Michael Witzel’s civilizing mission is in serious trouble. Witzel lead a jihad against the removal of distortions in the presentation of Indian and Hindu culture in California textbooks and to a large extent succeeded in influencing the California Department of Education’s decision.
Witzel’s chutzpah in initiating hostile moves against the Hindus and simultaneously presenting himself as neutral expert stemmed form a belief that the Hindus would not move to the courts. Well he was wrong. Civil rights organizations like CAPEEM sued the California department of education and have uncovered interesting details as a part of the discovery process.
Their motion to compel reveals some interesting facts:
- Witzel was in constant touch with evangelical organizations like the Dalit Freedom Network,an organization floated by the All India Christian Council
- Witzel was actively involved in editing Wikipedia entries about the Dalit Freedom Network. The following is an excert from CAPEEM’s motion:
Note: They always put back what I erase - But then the active involvement of the evangelical organization was at Witzel’s insistence anyway. Another excerpt:
CAPEEM’s motion to compel reveals many more instances showing Witzel plotted against the Hindus along with his evangelical friends.
This incident brings into focus yet once more how evangelical Christian organizations are attempting to exploit fissures in the Hindu society to further their agenda. It also shows some Harvard professors are just as unscrupulous as their evangelical friends.
