Is Japan a Western country ?

[Han Chan]

They were Aryan, so from present-day Ukraine. Genetic tests have somewhat proven the migration of the Aryans to India.

The the migration theory have so far not been proven. Recent genetic studies show that there are some linkageges between different communities who live far from each other, but the idea of one Aryan race have been out of fashion since 1945.

The word Aryan have been tainted by the horrors of tha holocaust: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan

Because of historical racist use of Aryan, and especially use of Aryan race in connection with the propaganda of Nazism, the word is sometimes avoided in the West as being tainted, in the same manner as the swastika symbol. Currently, India and Iran are the only countries to use the word Aryan in a demographic denomination.

[A ke bono kane kotto]

The the migration theory have so far not been proven. Recent genetic studies show that there are some linkageges between different communities who live far from each other, but the idea of one Aryan race have been out of fashion since 1945.
The word Aryan have been tainted by the horrors of tha holocaust: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan

That's not the same meaning of Aryan. The Aryans are not the blond-haired Germans that Hitler talked about, but a prehistoric tribe of people from the Caucasus region. Germans and Celts are not Aryan. You should read history books rather than Mein Kampf.

[Han Chan]

That's not the same meaning of Aryan. The Aryans are not the blond-haired Germans that Hitler talked about, but a prehistoric tribe of people from the Caucasus region. Germans and Celts are not Aryan. You should read history books rather than Mein Kampf.

I am a Social Anthropologist with regional specialization in South Asia, and I do know what I am talking about.
You, on the other hand, seem to pick and choose your information, without understanding that you are actually building on some oldfashioned racial theories. It is good if your understanding is not based on Mein Kampf, but using a concept like Aryan makes you sound like someone who might - even if it was not your intention.

[A ke bono kane kotto]

I am a Social Anthropologist with regional specialization in South Asia, and I do know what I am talking about.
You, on the other hand, seem to pick and choose your information, without understanding that you are actually building on some oldfashioned racial theories. It is good if your understanding is not based on Mein Kampf, but using a concept like Aryan makes you sound like someone who might - even if it was not your intention.

So you mean that Aryan is a taboo word, even if not used in the meaning used by the Nazi ? Does that please you better if I say Kurgan ? It's basically the same thing.