{"id":73391,"date":"2015-09-03T07:05:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T15:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=73391"},"modified":"2015-09-03T07:05:23","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T15:05:23","slug":"what-did-mahatma-gandhi-think-of-black-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=73391","title":{"rendered":"What did Mahatma Gandhi think of black people?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Washington Post<\/a>: Was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the revered leader of India\u2019s freedom movement, a racist?<\/p>\n

A controversial new book by two South African university professors reveals shocking details about Gandhi\u2019s life in South Africa between 1893 and 1914, before he returned to India.<\/p>\n

During his stay in South Africa, Gandhi routinely expressed \u201cdisdain for Africans,\u201d says S. Anand, founder of Navayana, the publisher of the book titled \u201cThe South African Gandhi: Stretcher-Bearer of Empire.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the book, Gandhi described black Africans as \u201csavage,\u201d \u201craw\u201d and living a life of \u201cindolence and nakedness,\u201d and he campaigned relentlessly to prove to the British rulers that the Indian community in South Africa was superior to native black Africans. The book combs through Gandhi\u2019s own writings during the period and government archives and paints a portrait that is at variance with how the world regards him today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Washington Post: Was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the revered leader of India\u2019s freedom movement, a racist? A controversial new book by two South African university professors reveals shocking details about Gandhi\u2019s life in South Africa between 1893 and 1914, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blacks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t