Welcome racist India! No black cheerleaders please!

In the very first edition of the Indian Premier league (IPL), there has been string of pathetic displays of bad behaviour from the likes of players and team officials, from downright physical assaults, verbal abuses and dirt cheap treatment of the lesser known fringe players of the IPL by their team owners.

What has been even more shocking is the report on some black cheerleaders been asked not to perform quite simply because the Indian people don’t “like to see dark people”.

Dancers Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson were stopped by the pre-match show organisers “Wizcraft International Entertainment” by apparent instructions by the boss before the opening match of the Kings X1 at Mohali.

Not so long ago, the net was flooded with overzealous Indians who cannot digest or understand the fact about Indians being racists. The statements you often hear is that Indians cannot be racists has to be a joke considering we have the crudest examples of the same in the caste system followed till date and the very obnoxious institute of marriage in India, which is nothing more than piled up cart loads of crude racial dung fest!

At the end of the day, one has to reflect on who these bosses are… highly educated, affluent, savvy public figures, yet so naïve and downright cheap! But then what else can you expect from bollywood film stars actors, whose industry is marred by only the fair and affluent.

The mix between Bollywood entertainment and Cricket may be a good idea on the positives to get the housewives and some of non-cricket loving groups interested. After all much of prime time in the evening gets taken over by this segment in endless soap serials and filmy gossip. However what the administrators failed to see is that it would also bring out the muddy slush of the bollywood entertainment industry. After all, the Indian affection of anything white is well documented in society and is almost a norm in the film industry. How many dark skinned leading actresses are there in this industry?

The two cheerleaders reported that they were upset and cried and they could have understood it if at least the crowd was not receptive to them. The crowd was receptive to them but the highly educated, affluent public star bosses had other ideas in implementing their age old formula for bollywood success.

On the cricketing crowd as such, one would have expected some serious ‘backlashes’ as some call, on the Australians, from the controversial Indian tour of Australia. On the contrary, they were warmly received and very well taken care. This crowd is typically what the affluent snooty snobs in India call the ‘front benchers’, with also the obvious mix of the educated and the not-so-educated.

At the end of the day, it took a big public figure filled with snooty bigotry to bring the house down. So where are all those millions and billions of Indians here and across the world. After all when Shilpa Shetty from the same bollywood industry was racially abused by from unknown small time actor in the UK, the whole community across the world rallied for her.

So where are those rallies for these Uk girls? Where those taxi drivers with their stickers to support? Where are those websites harping on voting for Shilpa to kill racism?

Oh I forgot… Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson are from the entertainment industry and are black. Indians don’t like seeing black people! I get it!

Here’s Hally Berry for you… she is black, a good actor, acts in films better than any bollywood crapreel and most importantly well respected!



64 Comments so far »

  1. by Ottayan, on May 22 2008 @ 11:12 am

     

    Yes I agree with you.But think of all the dark skinned girls in India who are deemed unmarriageable.

    What are we doing about it?

    BTW, any more revealing photos of Hally Berry. Which team is she cheerleading? :)

  2. by scorpicity, on May 22 2008 @ 11:30 am

     

    She cheers for me Otts :) . I can loan you Beyonce knowles for you though :)

  3. by Q, on May 22 2008 @ 12:51 pm

     

    Are u serious The 2 girls were stopped cos they were dark?

    Bipasha, Rani, Kajol are all dark - they seem to be doing fine in Bollywood.

  4. by scorpicity, on May 22 2008 @ 1:06 pm

     

    Yup Q.. it happened! On Bipasha, Kajol, Rani… they are not really that dark maybe wheatish but anyway, they are specifically made fairer with all the make-up. Look at how they appear on films and in real life.

  5. by Avnish, on May 22 2008 @ 4:04 pm

     

    I went to a CSK game and the cheerleaders from the Washington Redskins were a rage. And as we all know, there are quite a few dark girls in the squad. Chennai has a fair percentage of dark skinned people and they seemed to be having no colour preferences as such.

    Mohali on the other hand is the land of the fair damsels. No wonder the bosses had a problem accepting the dark babes.But all in all it still smacks of hypocricy - somthing the educated seem to indulge in more than anybody else.

    As for Bips and Kajol, they are dusky dude. not dark

  6. by Naked Cricket, on May 22 2008 @ 4:28 pm

     

    scorpi, good you wrote this one.

  7. by Straight Point, on May 22 2008 @ 6:11 pm

     

    unfortunate but not surprised a bit…as OTT mentioned…tv ads are flooded with this psyche of us…and somehow we are all part of this…

  8. by Smarty Pants, on May 22 2008 @ 6:18 pm

     

    A fine post…
    What they’ve done is certainly poignant.
    How would the organizers feel if something of this sort was done with them in a foreign country???
    Miserable…

  9. by Wasim, on May 22 2008 @ 7:15 pm

     

    I would use the term Aesthetically biased. Scorpi you yourself has picked two light skin ones, Halle and Beyonce they are not dark skinned.

  10. by scorpicity, on May 22 2008 @ 10:54 pm

     

    hypocrisy indeed avnish… the great indian hypocrisy.. as for kajol and the likes, yup I agree where in the world are they actually black.

  11. by scorpicity, on May 22 2008 @ 10:54 pm

     

    Cheers NC… you have been rather quiet these days… what’s up? Looking forward to your lovely posts.

  12. by scorpicity, on May 22 2008 @ 11:18 pm

     

    Hi Wasim… this debate is specifically not the ones showcased like hally berry or beyonce… if I have to seriously pick out names… then i can easily rattle out a naomi campbell and several other top black supermodels or every top black host like oprah! But then it is missing the whole point isn’t it?

    I have know Otts for quite sometime and we quite understand each other’s wavelength on cricketing issues on our blogs to a point when we feel either one of us gets very serious on things, we liven the atmosphere, which is precisely what we do on each other’s blogs.

    You hit it bang on the head on the likes of being aesthetically biased, which is pretty much I, you or anyone in India have been used to in this social stigma. But then when you see attempts by the world to change, we Indians refuse to even acknowledge the problem. As for Halley berry specifically, I have read a lot about her and especially her influences who struggled to fight against the stigmas of society in the entertainment business. I found it extremely apt to put her as the face as she has channeled their cause in her performances in the films she has made.

    cheers mate

  13. by scorpicity, on May 22 2008 @ 11:20 pm

     

    Hi smarty pants… welcome to cricketfizz… yup I agree, we all know the uproar behind the shilpa shetty episode… ironically, it all goes missing when it is committed by our own.

  14. by scorpicity, on May 22 2008 @ 11:26 pm

     

    Sp.. yup its the bitter truth, somehow I you and everyone in India is part of it… sad but true. The least we can do to start with is to acknowledge our problem, then awareness and remedial actions can come through. The problem right now is that we are living in this disbelief that it happens only in the western countries simply because the terminologies are different but the causes are ironically the same.

  15. by SG, on May 22 2008 @ 11:48 pm

     

    INDIANS ARE A BUNCH OF TWISTED KNOBBLEHEADED TWATS….. I live in the UK, honestly speaking, I think all Indians ought to be kicked out of UK, and those left behind ought to be shot.

  16. by Homer, on May 23 2008 @ 1:01 am

     

    Scorpi,

    This story first broke on either the Indian Express or the Statesman ( not sure which).. It was a 2-3 para article and at that time the Mohali people said that the two were not the only ones fired..There were also “fair skinned” girls who got the boot.

    WizCraft, the company managing the entertainment /cheer leaders, havent reported of a complaint.

    Neil Maxwell denies that the cheerleaders were fired because of race..

    While I have all the sympathy in the world if race was the cause for them getting the boot, it could just as well be vindictive behavior on the part of the girls because they were fired?

    Cheers

  17. by DOUGLAS KALINSKY, on May 23 2008 @ 3:34 am

     

    Well, re: dark girls- any lovely women in India that are deemed too “dark….” Ha. I think all Indian woman are extremely beautiful…too dark? B*llshit- beauty is in the eye of the beholder…in this case, being my eyes, any indian woman can’t be too dark or too beautiful. (as they are all beautiful to me.) By the way, I lve in the usa, the homeland of the bigoted, mysoginistic, stupd, inbred, racist homophobic idiots that the rest of the world hates…..)

  18. by Wasim, on May 23 2008 @ 4:18 am

     

    Scorpi:

    Didnt meant to offend anybody, I don’t live in India, I have been living in US for many years, I don’t know if it was such a big issue in India, the only reason I wrote that because the last match I saw half of the cheerleaders were African American, also racism is a very strong term I think it was inappropriately used, even if they were fired for being black which is hard to believe, it is show business you have to keep in view what the viewers like. Also right now we are presuming that they were just fired because of their color and their was no other problem which is hard to believe, is also wrong.

    I have worked with many African Americans and to tell you the truth every issue becomes a race issue for them they play this card so well you won’t believe. Its true that they have suffered a lot for many years and are still profiled every day when they apply for a job at some places but there are reasons for such profiling you have to live here and work with them to realize that I won’t go in details.

    Your intentions were noble and I do respect them.

  19. by KXB, on May 23 2008 @ 8:05 am

     

    “I have worked with many African Americans and to tell you the truth every issue becomes a race issue for them they play this card so well you won’t believe. Its true that they have suffered a lot for many years and are still profiled every day when they apply for a job at some places but there are reasons for such profiling you have to live here and work with them to realize that I won’t go in details.”

    Uh, maybe you did not read the article, but the 2 women in question are not American, but British - unless you believe all black people are the same?

    Halle Berry is an interesting choice. Her production company is in the initial stages of producing a film called “Tulia” about an Indian-American lawyer Vanita Gupta, who successfully released a number of black people who were wrongfully convicted on phoney drug charges in Texas - victims of the “profiling” you believe is so useful and necessary. The actress who will play the Gupta? Halle Berry! I wonder what the sensitive Indian elite will think about a black woman playing an Indian?

  20. by Som, on May 23 2008 @ 8:16 am

     

    First they had problem with skin display and now it’s the complexion. You are running IPL and not a tannery Mr Modi.

  21. by scorpicity, on May 23 2008 @ 8:57 am

     

    Homer… that’s an interesting info… vindictive behaviour maybe… but I really hope it is not a PR damage control cover up. But why I don’t buy this argument is that why then should they fly them down here and then give the boot… surely it costs them a lot more doesn’t it? As an entertainment company, you certainly don’t blindly hire people without checking out there profiles etc.

  22. by scorpicity, on May 23 2008 @ 8:58 am

     

    Whoa SG… maybe you are being way to harsh… any specific reason for your outburst towards the UK Indian community

  23. by scorpicity, on May 23 2008 @ 9:01 am

     

    Welcome Douglas to cricketfizz… eye of the beholder indeed :)! Coming from the place you live, am sure you would have seen it all… BTW, how is the race for the presidency nomination catching up.

  24. by scorpicity, on May 23 2008 @ 9:10 am

     

    Hey Wasim… chill dude… you didn’t offend anybody… the point you made is absolutely spot on. I don’t think anybody here would have resorted to this measure on actual pure racial beliefs… the reason is specifically on show business and giving people what they want… unfortunately, that is the fair tag associated in the indian film industry, which is actually the crux of the post. But then, this is not acceptable for the world who see it as being racist, whereas for us it is soft racism! Either way it has to change here. The best part is the crowd never objected.

    Have traveled across the world quite a few times to finally settle down in one place… I understand this problem you mention about playing the race card to their advantage.

  25. by scorpicity, on May 23 2008 @ 9:26 am

     

    Welcome KXB to cricketfizz… yes, I understand that there are problems in the US where black people do use the racism card to get things their way but then it is pointless addressing these here.

    What puzzles me and therefore am harsh on this company is they would have checked their profiles, photos, visa arrangements and travel plans well in advance. To fly them down here and fire them as their PR agencies swing about makes no sense as they have not come out with any reason for the same. I somehow believe that the allegation made by the girls is true. Sometime back Andrew Symonds made allegations of racist taunting which to me was utter rubbish because the context to those terms are not racial but common mild impish fun poking in India.

    Halle Berry in Tulia… cool :)

  26. by scorpicity, on May 23 2008 @ 9:29 am

     

    Som… poor Modi :)… caught in the wild fire for no reason of his… serves him right anyway.

  27. by Homer, on May 23 2008 @ 10:24 am

     

    And as an entertainment company, the cost accrued by bad publicity are extremely high.. So that begs the question - why would a company want all the bad press and the prospect of facing discrimination charges ( and corresponding lawsuits) ?

    Again, there are three sides to every story - the girls may be right but unless it is irrefutably proven, I am not buying

    Cheers

  28. by scorpicity, on May 23 2008 @ 10:45 am

     

    Cheers Homer… let’s see how it all pans out. i really hope that this didn’t happen and it was all the r- card calling

  29. by Wasim, on May 23 2008 @ 10:56 am

     

    KXB

    I am not saying profiling is useful or should be done essentially, what I am saying is most of the profiling which is done here is because of the actions committed by the African Americans.If profiling is a reality then unfortunately this is also a reality.
    I fully sympathize with them for all the attrocities they have gone through but now its in the past, If an Indian can go in states with no money and make his future, then their is no excuse for an african American to whine about lack of opportunities and label everything which goes against them as racism.

    I am aware of Tulia, never liked Halle as an actress but my favorite actors are Denzel Washington and Will Smith,
    anxiously waiting for Will’s new movie Hancock just saw it’s preview today in the theatre.

    I don’t think any racism is involved in this issue as the company would not have hired them in the first place if that was the case. Truth will come out pretty soon.

  30. by Som, on May 23 2008 @ 11:15 am

     

    Hey Scorpicity. Modi isn’t fair either! You think ground enough to throw him out?

  31. by scorpicity, on May 23 2008 @ 1:53 pm

     

    Hi Wasim… let’s really hope so… cheers

  32. by scorpicity, on May 23 2008 @ 1:54 pm

     

    Nah Som… on this, no way… the only way he can be thrown out is if he is caught in some corruption scandal LOL

  33. by Homer, on May 23 2008 @ 8:43 pm

     

    Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt Ltd has alleged that Jorge Aldana, who brought the two cheergirls who later alleged racial discrimination, has attempted to extort money and cash in on the issue.

    Dancers Ellesha Newton, 22, and Sherinne Anderson, 25, claimed they were stopped from going on stage by organisers ahead of an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match in Mohali, Punjab.

    Newton told a newspaper: An organiser pulled us away. He said the people here don’t want to see dark people. The ‘N’ word was used and they said they only wanted beautiful white girls. We were crying. I could understand if it were the crowd, but they were very receptive.

    In a statement here Friday afternoon, Wizcraft said that ever since the issue was highlighted by the media since the past four days, Aldana had expressed his willingness to back down from the claim (of racial discrimination) in return for further payment.

    If the company failed to meet the demand, he threatened to approach the international media. In his SMSes, he demanded a compensation of Rs.400,000, but in verbal communication, the demand was for a larger sum.

    http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=78836

  34. by Amina, on May 23 2008 @ 9:31 pm

     

    I beleive Asians are hipocrits becasue i was bullied in school were most of the puplis were asians. They use to call me black when in fact i was mixed race (white/black). I use to say that if I am black then what are you they use to reply dark white.

    I found this quite funny when I was more white in blood and
    looks rather than them.

    As I grew older with them I began to realise that there is a
    heirarchy system in the asian communities especially the indians were the more lighter you are the better.

    So when this incident came up I most diffinently beleive it.

    It is ashame that they regard the colour of skin important when most of these asian people are not white but brown/black themselves.

  35. by Race and the IPL - Cover Points, on May 23 2008 @ 10:01 pm

     

    [...] involved in backing Harbhajan in Australia and yet also Shilpa Shetty in England while not backing these cheerleaders. Follow the link for an interesting set of comments. Published May 23 2008, 09:15 AM Filed [...]

  36. by Taylor, on May 24 2008 @ 8:16 am

     

    it’s the same everywhere around the world. Humans do not want to be around these animals. It is terribly unfair how we keep telling these creatures that they are people, because this lie is what keeps them suffering. They keep trying to live in a civilized society to no avail, because all the affirmative action, quotas, and “feel good” programs can never make them human.You can dress them up in human clothes, teach them human languages, and give them laptops, I-Pods, Nike sneakers, basketball scholarships and whatever else, but in the end an ape is still an ape.

  37. by scorpicity, on May 24 2008 @ 8:53 am

     

    Homer… that’s an interesting development. Let’s see how it unfolds either it can be massive PR work or like many here are saying ‘kicking a storm for attention and compensation’ by the two.

  38. by scorpicity, on May 24 2008 @ 8:54 am

     

    But homer… it took the company so many days to come out with a proper statement… weird.

  39. by scorpicity, on May 24 2008 @ 9:01 am

     

    Hi Amina… welcome to cricketfizz… maybe things are different in other countries where Indian non-residents live but I can assure you that it is not that bad in India. The word racism in the Indian context is completely different from the western world’s context and understanding of the same. So like said again, I plead ignorance on my knowledge of the non-resident Indian communities as I have no clue about them but I can assure things are way way better in India.

  40. by Homer, on May 24 2008 @ 9:07 am

     

    So many days Scorpi? The allegations were made by the cheerleaders in print a few days ago..The extortion attempts happened later.. In the interim, the issue became a hot button issue for the company..

    Now, they have sued the agent and the cheerleaders which is the proper course of action imho.

    Also, whether they responded in a day or a week is not the moot point is it?

    Cheers

  41. by scorpicity, on May 24 2008 @ 9:12 am

     

    Welcome Taylor… thats rather harsh… it certainly is not all that bad.

  42. by scorpicity, on May 24 2008 @ 9:14 am

     

    Homer… I also believe that it is likely that they would have asked for compensation etc. The info on these two dancers performing after that alleged match is interesting and swings the case for the company. Let’s see how it unfolds… amazing drama though!

  43. by scorpicity, on May 24 2008 @ 9:15 am

     

    Thxs Dreamcricket

  44. by Sputter, on May 24 2008 @ 9:21 am

     

    “It is ashame that they regard the colour of skin important when most of these asian people are not white but brown/black themselves.”

    Actually no Brown/black is NOT a race there dipshit. Indians are biologically not even close to congoids, so no, they are not brown/black. All the Indians I know would beat you with a pipe if you called them black.

  45. by ahartn, on May 24 2008 @ 9:31 am

     

    “Here’s Hally Berry for you… she is black, a good actor, acts in films better than any bollywood crapreel and most importantly well respected!”

    That negress is not respected in the states, she is an airhead who simply recites lines. By the way, Halle Berry has had numerous surgeries to reduce her negroid features to look human. She is only half negro, yet she had to resort to major cosmetic surgery not to look like an ape.

  46. by scorpicity, on May 24 2008 @ 9:46 am

     

    Hi Sputter… it’s more complex than that and you are being harsh… the western world’s concept and idea on racism is not how it works here in India… It’s a lot different and contextually different… its crazy to explain for me. We can view in as racism but its rather soft, has other names and is also bound by the constitution of India… so its a bit weird.

  47. by scorpicity, on May 24 2008 @ 9:47 am

     

    ahartn, in the name of anti-racism, you are being racist yourself… chill man don’t get worked up… cheers

  48. by scorpicity, on May 24 2008 @ 9:49 am

     

    Folks… an appeal… in the name of being against racism, some of us here are quite blatantly being racist! Chill folks, surely this is not what we intend!

  49. by UTP, on May 24 2008 @ 3:33 pm

     

    I cant believe…the discussion….has gone wild…

  50. by scorpicity, on May 24 2008 @ 10:37 pm

     

    Hi UTP… welcome to cricketfizz… it sure has… I had to close down the comments section for a few hours.

  51. by Soulberry, on May 25 2008 @ 1:39 pm

     

    If it is true, it is a shame.

  52. by UTP, on May 26 2008 @ 11:07 pm

     

    There was a commercial element involved…and since cricket is for the masses….the decision must have been taken….I think its a bit harsh to be labeling that way….

  53. by scorpicity, on May 27 2008 @ 11:01 am

     

    Yup Soulberry… there has been some strange twists in this case but the crux is still on this one.

  54. by scorpicity, on May 27 2008 @ 11:02 am

     

    H UTP… unfortunately it is an event with an international audience too involved and therefore one cannot get away by ignoring their sensitivities.

  55. by Kaisar, on May 28 2008 @ 2:43 am

     

    I enjoyed the subtle distinctions made in some of the comments about “wheatish” and “dusky” not actually being “all that dark”. My own thoughts on the subject are in a blog on the site

    http://www.arguingindia.blogspot.com

  56. by Jay, on June 3 2008 @ 12:03 am

     

    Question for you? How many “dark skinned” actresses have had the same or even half the success that actresses like Halle Berry, Angela Basset or Beyonce Knowles had in Hollywood?

    Discrimination and prejudice played a part in the incident with the cheer leaders in India. Discrimination and latent racism is by no means over in other parts of the world. Please do not conflate Halle’s success with Hollywood’s egalitarian culture. Every “ism” that describes discrimination of some sort is alive and well in Hollywood.

    Average Indians are not aware of the “one drop” rule they’ve grown to consider darker skin color as not being beautiful and a good part of this self hatred stems from their colonial past, which India has not consciously and collectively examined or discussed. If the girls looked like Halle Berry the confused and twisted personnel at Wizcraft would have treated them very differently. Are you getting this?

    Please do not conflate “discrimination and prejudice” with racism. Racism is systemic economic, social, legal oppression of one race by another. Using the term racism broadly, dilutes it and also distorts discussions such as this ghastly incident with the cheerleaders.

  57. by scorpicity, on June 3 2008 @ 9:53 am

     

    Welcome Jaysree to cricketfizz… your points are superb… perhaps you very aptly explained the concept of racism in India which is a lot different from what is in the west both in concept and culture. However I beg to defer on some your points.

    On your thoughts and questions posed… Racism was there big time in Hollywood… Halle was only an example of somebody who fought through it and highlighted the roles and achievements of Dorthy, who was the best black actress into the awards foray. Let’s not read too much into the example as such but more for a metaphor.

    You points on our colonial past being the reason for the self-hatred thoughts of the people is too far fetched and may I say a bit ridiculous. This has been the case way back into our history even before the colonial era where Kings seeked out fair damsels as their queens or concubines, while there were also cases of Kings marrying dark skinned princess, which you should understand was the way politics of co-operation and treaty worked back then.

    On your thoughts that the company would have treated it differently if it was someone aesthetically pleasing like halle is strange for the following.

    As a company, they should have or would have checked out their profiles and a preview of that team before spending money in getting visas, tickets and accommodation. If they didn’t like dark skinned people, they could have bypassed them right there before flying them out here and giving them a nose rub. If you and I would be in the same position, flown down to the UK to be rubbed off, we wouldn’t like it either. Your Shilpa Shetty didn’t like it either!

    Second, there were brownish or dark skinned local cheerleaders in the superkings group. But let’s face it their skills were pathetic and they couldn’t dance or entertain for nuts! Compare their skills to those girls in question and one can see a huge professional difference, even better than any of those bollywood superstars who had their gigs at the event. At the end of the day, people are coming there to watch a match not the cheerleaders… and those cheerleaders did well to entertain with their dance moves… nobody in the crowd had a problem with those girls… the question here is professionalism and not aesthetic frills!

    On your point on conflicting discrimination and prejudice is simply stuck to the Indian culture and thoughts which is somewhat understandable if this is an event ONLY for the Indian audience. But no… this is an event that is telecast worldwide to 140 countries… the audience here is INTERNATIONAL. And therefore, if this is a global event, you OUGHT to be sensitive to the International audiences, where this episode is a clear case of racism. In this context, it is irrelevant for us on what the Indian definition of racism is to those girls questioned. if one cannot open up to the sensitivities of the International audience, then do not do an event for any global audience… do not pitch for the olympics, commonwealth games nothing. Let’s all stick to our own hypocritical jingoism.

  58. by Awero, on June 7 2008 @ 3:32 pm

     

    I am an african woman working in India and I am 100% black african. I have lived here for 8 months and I can tell you it’s totally true that Indians can be racist to Black people. I watch Indian TV and all the people you see there are fair skinned. My expat collegues who are white/European are treated nicer than me and I get stared at everywhere I go in a down right ogling-rude manner. I am not surprised that the IPL bosses did not want these black girls on. India has an obsession with fairer skin color. I sometimes feel sorry for the dark skinned Indians. Most of them have crap jobs and are treated rather bad. Regarding the Shilpa Shetty issue, I feel she has to now promote eliminating racism in her own country. The whole world rallied for her on the UK celeb big brother. Or wait.. maybe she can’t do anything about it… its fine to be racist in india to dark skinned indians but its not okay for others to be racist to fair skinned Indians outside of inidia. What utter BS!

  59. by Olivia, on June 7 2008 @ 5:56 pm

     

    I think it’s hilarious and very hypocritical that people on here deny racism occurring, when there is blatant racism on this forum.
    This story does not surprise me one bit. And from someone who grew up in a very multicultural area of London, it disappoints me greatly

  60. by scorpicity, on June 8 2008 @ 10:21 am

     

    Welcome Awero… utter BS indeed

  61. by scorpicity, on June 8 2008 @ 10:22 am

     

    Welcome Olivia… how are things in London…. are there many multi-cultural conflicts.

  62. by Prithvi, on June 12 2008 @ 6:51 pm

     

    I’m a black Indian man, residing in the USA, who is frankly tired of all the BS lighter multiracial Indians say about their proud yellow Aryans heritage which is often non-existent depending on the individual. To the other poster who was half African black and white who was bullied by other Indians, I feel for you. If I were there, a black-skinned Asian man, those racist multiracial Indians would have bullied me as well. The funniest thing about it is that these yellow-skinned Aryan Indians, by their own logic, must bow down to the white-skinned man of England. These malicious racists feel they can openly tell me that my black skin is ugly or my wide nose is ugly, then turn around and say we’re all Indians so it’s not racist. Shilpa Shetty, the yellow-skinned Aryan Indian, started crying when the UK Big Brother insulted her. Obviously, not used to racism herself but all these yellow-skinned Aryans are always willing to dish it out for the black Indian man. Something really needs to be done to uplift the view of black-skinned people in India.

  63. by scorpicity, on June 15 2008 @ 12:38 pm

     

    Welcome Prithvi to cricket fizz… you certainly are on some tangent with the aryan talk.

  64. by real picture, on June 26 2008 @ 4:49 am

     

    You all fail to see the real picture, white women are the whores, so objectify them, they are our sex objects, respect all darker women, cover them up and rspect them. When will you all realise this!

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