[Reader-list] Fw: ..and these newspapers say Australians are racist

[subhrodip sengupta]

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Sent: Wednesday, 16 September, 2009 7:13:13 PM
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Media rarely gets critisised for going by the government wishes and aims. I wonder who are behind this............
in wake of the recent controversies on INDO CHINA....... the media supporting the idea of leave 500 bucks to the bank and settle for a zero worth FIR, or depicting false stories in Mumbai case or batla encounter is  aggreable to most of these people.

Corresponds to I am not hurt that (S)he said all this about me, as I am that you all listened to all this and tried to get some meaning out of it!


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From: Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
To: Sudeep K S <sudeep.ks at gmail.com>
Cc: reader-list at sarai.net
Sent: Wednesday, 16 September, 2009 6:37:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] ..and these newspapers say Australians are racist

Dear Sudeep
 
Your explanations and references notwithstanding, I still do not see anything RACIST in the cartoon strip.
 
Kshmendra

--- On Wed, 9/16/09, Sudeep K S <sudeep.ks at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Sudeep K S <sudeep.ks at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] ..and these newspapers say Australians are racist
To: "Kshmendra Kaul" <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
Cc: reader-list at sarai.net
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 2:23 PM


Dear Kshemendra,

'Racism' is a broad term, and in this context, it refers to the cartoonists' definition of 'ugli'ness.

Someone who does not look like 'our women' (the fair, and with whatever features that consitute 'beauty' in our people) gets classified as 'ugly'. This is not far from the discrimination and disrespect that Asians/Africans face for being 'dark-skinned' by fair-skinned people, or the deregatory 'South Indian / Madrasi' tag that some of us have to live with in Delhi.

If you want more help on this, there is a cool 'racism primer' avilable on the net. Incidentally, this one is also a cartoon strip, and guess what, this was pubished by the European nations in their effort to raise awareness about racism. 

See the complete strip here:

"What? Me? A Racist?"
http://www.unc.edu/depts/europe/conferences/Veil2000/multicult_france99/cartoon_raciste_en.pdf

Regards
Sudeep


On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:






The cartoon could be considered to be in bad taste wherein indirectly the objectifying of women as "pretty things" is being promoted by mentioning Mayawati as "ugly".
 
But, what is racist about the cartoon?
 
Kshmendra

--- On Wed, 9/16/09, Sudeep K S <sudeep.ks at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Sudeep K S <sudeep.ks at gmail.com>
Subject: [Reader-list] ..and these newspapers say Australians are racist
To: reader-list at sarai.net
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 10:21 AM



http://blog.insightyv.com/?p=738




      
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