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-Superpickle- t1_j1fhkqc wrote

Reply to comment by cmull123 in Added a monogram to my buffalo leather briefcase, purchased in 2014 from an Indian craftsman. The thicker, tougher leather not only lasts a lifetime with minimal maintenance, but gets more distinguished with wear by PatPetPitPotPut

Ah yes the common stereotype of Indian people not being skilled leather workers.

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cmull123 t1_j1fo2o5 wrote

That’s not how I meant it at all. I just meant if someone says Indian made leather, I would think that they were meaning an American Indian where the ppl are known to use buffalo and cow skin and make leather, rather than ppl from a nation where almost 80% of the population revere cows as sacred.

Indians are good at tons of things, ppl all over the world are well versed at tons of things. This wasn’t a knock against Indians, I just made an assumption that you were referring to a certain ppl and I was wrong.

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crustycontrarian t1_j1gefd5 wrote

That’s the thing tho, cows are sacred, buffaloes aren’t.

Also India has huge populations of every type of people including those that do not revere cows (e.g. a Muslim population of 200 million).

If you’re not familiar with that scale and diversity, trying to extrapolate from knowledge of other places is not very effective.

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