Comments on: The Philadelphia Inquirer Covers Indian Americans: Gets it 100% Right http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/09/09/the-philadelphia-inquirer-covers-indian-americans-gets-it-100-right/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jagr721 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/09/09/the-philadelphia-inquirer-covers-indian-americans-gets-it-100-right/comment-page-1/#comment-286625 jagr721 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:24:55 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/?p=6748#comment-286625 <p>Wait, so we don't have elaborate weddings? The last ones I've been to have been 4 days and 6 days long; both involved skits, mehndi, and grooms on horseback.. And yes, on average we have a higher rate of college graduation and are more affluent than any other racial group. Of course there are exceptions to this rule but it is neither inaccurate to point out these facts nor demeaning to the community to do so.</p> <p>I have no idea why you decide to get into coverage of Pakistanis or Bangladeshis. The article was meant to discuss the Indian-American community. So you don't like their treatment of Indian-Americans, but you want them to discuss Pakistani-Americans too?</p> <p>Pick and choose your battles. This wasn't one to get incensed about.</p> Wait, so we don’t have elaborate weddings? The last ones I’ve been to have been 4 days and 6 days long; both involved skits, mehndi, and grooms on horseback.. And yes, on average we have a higher rate of college graduation and are more affluent than any other racial group. Of course there are exceptions to this rule but it is neither inaccurate to point out these facts nor demeaning to the community to do so.

I have no idea why you decide to get into coverage of Pakistanis or Bangladeshis. The article was meant to discuss the Indian-American community. So you don’t like their treatment of Indian-Americans, but you want them to discuss Pakistani-Americans too?

Pick and choose your battles. This wasn’t one to get incensed about.

]]> By: Akshay http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/09/09/the-philadelphia-inquirer-covers-indian-americans-gets-it-100-right/comment-page-1/#comment-286436 Akshay Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:04:38 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/?p=6748#comment-286436 <p>@asympt0te, I totally agree. I really just want to be a person who happens to be Indian, not someone you can stereo-typically typecast. I'm not trying to repudiate my background, I just wasn't raised in a traditional way and want to discover and pursue own lifestyle. If I do get married, it's not going to be a 5 day affair for sure! I hope the article covered people like me.</p> @asympt0te, I totally agree. I really just want to be a person who happens to be Indian, not someone you can stereo-typically typecast. I’m not trying to repudiate my background, I just wasn’t raised in a traditional way and want to discover and pursue own lifestyle. If I do get married, it’s not going to be a 5 day affair for sure! I hope the article covered people like me.

]]> By: asympt0te http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/09/09/the-philadelphia-inquirer-covers-indian-americans-gets-it-100-right/comment-page-1/#comment-286385 asympt0te Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:27:49 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/?p=6748#comment-286385 <p>Not to be a party-pooper here but this is representative of a narrow shiny sliver of the Indian diaspora. I am growing tired of the henna; jai-ho-noise; elaborate-wedding; colorful-clothing; tradition-appropriating-facade of Indians in the American media. It looks largely theatrical and formulaic.</p> <p>I don't have anything against the Gujaratis or the folks in the report, the Gujarati stereotype is starting to grow heavy and doesn't necessarily represent me.</p> Not to be a party-pooper here but this is representative of a narrow shiny sliver of the Indian diaspora. I am growing tired of the henna; jai-ho-noise; elaborate-wedding; colorful-clothing; tradition-appropriating-facade of Indians in the American media. It looks largely theatrical and formulaic.

I don’t have anything against the Gujaratis or the folks in the report, the Gujarati stereotype is starting to grow heavy and doesn’t necessarily represent me.

]]> By: ZacharyLatif http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/09/09/the-philadelphia-inquirer-covers-indian-americans-gets-it-100-right/comment-page-1/#comment-286384 ZacharyLatif Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:58:31 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/?p=6748#comment-286384 <p>At least in Britain we have "British Asians", which is a perfectly reasonable and identifiable term.</p> <p>Though to be fair I think the Indian-American community is orders of magnitude larger than the other South Asian American community. Is being a "model minority" a bad thing to be anyway?</p> At least in Britain we have “British Asians”, which is a perfectly reasonable and identifiable term.

Though to be fair I think the Indian-American community is orders of magnitude larger than the other South Asian American community. Is being a “model minority” a bad thing to be anyway?

]]> By: nusrat http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/09/09/the-philadelphia-inquirer-covers-indian-americans-gets-it-100-right/comment-page-1/#comment-286383 nusrat Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:26:00 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/?p=6748#comment-286383 <p>taz: "Yet you read a South Asian American blog and felt empowered to respond to a post on a South Asian American blog to a post by a Pakistani-American."</p> <p>"Pakistani-American"? What happened to South-Asian American. Btw, This South-Asian identity is mostly owned by Indian-Americans, Paksitani Muslims are too busy trying to belong to the grand umma. :)</p> taz: “Yet you read a South Asian American blog and felt empowered to respond to a post on a South Asian American blog to a post by a Pakistani-American.”

“Pakistani-American”? What happened to South-Asian American. Btw, This South-Asian identity is mostly owned by Indian-Americans, Paksitani Muslims are too busy trying to belong to the grand umma. :)

]]> By: Jimmy http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/09/09/the-philadelphia-inquirer-covers-indian-americans-gets-it-100-right/comment-page-1/#comment-286371 Jimmy Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:38:15 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/?p=6748#comment-286371 <p>I feel empowered to respond on all blogs, not only South Asian blogs.</p> I feel empowered to respond on all blogs, not only South Asian blogs.

]]> By: Alina-M http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/09/09/the-philadelphia-inquirer-covers-indian-americans-gets-it-100-right/comment-page-1/#comment-286369 Alina-M Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:30:21 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/?p=6748#comment-286369 <blockquote>Perhaps her bitterness and latent resentment towards Gujaratis is a good example of why “South Asian” identity ought to be devolved.</blockquote> <p>You can't just "devolve" a culture that's existed for several thousands of years - for most of its history, India has included its neighbors to the east and west. And I sensed no bitterness toward Gujaratis or resentment of their motel-running ways :D</p> Perhaps her bitterness and latent resentment towards Gujaratis is a good example of why “South Asian” identity ought to be devolved.

You can’t just “devolve” a culture that’s existed for several thousands of years – for most of its history, India has included its neighbors to the east and west. And I sensed no bitterness toward Gujaratis or resentment of their motel-running ways :D

]]> By: Taz http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/09/09/the-philadelphia-inquirer-covers-indian-americans-gets-it-100-right/comment-page-1/#comment-286368 Taz Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:24:44 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/?p=6748#comment-286368 <p>Yet you read a South Asian American blog and felt empowered to respond to a post on a South Asian American blog to a post by a Pakistani-American. A great example of how divides are being broken and why South Asian identity is still useful and should further be evolved.</p> Yet you read a South Asian American blog and felt empowered to respond to a post on a South Asian American blog to a post by a Pakistani-American. A great example of how divides are being broken and why South Asian identity is still useful and should further be evolved.

]]> By: Jimmy http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/09/09/the-philadelphia-inquirer-covers-indian-americans-gets-it-100-right/comment-page-1/#comment-286366 Jimmy Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:08:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/?p=6748#comment-286366 <p>Why does an article about Indian Americans need to also be about Pakistanis and Bangladeshis and Afghanis also? Why is PG so bitter that Hindu Gujaratis are given positive attention in an article?</p> <p>Perhaps her bitterness and latent resentment towards Gujaratis is a good example of why "South Asian" identity ought to be devolved.</p> Why does an article about Indian Americans need to also be about Pakistanis and Bangladeshis and Afghanis also? Why is PG so bitter that Hindu Gujaratis are given positive attention in an article?

Perhaps her bitterness and latent resentment towards Gujaratis is a good example of why “South Asian” identity ought to be devolved.

]]> By: The Brain http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/09/09/the-philadelphia-inquirer-covers-indian-americans-gets-it-100-right/comment-page-1/#comment-286358 The Brain Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:51:27 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/?p=6748#comment-286358 <p>"And on behalf of the Sri-Lankan Americans, Bangladeshi-Americans, Nepali-American and Afghani-Americans, I applaud your coverage"</p> <p>Hey you forgot Bhutanese Americans how dare you....</p> “And on behalf of the Sri-Lankan Americans, Bangladeshi-Americans, Nepali-American and Afghani-Americans, I applaud your coverage”

Hey you forgot Bhutanese Americans how dare you….

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