I dont live in US, but it seems even Asia doesnt know much of indians. When I took a txi in singapore, the taxi driver who was very friendly asked me where I am from. I replied 'I am an indian' He was kind of shocked and when I asked him reason he said 'So indians are also fair, I thought indians are only dark in color' I was amused by his knowledge and he gave me a dry smile after knowing I am an indian as he expected me to be an american. The second incident was when I was in Taipei, one of my taiwanese colleague was talking about how chinese and taiwanese women prefer white men more than the yellow men. I was surprised 'wat is this yellow men?' He told me this is the way they classify 'White people, Yellow people(chinese,japanese etc), Orange people(Indians, Pak,UAE) and black people'. I should say I was so amused that I asked him 'I hope all these four types of people have the same color of blood flowing in them?'..He 'obviously' didnt understand my qs. One more misconception that people in SE asia have is that India,Pak,Bangladeshi, Sri Lanka,Maldives are all ones and are all indians. I was not very amused at this too..
RE:Similar experience
by varun krishan on Feb 29, 2008 10:31 AM Permalink
Well exceptions dont come if it is not true. So you think we dont have fair people in India and ther are mere exceptions.. I can guess where you from and am not surprised on your beliefs.
