Originally posted by: excelsa7
I am quite a fan of your commentry - and look forward to it on a daily basis. However today I took offence to your indirect description of the people who live in Jamaica as being black and wearing tribal skirts. Despite being part of the indian diaspora - I live in the Caribbean and consider myself to be of Caribbean origin. To anyone coming from this part of the world - your description - despite meaning well - is highly offensive as: (1) we do not run around in tribal skirts and (2) we are not in the habit of identifing ourselves based on our skin colour - which varies in a multitude of shades from black to white!
Did I say Jamaicans run around in tribal skirts and r all blacks ?
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Did I make fUN of the color BLACK ?
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Did I imply that fair is better than black ?
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Before assuming that I am a racist or a person who has such limited knowledge about the world in general that I ACTUALLY THINK THAT PEOPLE IN THE CARRIBEANS ARE ALL BLACK AND RUN AROUND IN TRIBAL SKIRTS ..............PLease pay attention to some facts
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I said paint the fACES black not the whole body .............to show their childishness so people wud laugh . To show NAIVETE
The Tribal skirts were added so that people wud imagine these oldies in them and laugh .
Coconut water was added for purely a beach touch .
I know Jamaica has mixed population . I know eVERYTHING about that wonderful country and its wonderful people .
I am an Indian ............brown skin is my heirloom . And Im very proud of it .
I live in the US and have many African Americans as my best friends .............besides a natural rapport , my brownness is one thing i share with them and they r family to me
The commentary is written as humor so people having a stressful day shud laugh . That statement was in pure fun , not at all the way u construed it .
Saying that Jamaicans r tribals is as ridiculous as saying all Indians eat on Leaves even today .
People reading the commentary know me by now , so they dont even think in such a direction .
Urmila........Ashwin's wife wore noodle straps blouses while all the women in the show wore long sleeves . Why ? Coz The serial makers wanted to show that America is a forward country , apna desh is full of shy , demure women . So I sarcastically put in a statement OMG SHE WAS FROM PAAPI DESH AMREEKA ..........and someone misunderstood and thought I am criticising Americans .No . I was criticising The NARROW THINKING PROJECTED IN INDIAN SERIALS . The ignorance , on a subtle level is THERE , I infact attack it .
So I implore u all to understand properly without jumping to conclusions . Even this JAMAICA thing .......I picked the country on a humorous lark ! People liked it and I wrote more and more .
Its one thing to defend your beliefs but quite another to assume others r racist on the basis of a humor comment that has no value whatsoever .
I appreciate the fact u like my commentary btw .
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Edited by koolsadhu1000 - 14 years ago