In USA, identity is a mixture of: race, ethnicity/language, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, etc.
Each person can choose own identity, even switch, and its up to the given community to accept the person or not.
Blackness and Whiteness identities are negotiable
.There is identity that the person wants/claims for himself. Then there is identity as others see him. These might be different.
.Indians have something similar. -Tamilians migrated to Mumbai & settled in a large colony I have visited & spoken at their college. They claim Maharashtrian or dual identity, know Marathi.
-Saraswat Brahmins left Kashmir settled in Blore & speak Kannada.
.Syncretism of identity is due to many factors:
Migration
Inter-marriage
Conversion
Climbing social ladder: South Asian Muslims become Ashraf by Arab mimicry.
Hispanics in US have identity crisis over whether to classify as Whites.
Creole cultures.
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Here is how the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, actively supports this notorious Breaking India institute at @Penn in its OFFICIAL capacity - Indian Ambassador
@SandhuTaranjitS sits on the board of @CASIPenn
@MEAIndia @DrSJaishankar @PMOIndia @narendramodi
Lets enter the rabbit hole: ANIA LOOMBA is a prof of English @Penn , infamously known for masterminding 1. the ban on Modi on @Penn campus 2. the Dismantling Global Hindutva conference 3. @BillAckman Loomba now leads antisemitic protests at @Penn
Aniya Loomba's son, Tariq Thachil, is the the director of the Hinduphobic Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) at @Penn where the Indian ambassador to the US @SandhuTaranjitS sits on the advisory board.
@CASIpenn promotes the caste narrative to attack India
Your tweet is a textbook case of ignorant ppl in positions of responsibility pontificating beyond their understanding. Disgrace to your UN employer. Makes them look biased. => @MaryLawlorhrds
My forthcoming book has 900 pages of research exposing this hypocrisy. The ideas, individuals & institutions. Ruining the world in the name of Social Justice. Where is the nest breeding these snakes? Detailed answer is provided.
Nonsense! Hindu “activists” clamoring limelight jump to endorse without basic due diligence.
FACT: Most Hindu chaplains in US colleges refuse to defend Hinduism against Academic Hinduphobia. Playing both sides. Make them respond to 5 Questions. opindia.com/2022/05/hindu-…
Q1: Do you believe there is Hinduphobia in the scholarship of Wendy Doniger, Sheldon Pollock, Thomas Blom Hansen, Audrey Truschke, and numerous others? Have you spoken up against this?
Q2: Do you believe the Aryan Invasion/Migration Theory is false? Have you stood up against it?