Akash Singh: : Why Woke Indians Need To STOP

dude comes right out and admits he misinforms people. he should be permabanned from EVERYTHING

 

Ok, just to be straight, I'm talking about misinformation that has a life and death consequences - such as telling people a vaccine is dangerous because the gov't is putting chips in it and not to get it.

 

Despite what you think, it's Indians who were offended, not white people. Just because there are Indians who didn't find Apu offensive didn't mean there are not ones who do.

These issues are far more complex than simple dichotomies that people try to stuff them into and a lot of context is missing regarding Apu.

Also for a lot of Indians, the issue wasn't that Apu was offensive or not, it was that Apu was the only representation of Indians in media and ignored the fact that there were Indians like Akaash Singh. A lot of these Indians are too young to remember what it was like 30 years ago.

 

this guy does a fantastic Steve Buscemi impression with his regular voice.

I think it sucks that Monsters Inc discriminated against him when they chose Buscemi instead of him

 

Apu didn’t bother me. He was a funny character that people liked. Better that than making him some bland, non-distinctive character that no one remembers.

I know people who feel differently about it. They don’t like that he was a stereotype voiced by a white voice actor. **shrug**

 

You are willfully dismissing the experiences and perspectives of several and probably large plurality of Indians who have had to endure the obvious stereotypes from non-Indians classmates, neighbors, co-workers and neighbors in favor of the one or two who validate racial intolerance for your amusement. The infantilizing accent and stereotype of South Asians working in convenience stores is one that originally lumped them in with middle easterners.

 

I find it incredibly racist that someone thinks that a single Indian speaks for the entirety of all people who hail from the subcontinent.

 

I may have received some mild teasing about it, but I tended to hang closely around friends or others who were teased for whatever reason, not the bullying or teasing types. That’s clearly not a solution — kids shouldn’t have to steer clear of socializing with others out of fear of being teased over their racial identity. It’s not healthy.

 

MFers don't know what the f*ck Woke means
They trying to corrupt the meaning to suit their bullshit narratives.

Rocket River

 

Can you give the tdlr version of this 1.5 hr podcast?

By the way, you really like this Akash Singh guy huh? I watched some of his standup, and his humor is very inside joke type of stuff. Like you'd have to be a minority or in the situation he is joking about to get the joke.