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[quote=Anonymous][quote=CindyBindy][quote=Anonymous]

Not PP but Brazil and India are not even comparable.  The fact that person or others jokes about a type of hair is no more akin to racism than a red head joking about their hair color or a white person saying they are pale.  The fact of the matter is Brazilians are infinitely more accepting of phenotypic and cultural differences than most countries on the planet including the US.[/quote]

If a white person made a joke about nappy hair in America, do you think African Americans would just laugh it off? There has always been so much racial identity politics surrounding phenotypic differences that during the civil rights era, the Afro was an expression of celebrating pride in "nappy hair". I can guarantee you if someone who was not black made a joke about nappy hair in America today, the black community would blow up at him.

The point I was trying to make about the hair comment in Brazil - and I think I explained this above - was that in developing countries the sense of political correctness is different. Maybe people are misunderstanding that because I immediately talked about the Chinese cab driver next, and that was racism. In much of the developing world, people don't really have any sense of political correctness, or at least not the way Americans do. In India for example, you can't say the phrase "lower caste" or "untouchable" - the term is "scheduled caste" or "scheduled tribe". But I have also heard an Indian lady say to her tanned, sporty, outdoorsy child, "You look like a n*gro". Is she racist or just unaware that you can't say that? Well, I've seen how she treats Africans so I don't think she's racist, anymore than a white Brazilian who makes fun of "nappy hair". That was my point. Apologies if I didn't make this clear the first time.

And while Brazilian society is in general accepting of diversity, I have personally seen instances where color pl[/quote]

Cindy: you're doing a good job here, and I'm in agreement with most of your comments/observations -- but that doesn't change the fact India is one of the least racially tolerant countries, which is what the thread is about.
Anymore than someone can debunk the perception Nigeria is one of the most corrupt, or North Korea the most oppressive etc.

I get the feeling "racism" is defined as a comment that hurts someone's feelings even if true.[/quote]

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