One year later - Community responses to Hindu Colonial Trauma series
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After one year of being public, below are some responses I received from community members who watched my 1,000 Years of Hindu Colonial Trauma presentation series.
When I launched the presentation series, I talked about how, without understanding Hindu history, you cannot understand world history and you will not understand the roots of our problems today. All liberation movements around the world are in some critical way connected to Hindu colonial trauma.
Think about the people who say they understand Black issues in the US even though they have never studied the transatlantic slave trade, the civil war, segregation, redlining, the drug war, the school-to-prison pipeline, and on and on. Think about the people who say they understand Native issues in the US but have never bothered studying the genocides, the Indian wars, the reservation system, the smallpox riddled blankets, the boarding schools, missing and murdered Indigenous women, and on and on.
Think about how ignorant and racist and harmful such people can be. Think about how they often they say to Black and Indigenous peoples: “That was a long time ago.” and “Get over it.”
Then think about your appropriation of yoga, ayurveda, Indian food / clothing / music / art / science. Think about your casual acceptance of the western media’s narrative about India and Hindus. Think about your attitude towards Indian tech workers in the US. Think about how Hindus are often dismissed as a “model minority”.
Think about how, when Hindus try to talk about their history, many people tell them: “That was a long time ago,” and “Get over it.”
If you know nothing about Hindu colonial trauma, you are very likely causing a great deal of harm through your ignorance. This is why you need to educate yourself about this critical issue.
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This is what other community members thought of the series:
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Resources
Hindu Colonial Trauma video presentation series
Attack on Hindu freedom of religion
The Nazi hakenkreuz is not a swastika
The continued desecration of Hindu temples
“Anti-oppression” and cultural appropriation
Hindu multiverse culturally appropriated for profit
What “glorious” chapters, Ken?
My Hindu ancestors forced to fight Britain’s WWI and WWII
Racist Hinduphobes in Seattle at it again
What the Empire doesn’t want you to know
Hinduphobic disability justice
Magic Frequency Theory?? Urgh!
No, Indy, it doesn’t belong in a museum
What I worried about the day before the election
My Critique of Legend of Korra
The Queen’s favorite son, veterans, and rape culture
I don’t like International Day of Yoga
PM Modi, Indian Hindu women saw what you did
1,600 Years of Christian Supremacy