…….the NRI’s protested with non-violence and made TIME magazine apologise for the supposed ‘satire’ on dot-heads!!
Isn’t Joel Stein pleased? Isn’t that what he expected when he expressed surprise that Indians found his article racist and venomous?
And oh, in case you ask, “Who’s Joel Stein”, I’d like to let you know. But it doesn’t matter. I might just be sending more traffic his way …..which translates to more hits and ( 🙄 ) more popularity. Google him , if you want. But he’s not worth it. Believe me !!
There’s a lot of Joel-bashing going on on the web, but the two best reads I’ve come across are the ones by GreatBong and TheMadMomma. Do check out their outburst here and here.
Albeit late, TIME has apologized for the gaffe, though I wonder what kind of editor found that article funny enough to publish in the first place. The racist kind, I guess. The world’s full of them these days 😦 .
Noor, I did not find the article racist, not-funny yes but not racist. He was not politically correct, yes. But a lot of people in the US will have the same thoughts as his, including Indians. You should go to Edison to believe it 🙂
I beg to differ Srihari.
I wonder if Stein would have bothered to write any such article against the African-Americans or even the Chinese.
His comments are childish in his open contempt for Indians. Definitely politically incorrect, but racist too.
Joel Stien is a Jew. He does write lot of similar stuff about Jews. He has also gone after white people, saying that having well behaved Indians means white children can’t learn crime.
Have you seen any youtube videos of a comedian called Russel Peters? he is Canadian.
Maybe people don’t get offended by what he says as he is Indian origin. But what he says is lot worse than Joel Stien.
I’d say that this is a storm in a Tcup.
Thanks for the Russel Peter pointer Tai. Will check him out on you-tube.
And yeah, this could be a case of storm in a tea-cup as you say……maybe that’s why I didn’t vent as much ire as I’d like to have 😀