Enough on that already.
I was just going through all the blogs and editorials who are both for and against SRK but who all have 1 thing in common.
The mention of brown skins.
Infact religion, nationality apart, what everyone was universally in acceptance of, was that brown skins are the ones who normally get pulled aside.
After India won the inaugural T20 World Cup in S. Africa and were on their way back to India, they transited for a few hours in Dubai.
I happened to be flying out on business the same day and apart from a few over-eager (again brown skinned) autograph hunters I saw them treated just like everyone else.
They spent the 2 hours in the business class lounge (I presume they weren’t flying cattle class) like normal passengers and just seemed a little hungry. And particularly thirsty.
For Champagne!
With all the champagne having already been sprayed at each other in celebration in S Africa, they seemed intent on consuming enough to make up for the wastage on the ground.
Anyway I digress.
The point is that they were treated like everyone else (that is if business class travelers are like everyone else).
Now imagine the Australian or English team at an airport in India. The officers would be falling over themselves to push them to the front of the line and break every other rule they can.
Why?? The colour of their skins stupid.
Rome’s Da Vinci airport is one of the scariest in all of Europe. Not just because of the huge sniffer dogs running around you but also because it is the closest in character to Indian airports (i.e. messy, dirty & crumbling).
Anyway I digress.
The point is that they were treated like everyone else (that is if business class travelers are like everyone else).
Now imagine the Australian or English team at an airport in India. The officers would be falling over themselves to push them to the front of the line and break every other rule they can.
Why?? The colour of their skins stupid.
Rome’s Da Vinci airport is one of the scariest in all of Europe. Not just because of the huge sniffer dogs running around you but also because it is the closest in character to Indian airports (i.e. messy, dirty & crumbling).
At immigration I saw many people being pulled aside and their bags being checked inside out.
And almost 99.9% of them were "brown skinned" people.
But to be fair to the Italians, half of the segregated ‘brown skins’ were also seen carting around amazingly large bundles of luggage. Tied-up securely with nylon ropes and with numerous swathes of masking tape on it with ‘Mr. Agarwal New Dilli-ROME’ or ‘Mr. Banerjee Cal-Air France-Italy’ scrawled on it.
This ofcourse routinely passes for luggage in India but maybe the Europeans aren’t quite so familiar with pre-historic methods of packing.
The other half of the 'brown skins' told to step aside were Arabs, who had thankfully managed to pack sensibly but somehow were wearing pants that began, not near their waists, but somewhere near their nipples.
But I digress again.
The point is 'brown skins' are usually discriminated against while 'white skins' mostly have it easy.
And almost 99.9% of them were "brown skinned" people.
But to be fair to the Italians, half of the segregated ‘brown skins’ were also seen carting around amazingly large bundles of luggage. Tied-up securely with nylon ropes and with numerous swathes of masking tape on it with ‘Mr. Agarwal New Dilli-ROME’ or ‘Mr. Banerjee Cal-Air France-Italy’ scrawled on it.
This ofcourse routinely passes for luggage in India but maybe the Europeans aren’t quite so familiar with pre-historic methods of packing.
The other half of the 'brown skins' told to step aside were Arabs, who had thankfully managed to pack sensibly but somehow were wearing pants that began, not near their waists, but somewhere near their nipples.
But I digress again.
The point is 'brown skins' are usually discriminated against while 'white skins' mostly have it easy.
All over the world.
Faced with this reality, do you even wonder then, why the craze there is in Asia for fairness creams?
The irony is that SRK himself endorses one of the brands.
Faced with this reality, do you even wonder then, why the craze there is in Asia for fairness creams?
The irony is that SRK himself endorses one of the brands.
Maybe he should have used some of it too.
In all fairness.
Till Next Time
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