indigenous rights
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Greenland, Trump, and the Comfort of White Intermediaries
X.T.M argues the Greenland debate is really about a pattern across settler-colonial societies, where Indigenous political power is mediated by white-presenting figures who are legible and safe to Western capitals,…
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Why does the West get Immigrants and not Indigenous
Sereno Barr-Kumarakulasinghe argues that Western countries prefer immigrants to indigenous populations for the same reason the British brought undocumented indentured Indian labour to Ceylon: people without legal status are easier…
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Against blood quantum as a measure of indigeneity
Razib Khan sets out the three ancestry streams behind modern South Asians (Steppe Indo-Aryan, Ancient Ancestral South Indian and an Iranian-farmer-related component) and argues that blood quantum is a poor…
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The Dravidaryan Invasion Theory
The Emissary examines what he calls the Dravidaryan invasion theory, arguing that the Aryan-versus-Dravidian story is a half-truth shaped by politics, from Periyar’s movement to Hindutva’s claims of indigeneity, and…
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Open Thread – 07/10/2021 – Brown Pundits
Open thread for 10 July 2021, opening with the claim that Bangladesh must recognise the Adibashis’ right to self-determination to prevent their extinction.
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Browncast: An Ex-Muslim Bangladeshi convert to Buddhism speaks
In a BP podcast, the host talks to ‘Alex’, a Bangladeshi freethinker who went from Islam to Buddhism, about Bangladesh’s economic and social situation and the oppression of tribal people…
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Tribal Woman in Coimbatore Who Is Standing Up to Isha Foundation
Excerpts from an article on a tribal woman in Coimbatore, Muthamma, who says an ashram used local tribal families’ knowledge of forest plants and then left them excluded, and who…
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Why is India allowing foreign missionaries?
Asking why India lets foreign missionaries into the Andamans after the reported killing of John Allen Chau, the author argues contact has been dangerous for native peoples and worries about…
