From other discussions...

[recumbentgoat]

...at blackfolk and interracial, I decided to see what I could find on the history/origin of the light vs. dark skin issues that pervade most poc communities.

Old Time Racial Terms & More "There are many words in America’s history and the history of the Americas that have been used to identify, disguise, categorize, control, or to segregate People of Color. Here

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[rillifane]

I note with amusement the following assertion:"the fair skin preference reflects a legacy of colonialism on the subcontinent, in which white skin was associated with European oppression"

The preference for fair skin predates any European colonialism, Rather it is the fact that the various invaders from the North, Persoans, pathans, etc etc were fairer skinned than the indigenous Dravidan peoples.

So the ubiquitous urge to bitch out Europeans leads the author to forget that the original south Asian is a very dark skinned Dravidian.

[recumbentgoat]

Yeah, I'd wondered if the author was writing from an American p.o.v.

But it is amazing how neatly western culture falls into this...

'nutha article that goes into origins of caste system

[recumbentgoat]

damn. Here it is http://www.newnation.org/Millard/Millard-Bedroom-Genocide.html

[ebonbird]

Dude, that is a piece of trash. Interesting how the author is looking for a white religion that keeps whiteness whites. Too bad for him that a Zoroastrianism isn't a religion that accepts converts, 'cause, Aryans? Plenty white. Whiter than the whitest white dude in America, anyway. ;)

[recumbentgoat]

http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/India/02/graham/graham.htm

Better article without the soft-pedaled David Duke thing going on...

[recumbentgoat]

Damn you know I should've read Millard's article more closely.

I would've known something was up if I read that he believe's American Indians have 'washed out' of existence from 'absorbtion' from white folks. And we know that wasn't the case.....especially since some tribes have been denied recognition based on Jim Crow....