Suraj Yengde - On Global Caste and Blackness
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- Suraj Yengde is India's leading public intellectual and noted scholar of caste. He is a published author in the field of Caste, Race, Ethnicity studies, and inter-regional labor migration in the global south. Currently, he is involved in developing a critical theory of Dalit and Black Studies. Yengde is author of the bestseller, Caste Matters and co-editor of award winning, The Radical in Ambedkar. Caste Matters went to reprint within a week of it's publication date and was recently featured in the prestigious "Best Non-fiction Books of the Decade" list by The Hindu.
Yengde is currently a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and an inaugural postdoctoral fellow at the Initiative for Institutional Anti-racism and Accountability (IARA) at Harvard University. He has studied in four continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America). He is also India’s first Dalit Ph.D. holder from an African university (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) in the nation's history.
Barrymore Bogues is Asa Messer Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory, Professor of Africana Studies, Director of the Center of the Study of Slavery and Justice, Professor of History of Art and Architecture.
Organized by the CCSA Departmental Undergraduate Group, this panel featuring Suraj Yengde will be moderated by Barrymore Bogues.
Center for Contemporary South Asia
Global Anti-Black Racism
I am dalit I use my money very wisely I will even save one ruppee but I will empty my pocket for buying your book. Thanks because of your videos i got tremendous positivity
Jesus this gave me chills because this is exactly what my dad used to say when I was younger, no compromises for buying books.
Birth Based Caste is a superstitious system, however Varna was the original system, in Varna there was no upper or lower, people chose the work of which they are qualified for and according to Bhagavad Gita, anyone can be a Brahman (Teacher), Shatriya (Warrior), Vaishya (Trader), Shudra (Labor) based on knowledge and skills:
🔹In Bhagavad Gita 4:13, Krishna says that he created different Varnas (Profession) on the basis of one's Karma (Activity) and Guna (Quality).
🔹Bhagavad Gita 5:18 "The truly learned, with the eyes of divine knowledge, see with equal vision a Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater"
🔹Bhagavad Gita 9:29 "I am equally disposed to all living entities: there is neither friend nor foe to Me: but those who with living sentiments render divotional service unto Me, such persons are in Me and I am in them."
🔹Bhagavad Gita 18:41 "The duties of the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras are distributed in accordance with their guṇas (quality) and not by birth.
Caste is a Spanish and Portuguese word 'casta' which stands for 'Breed' or 'lineage'.
During earlier times Caste use to be Varna (Profession) and based on merit and not by birth, I can give you instances from the ancient times, where a so-called modern day "lower caste" moved to "upper caste", e.g. Guru Valmiki, Kabir Das was from a shudra family but became a brahmin based on merit, etc
and btw Ravana was himself a Brahmin knowledgeable person from Northern India but because of his notorious activities he got punished by Rama (believed to be an OBC if we abide by caste categorization).
Lastly, you have to understand the British motive behind imposing caste:
The Caucasians (Europeans) created Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda, Africa, to divide and control the native population, and for this reason, the Rwanda Genocide occurred.
The same attempts and inequalities Europeans also tried to create amongst Indians by separating Northern India and Southern India into "Aryans" VS "Dravidians" and further dividing Hinduism into 3,000 castes and 25,000 sub-castes.
And also read about Herbert Hope Risley who created casteism, racism in Indian society by one's facial features and skin color, and Bishop Robert Caldwell who propagated the "Aryan Invasion" in Southern India to convert "Dravidians" into Christianity.
Suraj yengde is a moron and pseudo-intellectual
Jay Bhim
Are chavan dalits?
@@adimanav901 anyone can say jai bhim !
@@adimanav901 Anyone can say Jai Bhim...let me tell you why... Whoever belonging to any cast, religion, creed and race and who has been deprived & oppressed will say Jai Bhim. Jai Bhim is not only word... revolution against all odds and discrimination in the history of human kind. DR. Ambedkar has given rights to all the Indians not to Dalits only... Because today whoever is dr. Engineer, lawyer, businessmen belonging to all caste got freedom to choose their career is because of Dr. Ambedkar... because Hindu religion do not permit to work outside their cast profession. Because if you are a barber by cast you might have to do this job only...but due to constitution you have constitutional right to choose your profession. Same goes with womens as Hindu gods, purana and shastra has always denied rights to womens irrespective of any cast ( even there was sati pratha also) and Ambedkar has given rights to hindu Womens through hindu code Bill.
So understand dr. Ambedkar and his contribution to India and Deprived all hindu people.🙏
Dalits were always leaders because they were the once who revolted against the pernicious vedic dogma’s and as a consequence were subjugated as outcaste out of fear by the cunning bammans ....
That's true for Sudhra (obc and some uppercaste Sudhra like jaats), most Indigenous (SC ST) have been kept always untouchables and outcasts by aryaa since occupation (3.5 thousand years ).
@@TheBhumbak : wrong: it were only those who revolted were punished severely and subjugated to humiliation and made untouchables whereas those who compromised and surrendered were given middle and low level managerial posts eg the OBC’s...even today the obcs acts as a watchdog of brahminism and its bcos of these obcs brahminism is still alive n kicking...even the number of kings amongst the untouchables and tribals were more in number as compared to the obcs ...even today the most severest opposition to bammanisn comes from the untouchable castes who have had been in the forefront in the fight for reservations including mandal, whereas the obcs weren’t even aware that the reservations under mandal were for their benefit, the latter, baring a few exceptions, has never ever known to revolt against a system which kept them marginally above the depressed castes ....
@@TheBhumbak no, obcs submitted to the vedic authority but so called dalits didn't. Today they have forgot that they were not supposed to be Hindu as it is because of the opposition to Hindu dogma they were declared impure by Vedic proponents. Now the newer generation have forgotten that they were supposed to compete with vedic fold instead of being a part of it. The deplore situation they are today is because of their own ignorance.
@@TheBhumbak The 'Arya' is a Sanskrit term, and 'Arya' stands for 'Nobel' or 'Nobility'' which is clearly not a race, also Gautama Buddha have said something about 'Four Arya Satya' or 'Four Noble Truths', so it is pretty clear.
The Aryan Invasion, migration, tourism theory is totally made-up conspiracy by the Britishers, during the British Imperialism, and as per Archaeological and Historical findings, like Sinauli Excavations, Saraswati River existence dating, Roma Gypsy's having Indian origin, etc completely debunks any kind of "Aryan" invasion/migration myth.
The main motive was to morally justify British Invasion and establish the white race as only capable of intelligence.
Conclusion: After the Ice age, the ice melted from India, Africa and all other equatorial regions much before Europe and polar regions, and because India had the best fertile land and great natural resources like rivers, etc. the human race multiplied in India much more rapidly and migrated across Europe, than Americas.
So don't fall into these Aryan Dravidian conspiracy. The so-called "Aryan invasion theory", actually the colonizer's main agenda is to justify and normalize Christian, Islamic invasion/enslavement of native Indians.
@@globalcitizen6552 Buddha believed in caste too. Cry harder Dalit victims
The role of capitalism in the Dalit oppression is in the extraction of labour.
Racism and caste are equally biological in their stigmatisation but differentiated through the notion of attributing a particular kind of labour, which is also akin to slavery and that is rationalised through capitalism.
And sexually exploiting our sisters, mothers, sisters in-law
Looting their dignity and respect, establishing phisical domination, breaking the already broken people
🙏🙏🙏
So unfortunate to see Suraj speak .....his opinion is absolutely biased with an intent to create a further divide among people. Very unfortunate to see his views.
BRAHMINS have already divided us!
@@alok9307 Birth Based Caste is a superstitious system, however Varna was the original system, in Varna there was no upper or lower, people chose the work of which they are qualified for and according to Bhagavad Gita, anyone can be a Brahman (Teacher), Shatriya (Warrior), Vaishya (Trader), Shudra (Labor) based on knowledge and skills:
🔹In Bhagavad Gita 4:13, Krishna says that he created different Varnas (Profession) on the basis of one's Karma (Activity) and Guna (Quality).
🔹Bhagavad Gita 5:18 "The truly learned, with the eyes of divine knowledge, see with equal vision a Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater"
🔹Bhagavad Gita 9:29 "I am equally disposed to all living entities: there is neither friend nor foe to Me: but those who with living sentiments render divotional service unto Me, such persons are in Me and I am in them."
🔹Bhagavad Gita 18:41 "The duties of the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras are distributed in accordance with their guṇas (quality) and not by birth.
Caste is a Spanish and Portuguese word 'casta' which stands for 'Breed' or 'lineage'.
During earlier times Caste use to be Varna (Profession) and based on merit and not by birth, I can give you instances from the ancient times, where a so-called modern day "lower caste" moved to "upper caste", e.g. Guru Valmiki, Kabir Das was from a shudra family but became a brahmin based on merit, etc
and btw Ravana was himself a Brahmin knowledgeable person from Northern India but because of his notorious activities he got punished by Rama (believed to be an OBC if we abide by caste categorization).
Lastly, you have to understand the British motive behind imposing caste:
The Caucasians (Europeans) created Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda, Africa, to divide and control the native population, and for this reason, the Rwanda Genocide occurred.
The same attempts and inequalities Europeans also tried to create amongst Indians by separating Northern India and Southern India into "Aryans" VS "Dravidians" and further dividing Hinduism into 3,000 castes and 25,000 sub-castes.
And also read about Herbert Hope Risley who created casteism, racism in Indian society by one's facial features and skin color, and Bishop Robert Caldwell who propagated the "Aryan Invasion" in Southern India to convert "Dravidians" into Christianity.
@@alok9307 you are an anti-brahmin supremacist.
@@NativeVsColonial Nicely written, thank you.🙏
@@rranjan3439 🙏
Does Dr Yengde believe the cause of Dalits in India is hopeless? How about Kerala reversing its oppressive caste practices over the past 100 years? To the point of appointing Dalit priests in Hindu temples? I hope more of this happens. Agree that all oppression of Dalit women is stopped with strong punishments of perpetrators! Re the untouchability, it is vanishing in India. Remember Britain used to keep out of the city their people who used to clean chamber pots and sewage from London! Way to completely eradicate caste oppression is to educate, provide economic opportunity, build social networks to help the forward movement! Hope India gets a Dalit PM in the near future as the country currently has a Dalit President and an OBC PM!
ruclips.net/video/spm5k5IrRDw/видео.html watch this video brother. He mentioned all the good that is being done by the Government and all the successes the Dalits got in India. But this will never make headlines because it is not saleable and some people who want to divide us further don't want people to know this.
India made latrine or other dirty cleaning job generational by birth - Britain could not make it generational.
@@lisbethsalander1723 you are not as well informed as you think you are. British made 25M Indians classified as 'Criminals at Birth' in 1871. Only white, Christian Europeans do such horrific things because its ingrained in Christian faith that they are better than others. India and Hindus don't believe in othering anyone! Everyone deserves same respect. Something you don't believe in, very clear from your comment.
@@snair8448 Really? Are you informed about the most recent Seema Patra case - where an Adibasi young household help was inhumanely tortured to the brink of death. And sordid rape violations are still being suffered by the women of the lowest strata. And many more atrocities coming out in the news. Yes, the Colonisers were no angels (your study of history is commendable) but who are doing the current horrific acts ?
@@lisbethsalander1723 Is there any proof that these crimes were committed due to the victim's caste?
Except Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar, most of the dalit leaders do not do any constructive work for dalit or any other community. These leaders carry 'Dalit' as a batch on their chest and want to encash their status for jobs, government schemes and special attention in the sociaty. The wish to establish (only) themselves as elites in the society. People like Dr. Yengde are blabbermouths may be with some americal accent. They write books, white papers and attend international seminars and channel interviews.
The only exception is that of Mr. MIlind Kamble of DICCI who helps dalits to start industries and improve their economic status.
What are you doing for the Dalits?
@@lisbethsalander1723 I may not be doing good but atleast I don't convert them to Christianity or Islam and exploit later.
@@ajitwelling I hear you butI failed to hear a call for conversion in this lecture. Did you hear it here? Dr. Ambedkar himself went for Buddhism and not for Christianity or Islam - we know that.
I used to think -neutrality- is a good position..but in my senior years - I have come to understand that it is not protective at all for people who might need our compassion and protection, or just moral support; it could be providing an unwitting green light for the oppressors. It is a good oath for physicians - not to interfere with the body- I am sure you are coming from that view..
With India's future progress and growth - the Economic pie would be bigger - and everyone's talent and safety of that talent would be called upon.
Toxic mischief making. Leading Indian intellectual!!!! I challenge him to engage in debate with true Indian intellectuals. So much lies! Shameful.
Expected when truth is slapped on your face.