Can a person of any race or skin color convert to Sikhism ?

Can a person of any race or skin color convert to Sikhism and become a Sikh ? Or is Sikhism only for one race or skln color ? Can a White Person or a Black Person or a Chinese Person convert and become a Sikh ? Is Sikhism a universal religion for all of humanity or humans ?

 
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Mikejohnson2006 ji welcome to spn and your first post.

1. Yes anyone can become Sikh
2. No Sikhism is not race or skin color or any other ways a differentiator
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3. Yes White, Black, Chinese and all others too
4. Yes it is for all humanity

Answers in order of your post.

Welcome again.

Sat Sri Akal.

MikeJohnsonji,
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It all depends on which Sikhism you are talking about, there is a pure strain of Sikhi which is open to anyone, of any colour, and as Ambarariaji stated above, applies fully,
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However there is another Sikhi which is not so open, it is heavy in ritual, tradition, it follows the caste system, it is corrupt, sexist, and you may have to develop a taste for Bacardi or Scotch and learn how to dance like a drugged up bear, you may find yourself excluded from embracing this wonderful branch of Sikhi, with its required chanting of the holy word 'Izzat' (respect), and the constant repeating of the holy phrase 'log kya kehan ghai' (what will people say), as the entry requirements are quite limited. You may have to be content with just the rather boring pure strain........sorry.

Sikhi requires internal conversion of a person irrespective of one's hue,creed or faith so one can become a Sikh.
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What do I mean by internal conversion?

It means to be a pragmatist, no mechanical rituals to please some deity, accepting all humankind as one.

Sikhi gives the follower the tools to breed goodness within which can be shared with all.

For a Sikh, one can be a good Christian, a good Jew, a Muslim, Buddhist, Jaini etc etc provided they do not claim any monopoly on some God which is a fallacy because we all know there is only ONE SOURCE of ALL there IS. And if they spread the goodness they have attained through their religions to all without trying to convert them.
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Conversion is prohibited in Sikhi. Love sprouts from the within.

Tejwant Singh

Harry Hall you wrote:

However there is another Sikhi which is not so open, it is heavy in ritual, tradition, it follows the caste system, it is corrupt, sexist, and you may have to develop a taste for Bacardi or Scotch and learn how to dance like a drugged up bear, you may find yourself excluded from embracing this wonderful branch of Sikhi, with its required chanting of the holy word 'Izzat' (respect), and the constant repeating of the holy phrase 'log kya kehan ghai' (what will people say), as the entry requirements are quite limited. You may have to be content with just the rather boring pure strain........sorry.
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I think you are describing the culture which is attached to the majority of Sikh's from Punjab, and especially to these Sikhs who have migrated to the UK. Most who are not from this background seem to follow and practice sikhi very well!

I agree with D1OS,
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Harry Ji,

With all due respect, that description of vehmently non-Sikh things may cause confusion to a newcomer... even if they are said in sarcasm.

Gurfatehji

In our quest for the search for Sacha Padshah, I feel it is important to define what is good, and what is bad.

I feel it is important for a newcomer to be aware of all the things that can be presented under the Sikhi banner, and to be aware of what is social Sikhi and what is Bani.

I do agree with your post, I apologise for my sarcastic nature, I should have been more succulent, or even succint.
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"I think you are describing the culture which is attached to the majority of Sikh's from Punjab, and especially to these Sikhs who have migrated to the UK. Most who are not from this background seem to follow and practice sikhi very well!"

D10sji,

Unless you are like Maiji, or Ishnaji, the probability is that you are descended from those Sikhs from Punjab, and still have ties there, so for a lot of us this culture cannot be shaken off. Sometimes I envy those that practice Sikhi in its purest form, without the tainting of tradition and culture
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Just to clarify, my Dad was Punjabi and as a child I spent all my summers sweltering in India.

My big advantage is that my Dad rejected most of that silly Punjabi stuff and made a conscious effort to give me a classical Western education. Lucky me! I got the good stuff of both cultures and missed most of the bad stuff, especially the bad stuff in Punjabi culture.

Maiji,

Many thanks for clarification, I cannot help but visualise people, and in my minds eye when you have talked about him, I always imagined him looking like cuddly Guru Ka Singh ala you tube, much kudos to him for having the courage to use his wisdom to take a stand against the 'bad stuff' in Punjabi culture.