My Big Problem with Hinduism, But Why I Embrace Yoga, Its Mystical Tradition

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My Indian Christian Dalit Twitter pal Prudy Ray has powerfully reminded me of an evil ideology Hinduism has built into the Indian people: CASTEISM. It plagues Hinduism like fundamentalism brings down Christianity, except maybe worse!

Still, I’ll give the Hindus their due: Yoga is the real deal and I’m embracing it to cope with my PTSD. As with the other world religions: get past the fundamentalism, dig into its mysticism, and you’ll find something beneficial.

Follow Prudy on Twitter and open your eyes to the plight of the Dalits of India, the “untouchables” who have been on the bottom of their society for centuries and still are today. We in the West need to advocate for them just as we do other oppressed groups from blacks to Jews to LGBTQ to the moderate Muslims oppressed by the Islamists - anyone around the world beaten down by cruel tribalist mentalities.

Prudy Ray 🥭 @PrudyRay

“There is so much similarity between the position of Untouchables of India and the position of Negroes in America that the study of latter is not only natural but necessary.” Dr. Ambedkar to Du Bois https://t.co/PwCzx1s8lC

Jonathan Hanson ✡️️🏳️‍🌈 @MachineManJon

@jalebi_jalsa @PrudyRay https://t.co/aHDEwcFtMS

Prudy Ray 🥭 @PrudyRay

India surpassed China in population and its still the most casteist country in the world. See, reproducing offspring or breeding is not sign of a flourishing society. Stop idolising parenthood.

Prudy Ray 🥭 @PrudyRay

Can’t cure a disease if the doctor refuses to see the disease! Don’t be caste blind!