Gene Weingarten is being DRAGGED for his article hating on indian food
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Anonymous
| WaPo had to issue a correction. Bad look. |
Anonymous
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I like Gene Weingarten and I am Indian-American. He has my permission to dislike Indian food. Just like Kim Kardashian can hate Indian food and its a-OK with me. We all have our likes and dislikes and there are enough people (and countries) that love Indian food.
WaPo needs to chill. - Indian American who is an avid cook and adore Thai food above all else. |
Anonymous
Nobody said he has to like Indian food. Literally nobody. |
Anonymous
Exactly. He is being dragged for writing an offensive, unfunny column. |
Anonymous
| I am Indian and I am not offended by Weingarten’s article. The man is entitled to his taste preferences as we all are. Heck, even Indians from one part of the country will knock the cuisine of other states or complain that the food has meat, doesn’t have meat, too much spice, not enough spice…. and so on. Padma Lakshmi does not speak for me. |
Anonymous
| I never get the humor in his articles. That one was particularly unfunny. |
Anonymous
| Totally fine with it. I’m south Indian married to a no Indian. He likes our food but is not in love with it. He pointed out early on that most dishes are vegetable mush with lentils with the same few spices. Or soups or stews but with the same major ingredients. True! And it happens to suit my palette! The same could be said for Italian food, which is my favorite. He loves Mexican (actually Tex mex) and the same could be said for that cuisine as well. |
Anonymous
Agree with this. Everyone is entitled to an opinion but I just read the article and it astounds me that this man is paid to write. It is like something from a bad high school newspaper. |
Anonymous
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I am Indian, and I am mildly offended by his comment, because it was racist and stupid and unfunny. And reminded me of the racist and stupid and unfunny comments kids in elementary school would make. I was only mildly offended because I frankly don’t expect much from old white men anymore (sorry not sorry). And as one of the tweets said, I was more disappointed with his editor. That’s about all the mental energy I’m going to give the whole thing, but I am amused at how he continues to dig his own grave…
I don’t really care that he dislikes Indian food, more for me. |
Anonymous
I have not seen this article, but I always wondered how Weingarten made it into one of the nation’s best regarded newspapers. The humor always seemed less than sophomoric. |
Anonymous
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I’m Indian American and I am offended. It’s fine not to like some foods. I don’t like some types of food.
I would not make grand offensive statements about a food from another culture though. That’s a disgusting thing to do. Indians have had to deal with nasty comments about our food for decades in this country. Kids in schools get picked on for ‘stinky curry’. Maybe not in some areas here in our diverse bubble, but most other places. It’s not okay to target a group and dismiss their food that has been cultivated over centuries and is part of their civilizational history. Lovingly passed on from generation to generation. Apparently his mama didn’t teach him about ‘if you don’t have something nice to say..’ |
Anonymous
He makes no apologies  I find it interesting that he lumped an entire nation's cuisine alongside 'sweet pickles' but if the Indian posters aren't offended, who am I to be?
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Anonymous
| Maybe the Post will drive him to retirement like they did Toles last year. |
Anonymous
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Ha. I thought the backlash would be dissing Old Bay. He has a dry, goofy sense of humor that’s not for everyone.
-signed, I’m definitely not an old, white man who thinks his columns are ok for a chuckle. Then again, I also like Carl Hiassen. |