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Originally posted by: angelica_1
Intelligent point raised Hippo... actually she used the word Indian, hence racism... but her taunt was very similar to the kind of things we have between say a south indian taunting a punjabi on his alloo ka paratha and the latter taunting the southie about their idli sambar.
@angelica As Hippo pointed out, when we say racism, we always think black-white etc. But, that is not all. Racism constitutes all the behaviors that show hatred towards another culture and components in that culture. Because, there are people who hate south- indian culture or punjabi culture and which leads to hate crimes or incidences of hatred. All these are shades of racism. And, if you see the scene and think about it, Mandana may be part Indian, but her comment showed that she is intolerant towards Indian culture. Her comment showed that she looks down on Indian food. Today, it maybe Indian food, but after 2-3 weeks, it could be something else, if she is not warned of her attitude right away. And the worst part is, she jumped on the "firangi" wagon immediately when Suyyash said the word "firangi", but she herself is so insensitive towards Indian culture, that she didn't think twice when she made the quote sign.
Again, we, Indians, don't call everything racist. But, we should say something when someone shows unnecessary intolerance towards another culture that they don't even know about. Because, more often than not, those are the first signs of racism. How many times have you done something like that? I mean said "Indian" or "Pakistani" or "Chinese" and made a hand gesture? I don't do that, making quote sign. I think that gesture is NOT NORMAL and I believe, although it is not a racist crime, but it is still the first sign of intolerance and xenophobia.
