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#Casteism has to end.
To end the #Casteism we need to know where it began.
Church sanctioned unimaginable violence against natives during the colonial expansion using Dum Diversas doctrine.
To end the #Casteism we need to know where it began.
Church sanctioned unimaginable violence against natives during the colonial expansion using Dum Diversas doctrine.
To prevent the newly proselytized natives from using same doctrine against the conquistadors church created elaborate system of Casta in the Americas.
Commissioned Casta paintings to keep them as as reference to divide population into various castes.
Commissioned Casta paintings to keep them as as reference to divide population into various castes.
Mexican historian Gregorio T Quintero asserts that Casta paintings served as visual aid for the parishioners who needed a caste indentity of anyone who wanted to be baptized, married, or buried.
Such was the hold of castes in America during 16th, 17th, and 18th century.
Such was the hold of castes in America during 16th, 17th, and 18th century.
