03-26-2006, 08:41 PM
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also i'd like to know exactly how many members are willing to settle for a spouse who would be considered "Dark" by indian standards. how many would prefer a Nandita das or Madhaven over a Ravina Tandon or a Rahul Bose. Be dead honest. Sometimes words need to be backed by actions, so i ask how many of you are willing to practice what you preach.
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See, the thread title starts with "Obsession" - A fixation cannot be rationally explained. To each unto his own, and it is rather inane to even begin discussing such fixations, unless one is a "Professional Researcher" working on witchcraft.
Why do Americans have "Obsession" with bleaching their teeth white? and does one care? No. Not until, bleached white teeth people, tip the "Power & Privilege" balance. Should that happen, we can discuss it. Whiteness is defined in terms of power and privilege (that is, that part of the definition is widely agreed upon). As to why colonized people have fixation on it, might be an interesting study to the role of Colonialism in setting the Whiteness benchmark.
Again, a benchmark in and of itself may be harmless to a social unit (am going out on a limb here), but if it gets into self-loathing by others and starts affecting the social units, then we have a problem. Now we see Marxists using this Whiteness studies etc, and filtering it through "Identity" and we all know where it will end. Bashing Hindus, let's not fall for it.
Anyways, thought we need a course correction in this thread. Back to my cave and deal with other obsessions. <!--emo&
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also i'd like to know exactly how many members are willing to settle for a spouse who would be considered "Dark" by indian standards. how many would prefer a Nandita das or Madhaven over a Ravina Tandon or a Rahul Bose. Be dead honest. Sometimes words need to be backed by actions, so i ask how many of you are willing to practice what you preach.
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See, the thread title starts with "Obsession" - A fixation cannot be rationally explained. To each unto his own, and it is rather inane to even begin discussing such fixations, unless one is a "Professional Researcher" working on witchcraft.
Why do Americans have "Obsession" with bleaching their teeth white? and does one care? No. Not until, bleached white teeth people, tip the "Power & Privilege" balance. Should that happen, we can discuss it. Whiteness is defined in terms of power and privilege (that is, that part of the definition is widely agreed upon). As to why colonized people have fixation on it, might be an interesting study to the role of Colonialism in setting the Whiteness benchmark.
Again, a benchmark in and of itself may be harmless to a social unit (am going out on a limb here), but if it gets into self-loathing by others and starts affecting the social units, then we have a problem. Now we see Marxists using this Whiteness studies etc, and filtering it through "Identity" and we all know where it will end. Bashing Hindus, let's not fall for it.
Anyways, thought we need a course correction in this thread. Back to my cave and deal with other obsessions. <!--emo&
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