5 biggest myths about casteism

Caste system is the most favourite topic of hinduphobics for Christian missionaries and maulanas to spread hate towards hinduism and misguide people to convert them. In my another blog Exposing lies of Vedkabhed on caste system I exposed the arguments of a hinduphobic blog writer. And now in this blog, I am gonna to discuss about the 5 biggest myths about caste system that people think are true.

Myth #1

Shudras and Dalits are untouchables from 3000 years. Manuvadis (the followers of manusmriti) are oppressing them from thousand of years.

Reality

On one side Hinduphobics and leftist historians say that hindu scriptures and manusmriti is only 800 years old and on the other hand they say that manuvadis are oppressing them from 3000 years! If there was no manusmriti 3000 years ago, from where the manuvadis came to oppress shudras ? A French merchant and traveler Jean-Baptiste Tavernier traveled around Persia and India from 1630 to 1668. 

He wrote about the Indian society in his writings; Book 3: Chapter III (page no. 181-186). 

As we can read, it is clearly written that all castes were free to take food from Brahmins house. Even just 400 years ago, there is no sign about untouchability. Further, he wrote about shudras that they used to fight in wars as foot soldiers were respected as martyrs.

In the entire chapter, not even one he wrote that shudras were untouchables or oppressed. It means untouchability is not even 400 years old. 

Myth #2

Britishers made efforts to improve the condition of untouchables and remove untouchability from India through social reforms.

Reality

By the time the British left India, there were over 500 clubs in existence. In most of them, dogs and Indians were not allowed. This practice was not very different from upper caste Indians not allowing Dalits into temples. And just as with the temples, the rule about the dogs could be relaxed but never about the Indians. Same sort of discrimination was done with Irish and Blacks in England. We can read about it deeply in this report of The Guardians. If Britishers were firm believers in equality and were so much concerned about untouchability, why didn't they first eradicated it from their own society and country? Have you ever wondered how untouchability started in India? After the revolt of 1857, British government passed a discriminatory law called Criminal Tribes Act in 1871 which declared some tribes as criminal castes. Through the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, the Government assumed that all the people born in particular tribes were criminals and incorrigible. These tribes after independence were added in the list of ST and SC. After Independence, the Indian government replaced this Act with the Habitual Offenders Act, 1952. Most of the dalit communities like kanjars, vanjaris etc. which are considered untouchables, their fate is because of this act and not because of hindu varna system. None of the dalit leader of that time raised voice for them. Even today, so called Dalit leaders blame hindus for untouchability. The UN in 2007 asked India to scrap the law that tags some tribes as hereditary criminals. The full list of these tribes is available here.

Myth #3 

Ambedkar wanted equal rights and voting right for SCs and STs.  

Reality

When Ambedkar was asked about the voting rights of scheduled tribes or criminal classes, he said that they don't deserve the right to vote. Source:- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Vol. 4, p.g. 463 and 471.

Now a days, ambedkarites and bhim army are trying their best to set up Ambedkar as the hero of Scheduled castes. But in fact, Ambedkar never opposed the Criminal Tribes Act because he didn't wanted to oppose British Govt. Arun Shourie highlighted the fact that Ambedkar was loyal to British govt. and he was against the independence of India in his book Worshipping false gods. 

Myth #4

Dalits were not allowed to have education in India.

Response

Below is the data of gurukul students in India 1820-1823. The no. of shudra students in gurukulas was much more than the student of other varnas. This is enough to expose this anti-hindu propaganda that High-Caste hindus didn't allowed shudras to study. [ Source :- The Beautiful Tree p.g. no. 149 and 54]

Myth #5

Shudras and other lowers castes converted into Christianity because they treated them equally.

Reality

As I said earlier said, caste system is a social evil has nothing to do with religion. Caste  word is itself derived from a Latin word castus which was used for pure and high class people. Caste based division was present all over the world. Almost in all civilizations, division on the bases of occupation and class was present.

Caste system was present all over the world, but still only hindus are blamed for it. Why? Now some people will say that unlike Indian caste system these divisions didn't had any religious roots. In Bible Five castes are described in order:- Priestly Caste, Kingly caste, Israeli tribes, genitles, slaves and untouchables. Christians will say that they are not accountable for caste system among Jews but this division was made by their own god in Old Testament and as Jesus said in Matthew 5:17, everything written in old testament should be followed by his followers.  Only some priviliged priestly classes like descendants of Aron were allowed to become priest.

Numbers 25

10 The Lord said to Moses, 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites. Since he was as zealous for my honor among them as I am, I did not put an end to them in my zeal. 12 Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace with him. 13 He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood, because he was zealous for the honor of his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

Christians blame Hindus and say that Hindu god is evil because he does not allow non-brahmins to become priest but still their are many temples in India where dalit priests are present.[1] [2] [3] But according to bible if any other person outside of privileged caste tries to become a priest, he should be killed.

Exodus 30

30 “Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests. 31 Say to the Israelites, ‘This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come. 32 Do not pour it on anyone else’s body and do not make any other oil using the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred. 33 Whoever makes perfume like it and puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from their people.’”

Number 18 

6 I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the Lord to do the work at the tent of meeting. 7 But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain. I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.”

 Numbers 3

10 Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests; anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.”

Jews were not allowed to intermingle or eat with genitles

Acts 11

The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him 3 and said, “You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

If you think that I am saying so because I am a Hindu, let me show you that even Dr. Ambedkar said this thing.[4]

From one letter written to the Rev. D. Schrievogel, though little more than a series of questions, the bent of his opinions may be derived. It appeared to him, after much deliberate consideration, that Caste, as represented to exist among the Christian converts on the Coast was in reality an institution differing little in its essential features from the social exclusiveness prevailing in Christian countries. Is there no such thing, he asked himself, as Caste in Europe? Is there no such thing as Caste in America? Do not the high and the low sit apart in our English churches ? Do not our well-dressed high-caste folks go up first to the altar to communicate? Do high and low sit down to meat together—do their children attend the same schools? Are there no Pariahs amongst us? In other civilized countries, is there not a prevailing sense of Caste, apart from all associations of worldly distinction? Does not the Spanish hidalgo wear his Caste bravely beneath his threadbare cloak? Is the wealthiest mulatto fit companion for the poorest white? It may be called blood, or anything else in another; but in its essential features the one thing differs but little from the other. It is an intelligible and appreciable Christian principle that all men in the sight of God are equal. But it is equally certain that all are not equal in the sight of Man; and it is a fair presumption that God never intended them to be equal. Social distinctions exist every where; and if, argued the Bishop, the distinctions which exist among the converts on the Southern coast are merely social distinctions, why should we endanger the success of our efforts by endeavouring to enforce a law of equality, which is maintained among no other classes of men?

Ambedkar always knew that converting to Christianity  is not gonna to solve the problems of low castes. They will treat them in same way as upper caste hindus did because caste discrimination is a social evil and can't be avoided just by changing  religion. Many dalit Christians are now facing discrimination from Christian community. [9]

Christian Dalits are somewhat more oppressed than Hindu Dalits. They are being lynched on the name of honour killing.[5][6] The burials are seperated for Dalit Christians.[7][8] Their are seperate entrances for Dalits in church.[10] Churches are doing nothing to improve the condition of Dalits and many are leaving Christianity.[11][12] Now even Church accepted that Christian Dalits are more discriminated than Dalit Hindus.[13] They are more oppressed because they don't get any reservation or caste benefit unlike Hindu Dalits.[14] Christian Missionaries shows Dalits a fake eutopia of caste free society just to convert them. 

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