Buddha: aryan history

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[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

(pun intended, apparently it was associated with having blue eyes in the ancient indian texts)

Any of you know the specific texts in question? Have been trying to find info on this for a while to no avail.

[–]DragonerneJesus is white[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I am not an expert in indian texts, but if i recall correctly I think he mentioned vedic texts or vedda? I am not certain. He mentions it in the first part of the interview, and I believe he even mentions the indian word, the word "enlightened" was associated with having blue eyes.

I find that interesting considering the word choice "Enlightenment Age" following the religious wars in Europe that threw out the muslims, mongols and blacks from Europe, and allowed whites to flourish. Probably a coincidence but still funny

Another interesting thing is that it seems that "white" and even "european" might be a rather new identity, and quite different to the geopolitical identities of pre industrial age.

[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I am not an expert in indian texts, but if i recall correctly I think he mentioned vedic texts or vedda? I am not certain. He mentions it in the first part of the interview, and I believe he even mentions the indian word, the word "enlightened" was associated with having blue eyes.

The Vedas do mention white skin and red hair but I don't know that it mentions blue eyes or what you mention about the word "enlightened". Will have to dig further. There is one major Hindu deity with blue eyes (Shiva) but I'm not sure of any other major figures in Indian religion with that feature besides Siddartha Gautama (Buddha).

Another interesting thing is that it seems that "white" and even "european" might be a rather new identity, and quite different to the geopolitical identities of pre industrial age.

I think until fairly recently "white" only really referred to WASPs and a couple other groups (see Ben Franklin's letter on this). This changed sometime in the 20th century I believe, but many academics still see Anglos as the true "whites". Though US government policy was never really that strict, their definition of white was always a bit strange.

[–]MarkimusNational Socialist 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

White isn't new at all, if you look at the linguistic roots of many European countries you find constantly the prefix 'alb-' meaning white. Albion (England), Albania (Albania, Ireland), Alba (Scotland) there are others too you will be able to find if you spend enough time researching this kinda stuff.

There's also the mythical homeland of the Irish people called 'Hvitramannaland' meaning 'White Man's Land' in Old Norse.

European/White countries have called themselves 'White People land'/'White land'/'Land of Whites' etc literally forever.