Comments on: Exoticizing India in Vogue UK

By: Prion Indigo

Prion Indigo — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:24:00 +0000

I understand point 1. Can you explain 2?

By: Prion Indigo

Prion Indigo — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:19:00 +0000

No you do not get it. This article is NOT against how Indians live but how they are used as props to glorify and exoticise th white traveller.

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» News — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:01:00 +0000

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By: gia

gia — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 05:55:00 +0000

As an aside, I find it unsettling when people (in my personal experience, white people) exoticize my culture and people. We’re not exotic or mysterious or foreign or fascinating, we’re people just like you and our culture is normal, way of life to us (speaking as a South Asian). So using groups of people and different cultures as props or as something cool and exotic to look at or inspiration~ for yourself is pretty gross.

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