--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" > > > > > > <markmeredith@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From The Onion April 12, 2006 | Issue 4215 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MUMBAIAir India, the subcontinent's largest airline, > > > announced > > > > > it > > > > > > > will offer upgraded Business Caste seating on all > flights > > > > > starting in > > > > > > > July. "More legroom, wider seatsand no need to > associate > > > with > > > > > the > > > > > > > manual laborers," a spokesman for the airline said > > > Tuesday. "Our > > > > > > > business travelers must have lived good past lives to > > > deserve > > > > > this." > > > > > > > Air India still ranks at the bottom of the airline > industry > > > in > > > > > > > customer satisfaction, with a high volume of complaints > > > about > > > > > cooking > > > > > > > fires in the climate-uncontrolled cabins, wandering cows > > > that > > > > > flight > > > > > > > attendants refuse to remove, and the "Untouchable" Coach > > > Caste, > > > > > which > > > > > > > is towed behind Air India jetliners in a giant burlap > sack. > > > > > > > > > > > > Does this strike anybody as just a wee bit racist? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Um, did you see the byline, Judy? > > > > > > > > Yup, that's why it surprised me. > > > > > > It's supposed to be a SATIRE. > > > > Yes, Shemp, I'm aware of that, thanks. But The Onion > > doesn't usually do racist satire. > > > > And isn't the impression that you got > > > was that it was satiring racism and discrimination? In the > > > form of the discrimination system called the caste system???? > > > > It was satirizing discrimination, not racism. > > > > As I said in another post, it was the bits about > > the cows and the cooking fires that I found > > offensive; that wasn't caste-related, it was a > > gratuitous slam at Indians, suggesting that they > > were primitive and not terribly bright. > > "Gratuitou slams" are usually what satire consists of.
Uh, no, to the contrary. > And "cooking fires" and "cows" are caste related because I don't > think upper class Indians deal with either. Big stretch, Shemp. > As for it being discrimination and not racist I would suggest to > you that the caste system IS a form of discrimination based upon > race. "race" is not just skin color. Two elements are needed for > racial discrimination: Another huge stretch. > > 1) a defining characteristic, such as skin color. But it could be a > certificate, such as a membership in a tribe; and > > 2) that this defining characteristic is handed down from parent to > child. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
