The case of Brahmin Identity
Definition of 'Identity' - It is a sense of belonging to a particular community where every one in that community will have inherent attachment among themselves.
Identity is a survival thing for any human being, no one in this world live without an identity. I repeat no one really leads an identity-less life ANYWHERE in the world. The sense of brahmin identity is very strong even today and it will stay strong forever. You must have been misled from the fact that many don't even remember Gayathri Japam, and from some of the cases of brahmin men who are regular smokers/drinkers and brahmin women who are also regular drinkers in India. It is not required for everyone to do sandhyavandhanam everyday and in fact it is not even necessary to follow hindu religion. Despite of all this, brahmin identity will sustain. Identity will stay strong despite of diverse lifestyles. The idea of identity is an important ingredient for every human being. No one can survive without that. A person moves away from a particular identity only if he/she has a strong inclination for a different identity. It is always either a person belonging to one identity or a different identity and never the case of no identity. Many will say blindly that brahmin identity is dying, but if you observe closely that no single person will say he/she have a strong inclination to move to a different community or there is no one who will say I don't belong to the community. On the contrary, everyone has a strong desire for a coordinated effort for the cause of brahmin identity but they are unable to do it because of survival needs and practical concerns. As long as you are in India you are safe without much consideration for the same because your identity is not disturbed. That's why most of the brahmins take the presence of strong identity for granted and focus only on self growth without any awareness of the same which is totally justified.
The case of US migration.
As you are all aware from my earlier posts that there is no concept of "arranged marriage" among second generation indians in US, mostly dating or live-in relationships, at least they choose their boyfriend or girlfriend who is very unlikely to be a brahmin. As a result the second generation move away from brahmin identity and third generation will not know of their identity at all. The third generation cannot call themselves of 'Indian' identity mainly for the reason that they are not compatible with other indians who are mostly second generation or first generation. But as every human has a need for identity the third generation will assume the identity of 'Blacks' mainly for the reason that they are more american. In reality, 'Blacks' are not really an identity in US. They are a general group who can be termed as people of African descent. But there are millions of groups among themselves and you can not expect a strong attachment but still they assume a superficial identity in US for the sake of survival.
American conservatives (caucasians / whites) have a strong sense of "independent identity in US" without any clear set of common practices. On one side you will find women who bare it all and the other side with places of strict dress codes, they maintain a strong identity with diverse lifestyles. Whereas the people of 'Blacks', which include third generation indians, always maintain a low-profile all their life because of without a strong sense of identity who cannot stand against american conservatives with strong identity.
Forever.
Definition of 'Identity' - It is a sense of belonging to a particular community where every one in that community will have inherent attachment among themselves.
Identity is a survival thing for any human being, no one in this world live without an identity. I repeat no one really leads an identity-less life ANYWHERE in the world. The sense of brahmin identity is very strong even today and it will stay strong forever. You must have been misled from the fact that many don't even remember Gayathri Japam, and from some of the cases of brahmin men who are regular smokers/drinkers and brahmin women who are also regular drinkers in India. It is not required for everyone to do sandhyavandhanam everyday and in fact it is not even necessary to follow hindu religion. Despite of all this, brahmin identity will sustain. Identity will stay strong despite of diverse lifestyles. The idea of identity is an important ingredient for every human being. No one can survive without that. A person moves away from a particular identity only if he/she has a strong inclination for a different identity. It is always either a person belonging to one identity or a different identity and never the case of no identity. Many will say blindly that brahmin identity is dying, but if you observe closely that no single person will say he/she have a strong inclination to move to a different community or there is no one who will say I don't belong to the community. On the contrary, everyone has a strong desire for a coordinated effort for the cause of brahmin identity but they are unable to do it because of survival needs and practical concerns. As long as you are in India you are safe without much consideration for the same because your identity is not disturbed. That's why most of the brahmins take the presence of strong identity for granted and focus only on self growth without any awareness of the same which is totally justified.
The case of US migration.
As you are all aware from my earlier posts that there is no concept of "arranged marriage" among second generation indians in US, mostly dating or live-in relationships, at least they choose their boyfriend or girlfriend who is very unlikely to be a brahmin. As a result the second generation move away from brahmin identity and third generation will not know of their identity at all. The third generation cannot call themselves of 'Indian' identity mainly for the reason that they are not compatible with other indians who are mostly second generation or first generation. But as every human has a need for identity the third generation will assume the identity of 'Blacks' mainly for the reason that they are more american. In reality, 'Blacks' are not really an identity in US. They are a general group who can be termed as people of African descent. But there are millions of groups among themselves and you can not expect a strong attachment but still they assume a superficial identity in US for the sake of survival.
American conservatives (caucasians / whites) have a strong sense of "independent identity in US" without any clear set of common practices. On one side you will find women who bare it all and the other side with places of strict dress codes, they maintain a strong identity with diverse lifestyles. Whereas the people of 'Blacks', which include third generation indians, always maintain a low-profile all their life because of without a strong sense of identity who cannot stand against american conservatives with strong identity.
Forever.
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