Posted by: Nepe May 28, 2007
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My argument in favor of the mass conversion of Dalits to non-Hundu religion, from an old thread.
Thread: Caste Dynamics: Buddhism's appeal for low-caste Hindus
Date: 13 Nov 2002
- http://www.sajha.com/archives/openthread.cfm?threadid=7663&dsn=sajhaarchive
"There is no dispute that despite our efforts of past whatever years, the casteism continues to harm and humiliate Dalits. It remains a formidable evil and a shame of Nepal and India. It remains to be eradicated. In other words, what we have been doing so far for it is not enough. What more can we do ? That is the question."
"I want to say upfront that I do not have a preference in religion... All religions are imperfect. So the usefulness of the conversion of Dalits is not the benefit other religions provide but rather the message it sends to the supremacist high caste people as well as Dalits themselves. It is like when an abused wife leaves her abusing husband and be with another man, it is not the other man but mostly her decision to leave the abusive husband that forces the abusing husband to give her the respect she deserves. He might try to look down upon her if not challenged. But when she will look at him eye to eye and say, ‘fu-k your supremacy, I am no longer your slave’, that bastard will not dare even in his dream to disrespect her. How about educating the abusive husband. Well we must by all means. But don’t ask the wife not to leave him."
Nepe
Thread: Caste Dynamics: Buddhism's appeal for low-caste Hindus
Date: 13 Nov 2002
- http://www.sajha.com/archives/openthread.cfm?threadid=7663&dsn=sajhaarchive
"There is no dispute that despite our efforts of past whatever years, the casteism continues to harm and humiliate Dalits. It remains a formidable evil and a shame of Nepal and India. It remains to be eradicated. In other words, what we have been doing so far for it is not enough. What more can we do ? That is the question."
"I want to say upfront that I do not have a preference in religion... All religions are imperfect. So the usefulness of the conversion of Dalits is not the benefit other religions provide but rather the message it sends to the supremacist high caste people as well as Dalits themselves. It is like when an abused wife leaves her abusing husband and be with another man, it is not the other man but mostly her decision to leave the abusive husband that forces the abusing husband to give her the respect she deserves. He might try to look down upon her if not challenged. But when she will look at him eye to eye and say, ‘fu-k your supremacy, I am no longer your slave’, that bastard will not dare even in his dream to disrespect her. How about educating the abusive husband. Well we must by all means. But don’t ask the wife not to leave him."
Nepe