Racism - APNA STYLE

by **boiling blood** » Sat May 03, 2003 9:06 pm

An Indian restaurant in northern England regularly refuses to serve Indians and Pakistanis because cooking a curry spicy enough to satisfy their taste buds is too much hassle, according to its owner. IT\'S ADDING SOME GARAM MASAALA AND SOME MORE CHILLIES - THAT\'S A HASSLE? 

\'The Emperor of India\' in England\'s Lake District -- a popular tourist spot -- recently turned away an Asian couple celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary even though the restaurant was not full, The Daily Telegraph said Saturday. A FAMILY OF WHITE WALKS IN, THE \'HOSTS\' ARE \'ALL-ONE-FOOT-LONG-SMILES\', AND \"MAY I?\"; AN INDIAN FAMILY WALKS IN, IT\'S \"OH, BOY! SAALA, DESI AYYA YAAR!\"
 
\"The issue is not race,\" the restaurant\'s manager, Fozle Rabbi, was quoted as saying. \"People from India and Pakistan complain about our food. They say it is not spicy enough,\" added Rabbi, who hails from Bangladesh. BUT THEN OF COURSE YES! THAT IS WHAT INDIAN FOOD IS ALL ABOUT - SPICES, SOME MORE SPICES AND PLEASE SOME MORE SPICES!\" \"THE FOOD THAT WE GET IN INDIAN RESTAURANTS IS NOT AS SPICY AS YOU GUYS MAKE IT AT HOME, WHAT ALL DO YOU ADD, WHICH IS THE INDIAN GROCERY STORE WHERE I CAN GET THESE SPICES?..\"
 
\"Our menu is for the English who do not like it hot. We are very busy at weekends and holidays and do not have time for special dishes. It would be a load of hassle. We say we are fully booked if Asians ask.\" INGRAINED IN BLOOD, SLAVERY FOR THE WHITE SKIN.
 
Rabbi said the restaurant does occasionally serve Asians and had recently welcomed five Indian diners. He added that his business had run successfully for five years. WERE THEY ACCOMPANIED BY THE WHITES, RABBI?!
 
Moshinali Darugar, who along with his wife of 40 years was turned away by the restaurant, said he has lodged a complaint with the Commission for Racial Equality -- a publicly funded, non-governmental body set up to tackle racial discrimination and promote racial equality.
 
\"I wonder how many other people have been treated like this? I will pursue this until I die,\" the Telegraph quoted him as saying. GOOD FOR YOU, YOU HAVE HOT ENOUGH BLOOD TO PURSUE, GOOD LUCK.

by **boiling peeping tom** » Mon May 05, 2003 6:28 pm

Beleive me today I was not allowed inside the BAR of Taj connemara hotel Chennai because I was wearing the leather footwear(chapals) not proper shoes.
email tajcon@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in
FAX 0448523361.
In the same time I saw a white fellow wearing ordinary chappals . see the racism in India.

by **Z C** » Mon May 05, 2003 6:32 pm

What is the difference between racism and discrimination based on caste, religion, sex, state, country, language etc etc. can i broadly put everything under racism ?

by bb » Mon May 05, 2003 6:53 pm

well, call it discrimination ! when it happens, to ur people, by ur people, its that much more painful, right?

by bb » Mon May 05, 2003 7:09 pm

yes, it occured to me later. the reservations on the basis of caste/religion is something similar. More so where you find the least deserving, in terms of merrit, getting into the prof. colleges and govt services in India! But I posted the original msg. based on the behaviour of some of us Indians outside of India

by **khamaj** » Tue May 06, 2003 3:51 am

Well, nobody even cares about the footwear (unless mentioned) in some highly esoteric places, here in the US. It\'s high time that the Indians too started suing these a******* the American way. The best way to do this is catch hold of some private TV channels & kick their ass. B*****ds!

by **Colonel** » Tue May 06, 2003 3:54 am

U can put it under \"DISCRIMINATION\".Anything similar happened to u???

by **Th0r** » Tue May 06, 2003 10:46 am

We are all racists in our own way. I hate the Pakis the most - possibly everyone of us does, but I eat, drink, sleep the hate everyday.

by **Z C the dictionary and Z C the funda man** » Tue May 06, 2003 2:43 pm

racism and etc etc i mentioned before, all fall under discrimintion, Ex: In India: Setting: Nationalised School where people from all states are present: A senior staff member starts teaching in the local language !! Reason: Uve been in the state for so many months, u shud pick up the language. In India: same setting: Another Staff member slips off into local language coz his english is bad, but still tries to communicate in English, therez a thin line between the two. Where there are humans, therez discrimination, no point complaining .

by **Fiddler** » Tue May 06, 2003 5:32 pm

I think people should realise that everyone, including themselves, has double standards, whether they are consciously expressed or not. Discimination is a manifestation of those double standards, and an unconscious \'Us vs. Them\' feeling. Everyone discriminates in some way or other. The trick is to realise this and minimise it in oneself...

by bb » Wed May 07, 2003 7:10 pm

\'MY NAME IS NIKHIL\' \'MY NAME IS IQBAL\' \'MY NAME IS JOSEPH\'; \'I AM 3 YEARS OLD\' \'THIS IS MY TOY\' \'THIS IS MY PENCILE!\' \'I LIKE TO EAT ICE CREAM\' \'THIS IS MY MOM, AND DAD\' \'THIS IS MY LITTLE SISTER\' \'NO, DO NOT TOUCH MY SISTER\' \'MOM, THIS STRANGER SAYS HE WANTS TO TAKE AWAY \'MY\' LITTLE SISTER, Wahhhhhh\' 

...the \'I me and myself\' starts off way way back in childhood. it\'s called \'identity, stupid.\' we have to learn to identify ourselves, for many a reason, including survival. We need to be with likes of us. That need is innate, again for survival. think, think, think. whom are you most with?!
this board has been posted keeping that \'innate-survival-instinct-so-i-need-to-respect-my-likes\'in mind and the much so clear \'oh, wow, a white skin! i am a slave to it, still! YES! and so what? if this is my fellow Indian?! these Sahibs and Memsahibs are a way lot more to me\' attitude.

by **unlucky student in america** » Thu May 15, 2003 11:39 pm

There\'s a different style of racism going on here in the US where I am a student of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. They benchmark a few American students and take their performance as standard for all others, mostly desis. In exams, the Americans are asked if they need more time - if they need more time, the class gets it, and if they don\'t, the class doesnot get any. There is a rogue professor by the name Donna Dufner who indulges in this kind of racism most often. She revels and thrives in it. Racism is getting horrid in US universities these days.

by bb » Thu May 15, 2003 11:52 pm

Uh, o. You certainly are unlucky. Otherwise, in a country where ACLU and diversity rule, your getting one such teacher is either being very unlucky or this is a teacher who thinks that since you Asian students are anyways smarter, you do not need that much of time. I have come across such teachers and students where I feel sorry for the whites - it\'s more like we are SC/ST and at the worst BCs in the US in terms of being taken care of by the most famous liberals. Whatever the minority groups do, we are the Masters. Feel sad about this and also about what I have posted on this board, about how we are treated by our own country men, back here!! What say you?

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