http://niralimagazine.com/2007/04/race-riots-target-ugandan-indians/ For the modern South Asian. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:44:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://niralimagazine.com/2007/04/race-riots-target-ugandan-indians/#comment-4999 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:31:14 +0000 http://niralimagazine.com/2007/04/race-riots-target-ugandan-indians/#comment-4999 I know quite a few africans from Kenya,Uganda,West Africa,North Africa.Even though many of them love Indian movies to the point of fanaticism, they feel that Indians in Africa treat them like animals because of their darker skin colour.Seems like our expat Indians take their caste prejudice with them even abroad.The shop owners refuse them service often, treat their employees like slaves, lend them money at exorbitant rates, bribe their political leaders.They feel even the whites treat them better. People like the characters in ''Missisippi Masala'' are definitely rare.I am not surprised that there is a huge anti Indian sentiment now in Africa. I know quite a few africans from Kenya,Uganda,West Africa,North Africa.Even though many of them love Indian movies to the point of fanaticism, they feel that Indians in Africa treat them like animals because of their darker skin colour.Seems like our expat Indians take their caste prejudice with them even abroad.The shop owners refuse them service often, treat their employees like slaves, lend them money at exorbitant rates, bribe their political leaders.They feel even the whites treat them better. People like the characters in ‘’Missisippi Masala'’ are definitely rare.I am not surprised that there is a huge anti Indian sentiment now in Africa.

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