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" their triggers are words like ‘tribe’ and ‘namaste,’” Sharyn Holmes, the diversity consultant in Queensland from Chapter 2 tells me. “Namaste” is a Sanskrit word that has been popularized in Western yoga classes. Although Indians and other Hindus use it as a common greeting, Western yoga has transformed it into something more mystical "

Ruby Hamad , White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color


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Ruby Hamad quote : their triggers are words like ‘tribe’ and ‘namaste,’” Sharyn Holmes, the diversity consultant in Queensland from Chapter 2 tells me. “Namaste” is a Sanskrit word that has been popularized in Western yoga classes. Although Indians and other Hindus use it as a common greeting, Western yoga has transformed it into something more mystical