>If Christianity certifies social equality, as I pointed out earlier, why >would >there be a Dalit Christian in the first place?
*** The Dalittwa does not feature in the tiny Christian community. But the Dalittwa never gets erased from the majority--there upper caste Hindus, who rules society. I am understand that is a very hard concept to comprehend. Now if myself, a Dalit, convert to Christianity, where I will be EQUAL among other Christians, will not, repeat NOT, all of a sudden become a social equal among the ruers of society, the upper caste Hindus. Or would I be? I realize this too is a highly complex concept, not easily fathomed by ordinary humans. Returning to the convertee, me, who has been eking out a sub-survival existence cleaning toilets and disposing of dead animals, cleaning streets, living in slums, without education, little food, and even less health-care; is expected by god's gift to humanity,, the upper crust of society, the caste Hindus with education, economic clout and political power -- EXPECT me to be economically and socially rid of my condition of deprivation instantly because of my conversion to Christianity. And ththerefore ridicule me for seeking the affirmative action protection available to non-Christian Dalits. That is an awesome level of intellectual prowess of the god's-gift-to-humanity sector, isn't it? very sarcastically, cm At 7:44 PM -0400 9/14/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In a message dated 9/13/03 9:20:51 PM Central Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > ><<Under > the circumstances, if one hypocrite helps the oppressed Dalits, as opposed > to the other, why can't you be FOR those who help the oppressed, instead of > reviling them?>> > > Back to square one. If Christianity certifies social equality, as I >pointed out earlier, why would there be a Dalit Christian in the first >place? Mark the word Dalit, which should have been struck off after they >were converted. Therefore, the question of demanding reservation based on >"caste" must not arise. Now, even after the conversion of the "oppressed" >class, do you really believe that their problems have disappeared? It'll >be juvenile to think, "convert the people and the problem will take care >of itself." > > KJD. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
