Casteism has to end.

To end the Casteism we need to know where it began. Church sanctioned unimaginable violence against natives during the colonial expansion using Dum Diversas doctrine.

To prevent the newly proselytized natives from using same doctrine against the conquistadors church created elaborate system of Casta in the Americas. Commissioned Casta paintings to keep them as as reference to divide population into various castes.

Mexican historian Gregorio T Quintero asserts that Casta paintings served as visual aid for the parishioners who needed a caste indentity of anyone who wanted to be baptized, married, or buried. Such was the hold of castes in America during 16th, 17th, and 18th century.

This thread will documents whereabouts of casta paintings from around the world. Caste is colonialism is Dum Diversas

Bust the caste. Caste is against indigenous societies of the world.

1. Manuel Arrelano, Rendition of a Chichimeco, 1711, Oil on Canvas, Museo de America, Madrid. This is one of earliest set of casta paintings.

Attributed to Juan R Juarez, Black and Indian produce a Lobo. This painting is now in Breamore House, Hampshire, England The painting was done in 1715. Close to 180 years before English church sow the seeds of caste in India.

1725, De Espanol e India, mestizo. Jose de Barra, Museo de America, Madrid Study this carefully.

The Mestizas were considered superior because they have Spanish blood in them, however they can never be a Spaniard. How to improve the caste?

Can Mestizo marry a Spaniard to make the blood purer. Next painting answers that.

Here you another painting from Museo de America at Madrid. Done by Jose de Ibarra again. De Mestizo y espanola , castizo. So if Mestizo marries a Spaniard off spring will be called Castizo. So impure blood can never become pure.

This is the intent of caste system introduced by church in America. Trap the native in endless exploitation of colonialism. Thankfully Hispanic society revolted against these caste based divisions during Mexican revolution and ended caste based privileges.

Time for India to ban asking castes. Understand castes were never part of Hindu society. This construct was imposed on Hindus by the colonizers. I will keep adding other Casta paintings as and when I get a chance.

(This article has been compiled from the tweet thread posted by @ShreeHistory on June 6, 2023, with minor edits to improve readability and conform to HinduPost style guide)