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#12
RevenantTheCleansed wrote:
It’s from “aljazeera” which I assume is an Indian news site or something
Bo, its by no means indian. It is a qatari news agency.
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#13
RevenantTheCleansed wrote:
“to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit and went on to spend 21 years in the then-British colony. During the two decades he spent in South Africa, most of his actions and words demonstrated his anti-Black racism.
In fact, he rose to prominence in colonial South Africa, not because of his anti-racist activism, but his efforts to reconfigure existing racial hierarchies for the benefit of his own people.
One of the first battles Gandhi fought after coming to South Africa was over the separate entrances for white and Black people at the Durban post office. Gandhi objected that Indians were “classed with the natives of South Africa”, who he derogatively labelled as “kaffirs”, and demanded a separate entrance for Indians.”
In fact, he rose to prominence in colonial South Africa, not because of his anti-racist activism, but his efforts to reconfigure existing racial hierarchies for the benefit of his own people.
One of the first battles Gandhi fought after coming to South Africa was over the separate entrances for white and Black people at the Durban post office. Gandhi objected that Indians were “classed with the natives of South Africa”, who he derogatively labelled as “kaffirs”, and demanded a separate entrance for Indians.”
This is totally flawed and cherry picked.
He was vocal against racism, once travelling in a first class compartment, the ticket checker asked him to seat in the 3 class even though he had a tciket, he spike aginst it. He opened a organisation in aouth africa to elevate the conditions of labourers in south africa. He called them to burn the racial identification passes the British gave them.
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#16
RevenantTheCleansed wrote:
41 Cherry picked? Him being against some kinds of racism most of the time doesn’t excuse his racism elsewhere
He waa never racist, post the article, don't be vague, I promise to post my relevant sources tomorrow
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#18
And kaffir, he never used, it's made up, it is the arabic term for non believers what does this have to do with blacks?
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#19
Thats the same, non muslims are non belivers to them in the sense that they do not belive the true god and his prophet
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