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You are painting only one sided picture and that's obvious from username you have chosen. India has 1bn+ people, you can't generalize this. There are bunch of

You are painting only one sided picture and that's obvious from username you have chosen. India has 1bn+ people, you can't generalize this. There are bunch of Brahmin people at higher level who actively work to uplift others and they do this without being atheist. There are 12 types of beliefs defined in Indian spirituality, it's not binary as in atheist vs believer. Also, food for thought - are all Brahmins in India are still privileged to earn status of CEOs and managers? The amount of caste based reservation in education to jobs - it's hard for Brahmins to get a seat in college or take a job nowadays, still if these people are on top - do you think it's only some privilege? You are wrong here. Please provide both the sides on platforms like HN or some brahmins in india will have to have their own version of BLM - "Brahmin Lives Matter"

castevictim 6y ago
>BLM - "Brahmin Lives Matter" How many Brahmins or upper caste people were killed by a dalit family for marrying their loved one? Can you say for sure that no dalit or someone from other oppressed community was killed 'today' for the same reason? I'm not surprisd that you mock BLM, what caste racists think of the 'Black lives matter' is quite evident from the social media posts of casteists in India and abroad. India has consecutively been rated the most racist country in the world for a reason. >reservation Sins. Let's remove caste system, make castes illegal, burn your caste certificate, give time period for removing reservation; what would be the appropriate time line for remedy thousand years of injustice? Would you even vote for someone who says the above? Even if caste system is made illegal today, the vast & powerful brahminical network advantage would benefit upper caste people for several generations. Where as lower caste people would suffer for next 100 years if reservation is removed.
sumedh 6y ago
> India has 1bn+ people, you can't generalize this. Have you seen the matrimonial ads in India? Why am I getting a feeling that you are a Brahmin and you are not happy that people from lower castes have their own quotas in govt jobs/education.
- Bang2Bay 6y ago
  > Why am I getting a feeling that you are a Brahmin is this NOT caste discrimination? 'feel' a person to be a brahmin and victimize ?
- throwaway781341 6y ago
  may be the reason why you are getting this feeling is that racist instinct. and no, I'm not unhappy for the said reason. If you read my comment properly, I was pointing out the fact that mentioning only one side of the story, because one fell victim to the caste system, on a forum like HN is wrong as it provides very different picture. Most of the people reading this have no clue what it's like. Be responsible.
  - sumedh 6y ago
    Why are you using a throwaway account, are you ashamed to admit that upper castes in India have subjugated lower castes or are you just ashamed that everyone else on HN now knows about India's dirty laundry? Shame is good, it will help you change.
    - throwaway781341 6y ago
      thanks
  - castevictim 6y ago
    >because one fell victim to the caste system [0] Is just the caste violence, even for that data is not complete[1]. Should we talk about discrimination then? [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste-related_violence_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste-related_violence_in_In... [1]https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318318717_Are_There_Caste_Atrocities_in_India_What_the_Data_Can_and_Cannot_Tell_Us https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318318717_Are_There...

castevictim 6y ago

>BLM - "Brahmin Lives Matter" How many Brahmins or upper caste people were killed by a dalit family for marrying their loved one? Can you say for sure that no dalit or someone from other oppressed community was killed 'today' for the same reason? I'm not surprisd that you mock BLM, what caste racists think of the 'Black lives matter' is quite evident from the social media posts of casteists in India and abroad. India has consecutively been rated the most racist country in the world for a reason. >reservation Sins. Let's remove caste system, make castes illegal, burn your caste certificate, give time period for removing reservation; what would be the appropriate time line for remedy thousand years of injustice? Would you even vote for someone who says the above? Even if caste system is made illegal today, the vast & powerful brahminical network advantage would benefit upper caste people for several generations. Where as lower caste people would suffer for next 100 years if reservation is removed.

sumedh 6y ago

> India has 1bn+ people, you can't generalize this. Have you seen the matrimonial ads in India? Why am I getting a feeling that you are a Brahmin and you are not happy that people from lower castes have their own quotas in govt jobs/education.

Bang2Bay 6y ago
> Why am I getting a feeling that you are a Brahmin is this NOT caste discrimination? 'feel' a person to be a brahmin and victimize ?
throwaway781341 6y ago
may be the reason why you are getting this feeling is that racist instinct. and no, I'm not unhappy for the said reason. If you read my comment properly, I was pointing out the fact that mentioning only one side of the story, because one fell victim to the caste system, on a forum like HN is wrong as it provides very different picture. Most of the people reading this have no clue what it's like. Be responsible.
- sumedh 6y ago
  Why are you using a throwaway account, are you ashamed to admit that upper castes in India have subjugated lower castes or are you just ashamed that everyone else on HN now knows about India's dirty laundry? Shame is good, it will help you change.
  - throwaway781341 6y ago
    thanks
- castevictim 6y ago
  >because one fell victim to the caste system [0] Is just the caste violence, even for that data is not complete[1]. Should we talk about discrimination then? [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste-related_violence_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste-related_violence_in_In... [1]https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318318717_Are_There_Caste_Atrocities_in_India_What_the_Data_Can_and_Cannot_Tell_Us https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318318717_Are_There...