http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmzkJIwy1WU
So if you follow this link, you can watch a video that a girl in Canada made about her issues with Indian people "filling up her country".
As an Indian immigrant, this is an important issue to me. It's very close to my heart. I've had to deal with insults about curry, our food, our values, our culture or and all I want to say those effin racist pigs is.
LEARN SOME RESPECT YO.
Now most white people are not like this. 90% of my friends are white and they have never treated me any different. But there's always that one guy who thinks he's so cool who will call me one of these names-
1. terrorist- Now I have things to say about this. First of all, Indians are NOT terrorists. It's racist and wrong to group all brown people together. Second of all- who the hell gives you the right to go around calling anyone terrorist? I mean nobody goes around calling all Americans "pregnant, divorced McDonalds eating teenagers." You know why? Why we don't do that? Because it's offensive and rude. And if I EVER heard a brown person talk like that, I would get all up in their face. I'm not saying that we are an exception. But to call a brown person, any brown person, from any region, just proves your ignorance. And you know what happens to ignorant people? They end up alone. So have some respect for people!
2. brownie- Now I have no problem with anyone calling me brown. I never did. I mean, I call people white all the time, and there's nothing I hate more than double standards, so call me brown. Call me brown, brownie, brown bag, whatever. I have learnt to embrace my brownness. What I have an issue with is when people use that term offensively. For example, there's a kid in my World Studies class who trips me EVERY effin time I walk by him, and calls me a brownie. THIS ISN'T 1985. SHEESH. Martin Luther King. Rosa Parks. Nelson Mandela. HAVE YOU LEARNT NOTHING? And when I see that same kid being all patriotic and emotional at the Martin Luther King Assembly, all I want to say is that skin color issues don't just apply to African Americans.
3. prude- Ok so you know what? I am not planning to lose my virginity to my first boyfriend on prom night. I'm not planning to get drunk every Friday night and throw up in the bushes. I'm not planning to dress like a stripper. I'm not planning to get high before school and then burst into giggles in biology class. GIVE ME A BREAK. You don't have to agree with my beliefs but you sure as hell have to respect them just because I respect your decision to be a tramp ass hoe/ "independent, self-respecting woman".
I think what truly hurts is when people insult my culture or my heritage. In the video, this girl makes fun of turbans. Turbans are a sign of respect. People wear them as a dedication to their religion or as respect to a higher power. Rosaries. Burkas. Turbans. These are all parts of different cultures and the people who wear them, wear them for a reason. Learn to be sensitive and understand that.
Another thing that pisses the crap out of me is the idea that immigrants are "filling up your country".
MICROSOFT.
AMAZON.
And if you're racist than even - SEVEN ELEVEN.
None of these things, in fact no business would run without the thousands of brown people working hard and using their brains to serve a country that they look to for opportunities. So you know if we stop "filling up your country", there won't be no country.
I am SO proud to be Indian. I am proud to be from a country that gained its independence through non-violence, a country that is deeply rooted with culture and respect. And I'm proud to live in America- a county that prides itself for being tolerable to everything. So it truly breaks my heart when things like this happen.
It's the time when I truly feel like we may never belong.
So if you follow this link, you can watch a video that a girl in Canada made about her issues with Indian people "filling up her country".
As an Indian immigrant, this is an important issue to me. It's very close to my heart. I've had to deal with insults about curry, our food, our values, our culture or and all I want to say those effin racist pigs is.
LEARN SOME RESPECT YO.
Now most white people are not like this. 90% of my friends are white and they have never treated me any different. But there's always that one guy who thinks he's so cool who will call me one of these names-
1. terrorist- Now I have things to say about this. First of all, Indians are NOT terrorists. It's racist and wrong to group all brown people together. Second of all- who the hell gives you the right to go around calling anyone terrorist? I mean nobody goes around calling all Americans "pregnant, divorced McDonalds eating teenagers." You know why? Why we don't do that? Because it's offensive and rude. And if I EVER heard a brown person talk like that, I would get all up in their face. I'm not saying that we are an exception. But to call a brown person, any brown person, from any region, just proves your ignorance. And you know what happens to ignorant people? They end up alone. So have some respect for people!
2. brownie- Now I have no problem with anyone calling me brown. I never did. I mean, I call people white all the time, and there's nothing I hate more than double standards, so call me brown. Call me brown, brownie, brown bag, whatever. I have learnt to embrace my brownness. What I have an issue with is when people use that term offensively. For example, there's a kid in my World Studies class who trips me EVERY effin time I walk by him, and calls me a brownie. THIS ISN'T 1985. SHEESH. Martin Luther King. Rosa Parks. Nelson Mandela. HAVE YOU LEARNT NOTHING? And when I see that same kid being all patriotic and emotional at the Martin Luther King Assembly, all I want to say is that skin color issues don't just apply to African Americans.
3. prude- Ok so you know what? I am not planning to lose my virginity to my first boyfriend on prom night. I'm not planning to get drunk every Friday night and throw up in the bushes. I'm not planning to dress like a stripper. I'm not planning to get high before school and then burst into giggles in biology class. GIVE ME A BREAK. You don't have to agree with my beliefs but you sure as hell have to respect them just because I respect your decision to be a tramp ass hoe/ "independent, self-respecting woman".
I think what truly hurts is when people insult my culture or my heritage. In the video, this girl makes fun of turbans. Turbans are a sign of respect. People wear them as a dedication to their religion or as respect to a higher power. Rosaries. Burkas. Turbans. These are all parts of different cultures and the people who wear them, wear them for a reason. Learn to be sensitive and understand that.
Another thing that pisses the crap out of me is the idea that immigrants are "filling up your country".
MICROSOFT.
AMAZON.
And if you're racist than even - SEVEN ELEVEN.
None of these things, in fact no business would run without the thousands of brown people working hard and using their brains to serve a country that they look to for opportunities. So you know if we stop "filling up your country", there won't be no country.
I am SO proud to be Indian. I am proud to be from a country that gained its independence through non-violence, a country that is deeply rooted with culture and respect. And I'm proud to live in America- a county that prides itself for being tolerable to everything. So it truly breaks my heart when things like this happen.
It's the time when I truly feel like we may never belong.
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