• LalSalaamComrade@lemmy.mlOP
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    4 months ago

    I could not watch the entire video, but if it does not discuss about “sanskritization” vs “brahminization” vs “vedicization”, it would be another key topic to understanding how “upliftment”, folk cultural appropriation and identity erasure works in the rigid Varna system. Kind of similar to the model minority, but also different in some way. Oh, and some folks may suggest that removing surname fixes this - which speaks volume about castelessness as a privilege - it’s bullshit and reeks of the same energy as “I don’t see race”.