The first leader for stopping racism is Mahatma Gandhi. He wanted to fight the untouchables. He wanted to stop violence.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born into a merchant family in india 2 october 1869. In 1893 he was deeply troubles be the racism he experienced against indians. He stayed in south africa for 20years fighting injustice. He went back to india and he wanted a non-violence, non-rasist country. He was sacrificing himself to stop this.
Sexism
In hinduism men and woman have different roles and responsibility bcause they have different dharmas to follow. Womans are exepected to be good wives and mothers. The role of the mother in hinduism has a high status. The mother is associated that is good and proctective. Mothers are very respected in hinduism. Som hindus have very traditional attitudes. Some think that womens should be at home looking after the family, and that they should accept authority from their husband. Hinduism believes that only men can act as priests at religious festivals, onyl boys can recieve sacred threads from special ceremonies. Hindu women are expected to get married and possibley to have sons too. Men have a duty to protect the woman. Nowadays some hindu women choose how there life is gonna be. Hinduism teaches that marriage is an important duty for men and women. Arranged are common in Hinduism. Hindu weddings are chosen according to their horoscope.
Prejudice /Discrimination
Prejudice can be said by differences of religion, race, colour, sex, language, disability or age. Prejudice if not illegal but I believe that some attitude should be illegal. Hinduism believes that all human beings are born as equal. Believe that race, colour, sex, language, religion, disability or age should have rights. In Hinduism people are born into different Varna’s. There are four main Varna’s
- The Brahmins, or priests-the highest Varna believes that to have emerged from Brahma’s mouth
- The Kshatriyas-the warrior or ruling class who were made from Brahma’s arms
- The Vaishyas-merchants or artisans who can from Brahma’s thigh
- The Shudras- the unskilled labourers, and servants and low classed people who emerged from Brahma’s feet. These were the lowest class or Varna.
- The untouchables- too low to be within the caste system
Each Varna has duties called dharma. The Hindu text explains how the different Varna’s were formed from different part of Brahma’s body.
‘His mouth became the priests; his arms were made into the warrior, his thighs the people, and his feet the servants was born’ Rig Veda 10.90
This quote tells how the people are born into different Varna’s.
All the part of the body explains the life you will become. Because of this many Hindus believe that it is wrong to be prejudiced against other people someone just because of their ethnic origin or the differences. I real life people who are individual Hindus who are prejudiced consider to be non Hindus and who are not the Brahmins, The Kshatriyas and the Vaishyas.
Forgiveness
hindus believe that holding anger against someone else is not really necessary because that will get what he wants. Hindus believe that to hold anger and to look for revenge is damaging to the person who has feelings. It is better to not release your anger.
Hindus believe that you should forgive people who have done a bad sin to you.
Some hindus choose not to follow that part the bad sin that the person has effected might have been damaging you and you just can’t forgive them for it.
Conclusion
In conclusion I say that Hinduism tells lots of things about equality and how religious some people are and what god will show and tell in temples, Hindu texts how life, jobs, social life is going to be. It tells how religious and strict Hinduism is and that Hindus should respect that and follow that on.
Hinduism shows equality.
Hinduism teached that all people are equal in the spiritual realm. The plants, other species, humans are all part of the ever changing stream of life.