Let me start by saying that I know and am fully aware that Imam was referring to Prince clapping when he called him a hijra. While this is certainly not a big deal (as Mandana was also calling Rishabh a woman and just name calling won't change someone) when Imam offered to train Prince on how to clap so as to increase his income as a transgender it became offensive and disgusting.
In a country like India where parents readily kill or throw away transgender children because of family shame and no future prospects, isn't it a responsibility of every celeb appearing on national (and international) television to try and change that mentality instead of trying to say that a particular community just because of their birth are limited and therefore can only earn their living by begging and clapping on the roads. Instead of propagating the society's views about how transgender people should clap in order to supplement their income, Imam could have just shut up and not demonstrated his "mindset and background" just like he keeps abusing Prince and Rishabh at all times.
And tbh when Prince raised the topic with Imam when the task was over that Hijras are also humans and so please don't say such things, Imam realised his mistake which is why he started doing all the drama of group hugs' and lets exclude Prince' as he was aware of the shithole he had opened up by his words. Unfortunately he had already spewed his venom and in doing so contributed towards increasing the neglect and disregard that Indian society shows towards transgenders.
This one part has upset me much more than all the last 90 odd days as while they were abusing each other no one (except Mandana and she is a different story all together) has been taking things to communities and genders.
Do other members also hold such views or do you feel I am being over sensitive? Is there any hope for a change in the society when these so called celebrities can go on TV and broadcast their nonsense??
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