Indian/ Black Relations
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alwilliams025 — 20 years ago(June 15, 2005 12:46 PM)
I don't quite know how to reply to that. Except to say that a lot of the more modern Bollywood movies deal with culture and race almost at the level of a Spike Lee movie. At the local Indian grocery stores, they have several DVDs that are in Hindi with English dubbing or subtitles that touch on your situation as well as several others, either entirely in India or over many continents. Outside of the movies, one great location for a mix of Black and Indian cultures would be Trinidad. It goes on so often, I believe they may even have a name for the kids that result from it.
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cleveland_1999 — 20 years ago(June 15, 2005 08:09 PM)
Cool, I have read about the influx of people from India on the African continent. One country in particular I remembered was Kenya. I'm gojng to research more about how they interact in Trinidad and in other places.
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Irish-Sunglasses — 20 years ago(August 09, 2005 08:33 AM)
I know an Indian woman and her parents forbid her to date. Instead she her parents will force her to get married to some Indian man that she does not know. Terrible, isn't it?
And even worse, they will spend thousands of $$$ to send them both back to India just to have the wedding, and then thousands more just to take them back to the USA where they will live out the rest of their lives.
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cielphantomhive — 19 years ago(March 16, 2007 12:17 PM)
Ironically enough the divorce rate in those families that don't have arranged marriages, say I don't know, the US, is about say 50%.
Terrible isn't it.
I'm not saying I'm supporting arranged marriages, most of my family has had them, and guess what, they're happy? Am I getting one? No. But do I look on them as some travesty? No. -
mizladylala — 20 years ago(August 05, 2005 08:23 AM)
My family is West-Indian (non-Trinidadian though) and we don't pronounce 'dougla' as 'douglas' as in 'Michael Douglas'it's kinda like "Doh-glah". I have no idea where the term comes from. There's another term used to describe black/East-Indian mixes in Trinidad, Guyana, etc: 'Coolie' but it's considered VERY offensive
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baleetedbaby — 20 years ago(August 12, 2005 05:58 PM)
yeaaa i have heard of the term dougla but im use to people saying Cooliebut the India5b4n people at my school and the ones that live around/near me aren't offended by the termits like how black people use the word beep
im trini/jamaican/and chinese and ive never really heard any of my indian friends say they cant go out with someone because of their racebut my friends parents are VERY strict on her about her liking other girls..they consider it a disease -
xLalia — 20 years ago(September 08, 2005 08:05 PM)
There's another term used to describe black/East-Indian mixes in Trinidad, Guyana, etc: 'Coolie' but it's considered VERY offensive
Is it really offensive? I never knew that and considering the fact that I'm Guyanese-American, that's a major setback.
"You people make my ass twitch.
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kaorimakimura — 20 years ago(October 15, 2005 09:59 AM)
I'm from Martinique ( or Martinica, a French West Indian island.
My mother is a coolie (indian father and black mother) and my father is black, so I'm a coolie too. In my island, there are a lot of people like me, of indian descent, but only a little part of all them still practice the religion and way of living of the hindus, are very offended by the "coolie" word, and only date/marry within their circle. The others are more like me, aware of their indian descent, but not following any particular rule towards dating.
I went to Trinidad, I was surprised with the really big Indian community, and I saw that, like in Martinique, "dougla" and "coolie" remain offensive for older people and traditionalists.
In the West-Indies, maybe twenty or thirty years ago, those words were used to insult people, but for the new generation, they are more a part of the person's identity. -
KiranukPW — 17 years ago(July 04, 2008 02:37 AM)
INTERESTING! anyway..having read the comments i think that people are quitre ignorant to indian culture. being indian myself i am dating a white irish man and its cool both ends! lucky for me i have a multi-cultural family! the only problem indians have16d0 is when they marry a mulsime tc.. that is the WORSE thing ever! indians are ok with a white person but not black or muslim!
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shadylady80 — 19 years ago(April 16, 2006 03:59 PM)
Yeah the children of a black and Indian relationship in Trinidad & Tabago are called Dogla
Not to sure why that term was chosen and neither do any of my trini friends, but I know a lot of guys are attracted to them there. I also returned from Jamaica 2 weeks ago and that mix there are called Coolie (althought it is a negative term used towards indian people in general) many people use is there, And they(indian, black white etc) love black women in JA:). So the whole world is not caught up on the skin colour/ culture thing.
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onegirlrev — 20 years ago(October 10, 2005 09:43 AM)
"Outside of looking like a typical American mutt, outbred with so many ethnicities, we get along just fine. Indians tend to value fair skin, straight (and long) hair, and sharp noses just like many other cultures and sub-cultures."
Indians can be so superficial. check out ratedesi.com forums and see what they think of blacks yourself.
I also hate the fact they give their children no choices. They either become a doctor or lawyer and only marry indians. i understand that they want their children to be financially secure, but there are more important things in life. Like happiness, unity, and freedom.
Somebody's got to lead this revolution and I guess it's gonna be me.