Orginal Namaste in the west was imported out of India along with sant (saint), rosary, etc, at time of christianity formation (Buddhism can be traced without resitance all across asia, but we get a blank as soon as we come to the west).
but what is interesting here is that western conservatives get agitated when they see the fashionable circles (madonna, etc) using it as a form of greeting (copied from faux interest in buddhism). westerners have an appropriation and denigration scheme which is inherently untenable and tends to break down occasionally... I came acoss this link recently..
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Deejayâs appeal: âKill the whiteness insideâ
In Brooklyn, a club following feels the irony
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...2501818_pf.html
"That doesn't make it any less disturbing," Sekaran said. "Their attitude is, 'It's our privilege to do this because we're in our own little clique, in our own little world.' "<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There is no such phenomenon in India. communities are not turned into mascots in search of ___, or to prove some point, or to feel the vapid irony). to understand the west, you have to understand racial mascoting and its effect on cultural diversity. They simply do not have the tools to deal with cultural diversity, always it must be reduced to a statement, a declaration, just as muslims and christians periodically declare their religion, refuse to salute the flag, etc.
but what is interesting here is that western conservatives get agitated when they see the fashionable circles (madonna, etc) using it as a form of greeting (copied from faux interest in buddhism). westerners have an appropriation and denigration scheme which is inherently untenable and tends to break down occasionally... I came acoss this link recently..
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Deejayâs appeal: âKill the whiteness insideâ
In Brooklyn, a club following feels the irony
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...2501818_pf.html
"That doesn't make it any less disturbing," Sekaran said. "Their attitude is, 'It's our privilege to do this because we're in our own little clique, in our own little world.' "<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There is no such phenomenon in India. communities are not turned into mascots in search of ___, or to prove some point, or to feel the vapid irony). to understand the west, you have to understand racial mascoting and its effect on cultural diversity. They simply do not have the tools to deal with cultural diversity, always it must be reduced to a statement, a declaration, just as muslims and christians periodically declare their religion, refuse to salute the flag, etc.