tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22104641.post116066692503208707..comments2023-10-23T12:42:45.818-07:00Comments on Figuring it out in NYC: Blood Is RedZaphodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10277471797381952739noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22104641.post-1161013593778811262006-10-16T08:46:00.000-07:002006-10-16T08:46:00.000-07:00eM will hold you to that, TC it is in December and...eM will hold you to that, TC it is in December and don't welsh out on me! Besides, none of my friends will be in Delhi (hoping Bobo will be) and I need to go out and about Delhi...Zaphodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277471797381952739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22104641.post-1160754830790197472006-10-13T08:53:00.000-07:002006-10-13T08:53:00.000-07:00Zaphod: you're not as bad as eM, she's the freakin...Zaphod: you're not as bad as eM, she's the freaking wordstapo!hedonistic hobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693480297800328494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22104641.post-1160741242100235242006-10-13T05:07:00.000-07:002006-10-13T05:07:00.000-07:00only "if"? :) awww.. and here I was hoping for a j...only "if"? :) awww.. and here I was hoping for a joyful/tearful blogger's meet type thing when you got in. i am such a nerd.eMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716202062654957842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22104641.post-1160732932116416252006-10-13T02:48:00.000-07:002006-10-13T02:48:00.000-07:00eM, you have permission to smack me when and if we...eM, you have permission to smack me when and if we do meet (If you are TC come December, am sure will bump into you, is a stone's throw from my place)...I am kinda nitpicky about spelling as well, *especially* my own!Zaphodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277471797381952739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22104641.post-1160727866647554842006-10-13T01:24:00.000-07:002006-10-13T01:24:00.000-07:00Loved this post, though I can't say my experiences...Loved this post, though I can't say my experiences have been similar, seeing as I stayed in the "safe zone" mostly, living in India all my life, hell, not even moving out of DELHI. Sometimes I think I should do something else, get out and go to oh, Timbuctoo or something, but then I might just be too scared.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and not to nitpick, but it's "clique", not "click". :)eMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716202062654957842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22104641.post-1160725348879121232006-10-13T00:42:00.000-07:002006-10-13T00:42:00.000-07:00basho: america is a racist society. walk with your...basho: america is a racist society. walk with your eyes open. consider the populace that has the menial jobs, the hobos, it is about colour.<BR/><BR/>you should put up the name of this school in all fairness. no pun intended. then again princeton's a fucking white university too. i guess it's hard to believe that they'd have this mindset. <BR/><BR/>frankly basho it isn't just america the first time i realised i was brown was when i came to london with friends for 6 weeks four years ago. i was called ethnic smurf by my then fling-man. (sounds like wingman eh?) i let him, he was partially deaf in one ear so i figured no point yelling and taking the other one out as well. <BR/><BR/>simmi: i used to always accuse my danish ex of being racist. he wasn't actually, but he had no concept of understanding different races. for him immigrant=pakistani or sudanese=thief=narrow minded mossie fucks. and he was the more liberal variety. trouble with europe is their political correctness has fucked them over. i see the looks, i'm impervious to them. <BR/><BR/>besides indians are fuckin racist. we're racist towards each other caste system being case in point. we're nauseously obseqious around white folk case in point any shack in goa the white guy who comes an hour after you gets served first. it isn't because of big dollar tips it is because of skin. and we're racist against black folk. that first visit in london, as a grown up kid, i was 19 i realised the world is divided by race. as pathetic and sad as it seems it is true. and amongst expat communities no one seeed to discriminate as much as my own peoples so to speak.<BR/><BR/>so now i disown them all. i only have friends, no clours. they all shine, but.<BR/><BR/>we're a very small brood of genuine liberals.<BR/><BR/>i do confess to referring to chinese folk as ching pongs. then again ina flat of 8 i lived with 5 of them. and they're all still alive. fucker left chicken feet to thaw on the communal kitchen sink. why didn't they ever use the microwave? and this was everyone's experience. every tie the fire alarm went off i'd look aroudn and think hmmm..... i guess i live in the chinatown of the bubble. every town was chinatown in the bubble. :)<BR/><BR/>the chinese i do not understand. and i love latin americans. if you wanna learn how to be chilled out, you gotta learn from them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22104641.post-1160696873104234802006-10-12T16:47:00.000-07:002006-10-12T16:47:00.000-07:00basho, change that to 'the West is primitive' i.e....basho, change that to 'the West is primitive' <BR/><BR/>i.e. Europe and all its 'former' colonies.simmihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01041457794385746630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22104641.post-1160681796683846902006-10-12T12:36:00.000-07:002006-10-12T12:36:00.000-07:00america IS primitive. or maybe the UK is just as b...america IS primitive. or maybe the UK is just as bad. only in london, new york, they hide it better. or rather, you don't see it. everyone is pretending on so many levels .. <BR/><BR/>how about india? from your posts, im guessing you're north indian and live in delhi, so its all right. i'm a mix of different parts - assamese, south indian, maharashtrian ... look like any of these people, but none .. to an assamese, i'm a "mainlander" .. to a regular indian, im a "chapta"..u know what i mean?<BR/><BR/>im reading this book. "an inheritance of loss" by kiran desai. it won the booker so i had low expectations. its really good though. its descriptions of class in india, of being poor and brown in nyc .. i think you might like it.bashohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693651549512064954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22104641.post-1160681730476749712006-10-12T12:35:00.000-07:002006-10-12T12:35:00.000-07:00It's not just america, I was brought up in Europe,...It's not just america, I was brought up in Europe, one of the most liberal country's of the world and was still met with the same fucking discrimination...and back here in africa<BR/><BR/>...Im discriminated by africans for being indian, by whites for being black, by idians for not being like them, by all for being an exile, by men for being a woman...<BR/><BR/>another exile I met, contextualised it:<BR/>in europe we were discriminated against for being too black and here we are descriminated against for being too white.<BR/><BR/>then throw in the asian/female/artist/single parent equation...<BR/><BR/>atleast u still have a home to belong to.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>...and I think to my self what a wonderfull worldsimmihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01041457794385746630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22104641.post-1160673017110134892006-10-12T10:10:00.000-07:002006-10-12T10:10:00.000-07:00I dont know what to make of NY...as unbelieveable ...I dont know what to make of NY...as unbelieveable as it was in Boston, it still happened. But i refuse to accept it can happen in Manhattan. Walk down the street and you can see any race and then some...I don't think Manhattan can afford to be like that, ever since it was created, it has been the point of entry to the US from the rest of the world...but yeah, it IS america and NY isn't representative...but yeah you can be born in the US of A, it's still got to do with color...welcome to the age of enlightenmentZaphodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277471797381952739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22104641.post-1160672845229044872006-10-12T10:07:00.000-07:002006-10-12T10:07:00.000-07:00dude, that is so totally out there!i just moved to...dude, that is so totally out there!<BR/><BR/>i just moved to america. new york city, having spent ten years in england and i never faced this kind of discrimination or attitude. is it really this primitive here? on the way over, the cab driver, a black dude, was telling me, "i'm tellin' you bruddah, america, it all about the color, the white man, the yellow man, the brown man, the black man" .. in that order. <BR/><BR/>i thought he's full of shit. its the 21st century. this is america, no?<BR/><BR/>but maybe he was right..bashohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693651549512064954noreply@blogger.com