On Racism

The whole country (read media) is screaming and protesting the alleged racist treatment that was meted out to Shilpa Shetty. The governments have joined the cacophony: Prime Minister Blair said 'it can't be condoned' and our own I&B ministry is making noises over the whole thing. I find it funny, for we as a people are probably the biggest racists in this world and we find remarks like 'Indian' 'dog' as racist. Forget foreigners, our own people practice blatant racism against their own people:

1) In Goa, during the x-mas season, if you are an Indian no shack owner will welcome you. Even the cleaning boys treat you like dirt. I thought that the shack I went to was an exception. I was wrong. Wherever I went, the white skin got attention and service where as we were treated like we were refugees. In Palolem, we were asked to pay up in advance for our beers. When asked why the waiter said 'people run away.' I was disgusted when I discovered that he did not demand advance payment from the white masters.

2) In Tamilnadu, they hate the Hindi language. it is not taught in schools.

3) In Assam you could get killed for speaking in Hindi, thanks to ULFA.

4) In Karnataka they started a 3-week moratorium against 'other' language movies (including English.)

5) In Gujarat the state sponsored the slaughter of muslims a few years back.

We are the biggest racists in the world and we have no fcuking right to complain against racism. Let's learn how to treat people of our own country with respect before we blame the westerners and their culture.

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