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Re: Attn:- Kynaston - re White Cast
Check the link I provided - caste is from the Portuguese, who applied it to the class system they encountered in their first contacts with the Indians.:-)

ChrisellAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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you forgot the linkOh man, the word I was thinking of is varna
Varna is the Indian word,
caste is a European term, as chrisell said
but i wanna see that link, where did they get the word caste from
might be helpful in our demasking of whitecast
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Lol - it was in the post before the one you replied to. But nevermind, here it is again:http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=caste:-)
ChrisellAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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doh! lol thx!!
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