When Class Enemies ‘Meditate’

The bourgeoisie misrepresent Buddhism and represent the very class privilege that the Buddha thoroughly rejected and transcended. This is because the bourgeoisie are ‘attached’ to an image of being ‘Buddhist’ that has no bearing in reality. For a bourgeois to truly become a Buddhist, he or she must fully reject the very ignorance that has historically given them their privileged life-style at the expense of the working class.

Islamophobic Racism in the European Wushu Federation

The view from within China is that the European Wushu Federation mentioned in this article is manifesting Eurocentric racism (i.e. Islamophobia) – reminiscent of the racism inflicted upon the Chinese people during the European, colonial era. The Young woman is his article is the victim of Eurocentric racism and a true hero of the correct ‘spirit’ of Chinese martial arts. This situation in many ways demonstrates the existence of implicit and explicit European racism within Chinese martial arts in the West, which misrepresents and denigrates the art.

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