Tuesday 6 December 2022

Can the BBC remove "Mahatma" from Gandhi?


 

Was Mahatma Gandhi a racist?

  • Published

17 September 2015

Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Johannesburg

  • Published

13 April 2015

Can the BBC remove "Mahatma" from Gandhi?

 

Throughout its history and space, the BBC has served as an agent for racists and supremacists.

“India had never seen me as a fully human being because of my untouchable caste background, my black skin color, and my gay background.Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla (he/they), black, untouchable caste, labour, founder of Equality Religion.

Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla (he/they), B.A.,M.A.,M.Phil.,Ph.D(History), John Rawls Good Shepherd, Author, LGBTQ Rights Activist, Human Rights Activist, Anti-Death Penalty Activist, Anti-Corruption Activist, Whistleblower Activist, Anti-Pedophile, Anti-Slavery, Anti-Caste, Anti-Race, Anti-Untouchability, Rationalist, Writer, Scholar, Poet, Critic, Atheist, YouTuber, Philanthropist, Humanitarian, Former Assistant Professor, Outspoken, And Blogger.

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 Gandhi is an Aryan Hindu supremacist.

Racist Gandhi

Gandhi must go down.

 “There will be no death penalty, extrajudicial killings, or judicial killings. Judicial killing is a crime against constitutional morality, and extrajudicial killing is a crime against humanity. Even criminals have the right to life in prison.” Dr.Suryaraju Mattimalla

Author of the globally acclaimed "Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the Purpose of Criminal Punishment in Ethiopia".

Why I Am Not Indian: The Untouchable Rejecting India's Citizenship

LGBTQ Rights Campaigner + Untouchable Lives Matter Campaigner + Black Lives Matter Campaigner + Human Rights Campaigner+ Anti-Death Penalty Campaigner

Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla (he/they), black, untouchable caste, labour, founder of Equality Religion.

 

When you are reading Queen's history, I read Alex Haley’s Roots: The Saga of an American Family.



 

“When you are reading hegemonic literature,

I read Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

 

When you are reading Queen's history,

I read Alex Haley’s Roots: The Saga of an American Family.

 

When you are reading racist history,

I read Cornel West’s Race Matters.

 

When you are reading oppressive literature,

I read John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice.

 

When you are reading European history,

I read Aimé Césaire’s Discourse on Colonialism

 

 

When you are reading about global human rights,

I read Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks.

 

When you're reading the Bible,

I read Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian

 

When you are reading the Bhagavad Gita,

I read Ambedkar’s Riddles of Hinduism.

 

When you are reading Quran,

I read Ibn Warraq’s Why I Am Not a Muslim

 

When you are reading Buddhism,

I read Evan Thompson’s Why I Am Not a Buddhist 

 

When you are reading Gandhi,

I read Gandhi’s 1893 letter to the Natal parliament and his 1904 letter to the health officer in Johannesburg about the degrading human status of Africans in South Africa.

 

When you are reading about white supremacism,

I read about my people’s slavery, brutal violence, colonialization, and apartheid that you penetrated.

 

When you are reading hegemonic genders,

I read that sexual minorities' lives

 

 

 

When the BBC glorifies Gandhi,

I read Ambedkar’s What Gandhi and Congress have done to the Untouchables

 

 

When you are reading mythical history,

I read E.H. Carr’s What is History?

 

 

 

When you are glorifying Indian society,

I wrote my life story, "Why I Am Not Indian: The Untouchable Rejecting India’s Citizenship."

 

 

When you are reading aggressive history,

I read scientific history.”

 

 

“India had never seen me as a fully human being because of my untouchable caste background, my black skin color, and my gay background.Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla (he/they), black, untouchable caste, labour, founder of Equality Religion.

Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla (he/they), B.A.,M.A.,M.Phil.,Ph.D(History), John Rawls Good Shepherd, Author, LGBTQ Rights Activist, Human Rights Activist, Anti-Death Penalty Activist, Anti-Corruption Activist, Whistleblower Activist, Anti-Pedophile, Anti-Slavery, Anti-Caste, Anti-Race, Anti-Untouchability, Rationalist, Writer, Scholar, Poet, Critic, Atheist, YouTuber, Philanthropist, Humanitarian, Former Assistant Professor, Outspoken, And Blogger.

Truth and Justice Matter-John Rawls, A Theory of Justice

Speak out the truth

BLACK LGBTQ LIVES MATTER

 

 “There will be no death penalty, extrajudicial killings, or judicial killings. Judicial killing is a crime against constitutional morality, and extrajudicial killing is a crime against humanity. Even criminals have the right to life in prison.” Dr.Suryaraju Mattimalla

Author of the globally acclaimed "Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the Purpose of Criminal Punishment in Ethiopia".

Why I Am Not Indian: The Untouchable Rejecting India's Citizenship

LGBTQ Rights Campaigner + Untouchable Lives Matter Campaigner + Black Lives Matter Campaigner + Human Rights Campaigner+ Anti-Death Penalty Campaigner

Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla (he/they), black, untouchable caste, labour, founder of Equality Religion.