One Year Later

Community responses to my Hindu Colonial Trauma series

A Hindu community member was inspired by my series to make art pieces using AI software on openai.com. More of the art pieces are shared below.

After one year of being public, below are some responses I received from community members who watched my 1,000 Years of Hindu Colonial Trauma presentation series.

When I launched the presentation series, I talked about how, without understanding Hindu history, you cannot understand world history and you will not understand the roots of our problems today. All liberation movements around the world are in some critical way connected to Hindu colonial trauma.

Think about the people who say they understand Black issues in the US even though they have never studied the transatlantic slave trade, the civil war, segregation, redlining, the drug war, the school-to-prison pipeline, and on and on. Think about the people who say they understand Native issues in the US but have never bothered studying the genocides, the Indian wars, the reservation system, the smallpox riddled blankets, the boarding schools, missing and murdered Indigenous women, and on and on.

Think about how ignorant and racist and harmful such people can be. Think about how they often they say to Black and Indigenous peoples: “That was a long time ago.” and “Get over it.”

Then think about your casual appropriation of yoga, ayurveda, Indian food / clothing / music / art / science. Think about your…