On 21 July 2013 10:40, Patrice Riemens <patr...@xs4all.nl> wrote: The Indian Constitution itself is 'racist', since it grants a separate, and protective, status to Anglo-Indians, a category that can only be described as being constructed on 'racist', or at least 'ethnicist' terms since it is based on particular lineage, in casu 'European descent'.
It would not surprise me if Jose Colaco himself belonged to that category. 'Racism-in-reverse', especially towards 'whites' is a very complex and little discussed issue.. Anyway, to go back to General Candeth, he probably was merely going by the customs of his time: 'you do not touch whites'. === RESPONSE My dear Patrice, With due respect, Jose Colaco would be very, very, very surprised if he belonged to the class of people aka Anglo-Indians. wrt Candeth (who may have been Luso-Indian @ Candido), the racism angle described is hardly 'you do not touch whites'; rather ..... just the reverse. jc