We amend what we said in an earlier post about the Indian community's tacit allowance of negative stereotypes of the community to persist on TV and in movies.
Turns out Indians will grab placards and head to the picket line like an overpaid television writer when their culture is offended. According to recent reports, Hindus around the world have spoken out against the new Mike Myer's movie "Love Guru," prompting Paramount, the film's distributor, to screen the film for Hindu advocacy groups in America.
On leap day we took a big leap forward from our normally apathetic viewpoints and posted a post about "Love Guru." Indians won't object to this perpetuation of Eastern mysticism or the sexualized orient , we surmised.
Like the act of letting your kids run on to the dais during a Hindu wedding ceremony, we were so wrong. Apologies for assuming your political apathy, Indian community. Apologies for perpetuating the stereotype that you just don't care.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
#1963.a: NOT Allowing Negative Representations of Indians to Persist in Popular Media
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There may actually be a purpose to negative representations. Not that we enjoy them, but maybe they'll lead us to fully developed South Asian characters. Eventually.
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