I wonder how the dust kicked up for racist discrimination of Actress Shilpa Shetty accounts for the rest of the common world suffering it every day.
One of our own professors had recounted tales of racism he himself had recounted in the course of his foreign travels.
The people immigrate to greener shores because the land they are living in is not giving them enough. Even for the case of Shilpa Shetty, why would she do a degrading show abroad when she’d still have her hands full back home.
The bitter truth is simple, even though Indians call themselves a Diaspora, without actually understanding the meaning. Diaspora usually referred the Jews who had been evicted from their land for centuries. Indians have never been evicted nor have they taken off for the fear of persecution, only for better prospects and better standers of living these places provide than here. So then why complain? Either stand up for what you believe is your right, and as far as I know no place discriminates as a matter of law.
I don’t know much about the world but I know for sure, that the most racist are likely to be Indians themselves. When Shilpa’s fellow contestants commented that she wanted to be white that’s why she bleached her face, honestly they were right, she did want to be fairer, then who is more racist? What about the millions of fairness creams creating fear psychosis for increase in their sale. How can an international product like L’Oreal dare to sell a skin whiting cream and have former Miss world, Aishwarya Rai endorse it. There is nothing that’s not racist here, how many times did you get to hear that you don’t look like your family because you are much darker and hence must be adopted. Well I did. And I am not adopted just that my skin is 100 shades darker than the rest of my family. I don’t care what they say but I decided early that I am not going to give business to L’Oreal or any other corporate organization that plays on fears created in society.
How many times did you come across printed ads stating the desirable girl to be wedded to be fair and how many times did you stare shamelessly when an African tourist landed on your bus. Colonial rule is over but the dung that they filled in our brains are here still. And racism is just the tip of the iceberg, racism exists even when you can see it or choose not to see and only way to come around is stand up for your self, or else no one will. What about the entire concept of freedom? Which is still largely lost on the society..yeah that’s another story for another day…
for now, those who make a choice to leave their homeland for the comforts of the foreign land must bear in mind that they have package to deal with and if ever perpetuated STAND UP for your self and deal with it before you make it an international issue.
