Wow , I don’t know how this link ended up in my email but here we go ( This coming from a “ White “ yoga teacher BTW ) —
Let me start by asking you some questions —
- What kind of “ white “ are you ? Do you even know ? Do you know if you are exclusively descended from upper class English ancestors ( I’m asking this because Colonialism if apparently a big issue why White people should be carefully considering whether to teach yoga or not ) ?
- What do you know about Colonialism ? Do you think the sum total of this complex historical event was “ White people oppressing those not so white people “ ? Do you really think that is what happened in the Indian sub continent ? Those miserable working classes in the slums of Manchester working 16 hour days in disgusting factories were supposed to be “ oppressing “ some Indian peasants they didn’t know existed half the world away ? How much of the English population benefitted directly from the Empire ? On the flip-side , how much of the subcontinent’s population benefitted from it ? What do you think was more likely to happen , a working class lad from Birmingham or an educated Bengali Babu getting into Sandhurst ?
- What about your own ancestors ? Do you think they got such a great deal in the “ British Empire “ ( This is assuming they are descended from the Isles )?
I want you to really think about these questions carefully.
Let me now tell you something you probably didn’t know . No one outside of America gives a rip about this stupid “ white people and POC “ crap .
I am not trying to be rude to you but just trying to make you realize that all this is an issue because YOU CHOOSE to believe in it and keep it going with ridiculous articles like these . It’s almost a self delusion . You project a history of relative privilege for your imagined group in this country to all of history and convince yourself that is how it always has been. Honey , it was not like this even in this country . Do you know anything about what the Irish or the Italians or the Slavs went through after coming here .
South asians who you so kindly choose to feel sorry for as they are “ POC “ are probably THE single most privileged immigrant group in this country bar none. Everybody else has had to claw their way even to so much as lower middle class after decades of humiliation and back breaking work as foot soldiers in America’s massive Industrial revolution ( I know my ancestors did , don’t know about your blue blooded ones ) but Indian immigrants move in today and within 5 years are living in a nice suburb with a whole foods around the corner.
In fact , upper caste , upper class Indians are probably one of the most privileged group in the history of the world . Did you know that ? Did I just break your bubble ? I mean how can that be since they are “POC “. Hmm…
P.S — please stop this “ White people .. People of color … black people “ nonsense . No … one …. cares . Please stop.
I REALLY hope you reply. I would like to get your response to this .