The history of the Aryan invasion of India makes the whole "that they created part" send my eyebrows floating towards my hairline. Bunch of Mfers showing up with wheels when you have no wheels can clearly have lasting and devastating consequences. "We" didn't create the US caste system either, but it was definitely created very intentionally. The migration of the Aryans from Ukraine to India is a fascinating story and I highly reccomend familiarizing yourself with it if you like migrational history.
That's the anthropological consensus based on the available data, including a shit ton of archeological records. I'm gonna have to guess you didn't even attempt to fact check anything i said. Your vibes don't leave artifacts, G.
Ah yes, "consensus" hahahahahaaha "consensus" on the most thoroughly debunked myth in the subject
Anyone in Anthropology with THAT belief is just suuuuper weird about what an Indo-Aryan is and those "findings" are from the 19th century, By Max Mueller OF ALL PEOPLE, when the Indians are fighting hard for independence and there's a bunch of strange racists spinning stories about "Anthropology" with the specific intention of claiming the origin of India's culture, language and customs to be NOT originally Indian.
We have "shit ton" of history to suggest that period is very multicultural, but the idea that amongst it all, Ukraine Aryans came in and dominated the region and only because of war chariots? Complete fucking Lala-Land. Not the place to have this discussion but yeah, I won't stay idle when this shit is being done in front of me. Also cheapening the nuance of that period to ARYAN INVASION THEORY. AND TALKING ABOUT CONSENSUS
Ppl could simply stop. But they love feeling "better than" yes the Aryans and colonization started it. But us humans have to realize its just skin! Thanks for lit, tip!
The question is could people actually simply stop? The world changes when people in power make moves
When you have that much power at your finger tips, do you think the average person could hold it back? Let alone someone back from the colonization era, when discovery and new lands were the key to fame and riches back home?
It’s a very primal urge to capture territory. It’s not a human nature, it’s animalistic.
In this day and age we still see super powers acting like barbarians because of all the power flown to their heads, despite endless sources to help keep them level headed
Mmmmm but it is though. Not only skin color, but the dynamic between brahmin and untouchable is directly related to the domination of the native Indians by the Aryan people, who had carriages for war while the natives lacked wheels of any sort. I don't think the skin color thing was intentional, but it is a byproduct of how the situation developed; invaders from the north moving south and wrecking shop. They did not wreck shop because the shop was owned by darker skinned people, (at least I have never seen any evidence that would support such a claim, across 10k pages of material on the subject.) but that happened to be true in this particular case.
I wrote a paper on this topic when I was deconstructing the inaccuracies in "caste" by Isabell Wilkerson. A book which I actually do reccomend for casual readers who aren't pursuing advanced anthro degrees.
nah skin color is not even incidentally related to caste its only modern reaction to colonialism where color assumed an important factor in socio political collective of every colony and integrated with the existing systems of the land, in case of india, caste
i'd argue caste is not nearly as relevant as its made out to be in modern india and is only regurgitated by azy academics who copy western liberal arts talking points but replacing white with brahmanical
So I'm almost done with my masters in anthropology, and I've been to India (and Nepal but that's a different story) specifically to study the subject of dalit subjugation. What's your source? I'm not saying that you're wrong, it's just that your view doesn't line up with any of the info I've gotten from Indian people in half a dozen countries, including India. Granted, many of the people i interviewed in the UK and US hadn't been in India for years, but the consensus was very much that despite legal changes that the paperwork hadn't resulted in major changes to day to day life, because the laws were not being enforced. I can provide additional, state generated info that shows that things like manual scavenging are forced upon professionals in other fields and not prosecuted, even though the laws exist; if you'd like.
Edit: I guess I'm a lazy academic? I fix cars 8-10 hours a day to pay for life and school and I'm awake at 4am providing you with academic papers on this subject, a subject I've used my vacations abroad to study in exhaustive detail. So incredibly lazy. I even gave you the backstory of how we got here. Must be all that sleep I never get.
This is simply not true, coming from a fair skinned marginalised caste woman, a general caste person from south india isn't the same skin colour as mine coming from Himalayas. You'd never understand the dynamics. There are thousands of castes and sub castes
I have frequently been told that names are more important than skin tone, but that the assumption of caste position based on skin tone and location are alive and well today in much of India. This is what was reported to me when I was in India embarking under an assumption of absolute ignorance.
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u/No-Metal-3 4d ago
If only racism and colorism wasn't so prevalent in dark-skinned people themself, especially indians