Thread by @CoHNAOfficial

@Newspaperwalli, we got news for you. @Google employees protested against a bigoted Hinduphobe who has disparaged Hindu festivals & supported the dismantling of Hinduism. Plus, Google is a big company - they are not waiting for your or her permission to launch their projects. 2/n

https://twitter.com/CoHNAOfficial/status/1534196610854428672

Then, you can always count on Prof Truschke for #Hinduphobia. Here, she parrots various colonial approaches to identify “caste” and therefore who is “casteist,” (including kids born and raised in America?) And recommends Equality Labs’ flawed survey as a resource. 3/n

Over a hundred years ago, another racist, Herbert Hope Risley, used markers, skin color, nasal index and other flawed methods to classify the entire Indian population into “castes” and froze a system that was previously fluid and dynamic 4/n. pragyata.com/lord-risley-an…

Truschke also attacked @sundarpichai for being a Tamil Brahmin Hindu (and by default “casteist”). 👉🏽 Hindu = caste = bad. This is the exact concern and fear that led @Google employees to protest against Thenmozhi Soundararajan of Equality Labs. 5/n

So, will AI use such “markers” to target Hindus, classify them by “caste”? Will #AIColonialism be the first experiment on Hindus and people of Indian origin, justified by “data inputs” from bigots? In line with the Criminal Tribes Act? ippapublicpolicy.org/file/paper/594… 6/n

This is the daily narrative faced by the Hindu community. As an org whose leadership also contains those who identify as Dalits and Shudras, we firmly stand against such attempts to peddle bigotry and hate. Hinduism is NOT the cause but provides a toolkit to end “Casteism.” 7/n