Friday, November 30, 2007

He's gay, he's Indian and he's a terrorist...



This is a hilarious video by stand up comedy Vidur Kapur where he shares with the audience how it feels like to be an non-white gay and an immigrant in the US. Jokes aside, the underlying message in this video reflects the harsh realities face by non Caucasian gay immigrants in western world. Apart from being shunned by their own community and snubbed by the white gays, they are also subject to prejudices as an immigrant by the majority. Despite the western countries and societies touted themselves as the champions of democracy, equality and fairness; they still can't shake off this deep rooted stereotyping from their minds. I came across a very well written post by a fellow blogger, Marcelproust that highlights this inequality. So, go and have a good read. :)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the compliment. I feel bound to point out that hardly any of the writing on tha page is actually by me.

j said...

You are being modest...You took the text, elaborated it further and turned it into a fine article. How I wish I can write like that... :)