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The myth of Brahmin supremacy!
Razib Khan argues that ‘Brahmin privilege’ and ‘Brahmin supremacy’ are imported analogues of ‘white privilege’ and ‘white supremacy’, and disputes a quoted claim that varna literally means colour and that…
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The East Asian ancestry in Bengalis is probably not Munda
Razib Khan revises his earlier view that Bengalis’ East Asian ancestry is mostly Munda, arguing that genome-wide and haplogroup data point to a Tibeto-Burman donor, and says he now leans…
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Indian Matchmaking
Razib Khan, on the Indian Matchmaking show, says he takes such shows as anthropology rather than how the world should be, and that older age has softened his opposition to…
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Hindu atheist vs. Secular Jihadists
Razib Khan reacts to a podcast between Jarin Jove and the Secular Jihadist hosts, finding Jove’s arguments on Hindu nationalism sophistic and close to American social justice reasoning, and warning…
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Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu are very similar to Maharashtra Brahmins
Razib Khan uses PCA plots from the South Asian Genotype Project to show that Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu samples sit very close to Maharashtra Brahmins, unlike the Pathare Prabhu (SKP) group,…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits – 7/18/2020
Open thread of 18 July 2020. The host notes his chapter in Which of Us are Aryans?, warns that rude comments will be deleted, and says the site’s servers are…
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Browncast Episode 110: Kala!
In Browncast Episode 110, Razib, Mukunda and Suraj discuss being dark-skinned and South Asian: prejudice from Punjabis towards Tamils, whether ‘black Madrasi’ is insulting, Indian American attitudes to social justice,…
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Dalit in Silicon Valley
Razib Khan responds to the New York Times report on caste in Silicon Valley, arguing from population numbers and genotype samples that Dalits are too few among Indian Americans for…
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Life is a great test
Razib Khan compares two pieces on Asian American test-prep culture, criticising The Juggernaut for starting from a conclusion that test scores are a proxy for privilege and preferring a Refinery29…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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