened, mostly due to finance.
Finally, I hope that this constant reference to ‘Hindudes’ is a term of endearment. It would be a disappointment if that is not the case. This is your blog, not mine so I will stop there.
Verses,
I will need more time to clarify my supposition on the European interpretation on the Indian caste system so I can’t fully answer your comment to that, as far as my description of the central asian diaspora as Hindudes you might could call that a term of endearment. When I am spitting fires directed towards that population I call them Hindurabic as an epithet
Verses,
I will need more time to clarify my supposition on the European interpretation on the Indian caste system so I can’t fully answer your comment to that, as far as my description of the central asian diaspora as Hindudes you might could call that a term of endearment. When I am spitting fires directed towards that population I call them Hindurabic as an epithet
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just curious…when i get the chance, ill email you some titles of some books bout this…it might sound cliche / gay etc, but some of these shits are a real good read…
Caste and colour are part and parcel, ask a sikh. The untouchables (bottom of the caste) are referred to as the blacks of India. India was ruled and settled by the Dravidians, blacks of Afrika. The Hindurabics are as guilty as the rest, for the colour/class social strats.
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“At that point in time the human condition didn’t separate themselves by skin complexion, but by language and respective nationality. The idea of using skintone as a system for separating people was adopted by the Europeans from the hindudes who had a setup that divided their priests from their farmers and manual laborers. The hindudes caste system appeared to the Europeans as social stratification according to skintone since the priests were essentially lighter skinned than the farmers.”
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Dallas,
This post was an interesting read, however I feel compelled to write the following:
The Hindu caste system was not devised from skin tone. Hinduism has an incredibly complex (and sometimes ridiculous) belief system that breaks down into castes etc, all of which is derived from subtle variations in their religious beliefs, locale and yes, sometimes their occupation. The ‘Priest’ caste that you referred to (known as the Brahmins) are made up of all different skin tones, dark, light…some even have East Asian features. This is more to do with a geographic / climatic locale in the subcontinent than anything else. In the south of India for example, the majority of the Indians are predominately darker and this has more to do with the climate (more sun etc) and being descendents of the Tamils. Up north, peoples skin is generally fairer, because of cooler climate, but also because of their historical lineage, being the descendents of Persians.
The claim that Europeans adopted this system is somewhat confusing as well. European history has always had a caste system, call it what you will, going all the way back to the Romans. With the formation of city states during the medieval period, the European system of organizing people into castes was only heightened, mostly due to finance.
Finally, I hope that this constant reference to ‘Hindudes’ is a term of endearment. It would be a disappointment if that is not the case. This is your blog, not mine so I will stop there.
@verses i think you dropped this in the wrong place. the song is crazy i like it.
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Verses,
I will need more time to clarify my supposition on the European interpretation on the Indian caste system so I can’t fully answer your comment to that, as far as my description of the central asian diaspora as Hindudes you might could call that a term of endearment. When I am spitting fires directed towards that population I call them Hindurabic as an epithet
# the_dallas Says:
December 14th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Verses,
I will need more time to clarify my supposition on the European interpretation on the Indian caste system so I can’t fully answer your comment to that, as far as my description of the central asian diaspora as Hindudes you might could call that a term of endearment. When I am spitting fires directed towards that population I call them Hindurabic as an epithet
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
just curious…when i get the chance, ill email you some titles of some books bout this…it might sound cliche / gay etc, but some of these shits are a real good read…
Caste and colour are part and parcel, ask a sikh. The untouchables (bottom of the caste) are referred to as the blacks of India. India was ruled and settled by the Dravidians, blacks of Afrika. The Hindurabics are as guilty as the rest, for the colour/class social strats.
Melanin=pure carbon, carbon=the building block of life
Do the knowledge, then do the wisdom
“Do the knowledge, then do the wisdom”
^ This is a fux’n great line on a thousand levels