Re: Sardar "Jokes"
Why do we close abusive posts everywhere but the Joke section? Is the Joke section fair game to make racist jokes?
My complaint is with the countless number of Sardar jokes. Jokes that have been spun around into mocking tales. For instance, one member conveniently turned a Blond joke into a Sardar joke - for the sole reason a Sardar is funnier to laugh at in Desi circles. Step back for a second and think twice before you decide to perpetuate a century old and highly disrespectful stereotype.
Yes, it's true that poking fun at Sikhs is a national past-time for us Pakistanis, but this is 2007. I'm sorry I take issue with this. Really. But I'm looking at the bigger picture. I'm contextualizing all this in a setting racist joke tellers ignore - it's a moment in our own history, as Muslims, that we ask people for understanding. It's a time when we ask other people to respect us. What message do we put out when we rally to demand respect and tell racist jokes in between?
Are we, as a group struggling for respect, really doing the right thing when we make fun of Sikhs?
Dude, this is a PAKISTANI forum. You said that sardar jokes are stereotypes in Pakistani circles, so isn't GupShup a Pakistani circle? I don't see anything wrong with sardar jokes on a Pakistani forum. Do you think anyone would give a crap if a joke racist to pakistanis was requested to be removed from an indian forum? hskhan you have a right to voice your opinion but you can't just request to take those jokes off. Enjoy being a Pakistani!