Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Post colonial racism

19,000 viewers are up in arms over Shilpa Shetty's treatment on Big Brother, the British celeb reality show. I have not seen the it but apparently she is facing racism from her British counterparts. People all over India are upset and even the government is now concerned!

Its interesting how post colonial racism is playing out in the media some 60 years after the fact.

If Shetty was not Indian, would the viewers response have been the same?

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