Monday, November 2, 2009

The aping syndrome.

Was browsing through www.history.com when I came across the topic 'why was Japan bombed by the U.S during 2 nd world war ?was it right?
The writer says ,nuclear bombs were dropped over Japan so that U.S.S.R. would get the message that U.S is a force to reckon with !
If the purpose of bombarding Japan was to teach U.S.S.R. a lesson then those atomic bombs might as well been dropped on Germany,war would have ended very quickly and U.S.S,R would have got the message not to meddle in Europe .Why was'nt the obvious done?
The truth as I see it is that the fact that majority of white American population are descendants of people who have migrated from Germany centuries ago.How could one bomb one's kith and kin either to defeat or to experiment?
I agree with one commentator's view,'let's [i.e white race] show the chinky eyed yellow race their place in this world'.
When I use to see modern day's Japanese on T.V ,colouring their black hair to blonde hues,playing the guitar and wearing only western outfits and straighten their eyes through surgery ,I use to squirm in disgust. Why copy the culture that erased an entire generation,why can't they stick to their colourful and unique kimonos and charming hair styles and be proud of their almond shaped eyes?
Well one should'nt throw stones whilst living in a glass house.Millions of Indians ,speak ,comm unicate and even think in English.I ought not to speak the English language or enjoy Shakespeare with the knowledge that the British ravaged and destroyed our once wealthy,prosperous and peaceful country!I ought to speak only in my mother tongue Tamil or in the language of my ancestors-sanskrit but millions of us Indians are comfortable with English and are proud of our vocabulary and would not discard it for years to come.
Why aere'nt we Indians not proud of our brown skins .Fairness creams sell like hot cakes.Whilst the white's roast themselves in hot sea side beaches to acquire a tan ,we who have it naturally are bent on getting rid of it by applying whitening creams !
Is this the syndrome of the subjugated population emulating [even skin tones and eyes] the much hated aggressor after their rule is over?Is this common only to Asia ? I find it in Japan and here in India.
A personal episode , my mother use to relate to us when we were kids how a Polish ambassador who had dinner at my grandfather's official residence at Delhi,when he was the Speaker of Loksabha [parliament] ,had been surprised to find a European child of 5 wandering around ,that 'European'child being my elder brother Aravind who like some iyengars [brahmin] in South India is blessed with blue eyes and white complexion [a throw back to some distant Caucasian Aryan ancestor] with great pride . We 4 siblings were all thrilled that one amongst us is like a European with creamy white skin and blue eyes.
We have thrown the actual rule of the British but not their attitude of placing a premium on white skin and turning one's noses at dark skin!

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