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"Of the Oriental Menagerie" explores the view of India as a "romantic and beautiful" but also "hideous and barbaric" place.
White America fetishized India as a spiritual place while simultaneously claiming that the Indian "is the most undesirable immigrant in the state" (of California) ("His lack of personal cleanliness.. and adherence to theories so repugnant to American people make him unfit for association.")
— Apr 21, 2022 11:01AM
White America fetishized India as a spiritual place while simultaneously claiming that the Indian "is the most undesirable immigrant in the state" (of California) ("His lack of personal cleanliness.. and adherence to theories so repugnant to American people make him unfit for association.")
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USA's history with India has been complex: while the English saw the Indians living in a universe of static impracticality that led them to poverty and famine, the US intellectuals sought to transfer some values to benefit their new republic and prevent its "moral decline into materialism."
The East was seen as impractical in a gendered way, for the region was claimed to be both romantic and overly emotional.
— Apr 20, 2022 09:54AM
The East was seen as impractical in a gendered way, for the region was claimed to be both romantic and overly emotional.
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Us "Indians" are seen as spiritual beings in America: pliant and cooperative, whose goal is to "provide taxes, the culture -- and the wonderful restaurants."
Right-wing pundits like D'Souza take this analysis to a whole new degree and argue that "oppressive conditions of life among black Americans" is a result of a "civilization collapse rather than the persistence of racist structures."
— Apr 18, 2022 10:24AM
Right-wing pundits like D'Souza take this analysis to a whole new degree and argue that "oppressive conditions of life among black Americans" is a result of a "civilization collapse rather than the persistence of racist structures."
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Akin to W.E.B Dubois' question of "How does it feel to be a problem?" to the Black Souls, this book seeks to explore the Desi's problem of "How does it feel to be a solution?"
In America, Desis are seen as bearing a spiritual patina, one that is sometimes seen as worthy and sometimes undesirable. Under the guise of a racist social policy, the claim to a higher spirituality allows Desis to produce anti-black racism.
— Apr 17, 2022 11:48PM
In America, Desis are seen as bearing a spiritual patina, one that is sometimes seen as worthy and sometimes undesirable. Under the guise of a racist social policy, the claim to a higher spirituality allows Desis to produce anti-black racism.
