Talk:Cynthia Franklin
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Cynthia Franklin is a professor of English at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa[1] as of April 2024.
She has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the Indus Civilization, or caste.
In 2016, she signed a letter endorsing a letter submitted by the South Asia Faculty Group[2][3] where it addressed the State Board of Education, California Department of Education, dated May 17, 2016. In this letter they requested removing the word India from textbooks. In addition, they falsely[4] stated:
- "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization."
- "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."
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- Franklin, Cynthia, and Laura Lyons. Bodies of Evidence and the Intricate Machines of Untruth. Biography, vol. 27, 2004, pp. v-xxii, doi:10.1353/bio.2004.0031.
References[edit]
- ↑ Cynthia Franklin Profile accessed 17 April, 2024
- ↑ 5-17 Prof. S. Shankar et al support letter
- ↑ 5-17 Kamala Visweswaran South Asian Faculty Group
- ↑ Gupta, S. P. 'The Dawn of Civilization.' In History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: Volume I: Part 1, edited by G. C. Pandey and D. P. Chattopadhyaya. New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 1999.