Groundbreaking news: There’s a Jewish presence in the print media.

http://aroguewriter.blogspot.com/

The article about Indians was very different in content and tone. I think that is obvious to anyone who reads both articles.

Of course, there is also the obvious point that a person commenting on their own ethnic group might be allowed some leeway in their opinions, given that they form part of that ethnic group and thus are commenting on themselves. A person outside the ethnic group who comments on them might face a little more resistance to their views, and justifiably so, especially if they have an offensive tone.

Glad you asked for the link. It is an article by Joel Stein on Jewish Hollywood executives in LA Times, December 19, 2008.

http://conspireality.tv/2010/07/29/joel-stein-how-jewish-is-hollywood/

(Cut and paste if it does not work directly).

Yes, perhaps that is true, but I don’t think it is his place for him to try and shape us, is it? Even if it were, there are other ways of doing it, which are not so offensive or racist in their content and tone.

hoipolloi,

Do you have a link to that article?

I think one problem that desis have with Bobby Jindal is that he converted to Catholicism. People may feel that he has turned his back on his roots in order to further his political career. I don’t think anyone really cares that he calls himself Bobby. As you correctly say, many Indians do have that nickname.

I read at least one other article by Joel Stein regarding Jewish movie executives in Hollywood and their power grab. He did not mince any words or try to hide or justify their behavior. After reading that I came to realize he did not hold any malice towards Indians. He is an equal opportuinity commentor and humorist. Your mention of name change by George Soros is interesting. Hope this is not too much of a shock to some commentors on Sepia Mutiny who got their panties twisted because some guy calls himself Bobby, a not infrequent name in India.

In the past, however, Joel Stein wrote very funny articles. One that was quite self-effacing about his family’s immigration to the USA. This guy comes from a history of people who are not so attached to their country, and they seem stateless. One of his female ancestors about a hundred years ago on a country-of-origin question on their arrival to the USA put down “Austria” down but only after scratching out “Poland”. Joel, in his self-effacing article about his family’s immigration to the USA, pointed out that Poland and Austria don’t even touch. My point in bringing this up is that his ancestors are NOT attached to their host country (same as George Soros [whos surname was Anglicized from the Magyar "Shorosh", and this was Magyarized from the Germanic "Schwartzmann"]), and he seems to be trying to shape us into adopting these same traits.