Does Oprah hate Indian people?

[radhak]

People have too much time on their hands (me too, seeing I am posting on this :\) .

I am sure Oprah knows all about India, but still wanted to make an impression of 'wide eyed tourist', so asked some silly question. (I mean, 'eat with your hands' is not all that foreign or third-world : how do you eat Pizza? or Wings? or Bbq?) And now she's happy that somebody noticed and created a storm in her tea-cup. Otherwise her big visit to India might not have even been noticed.

Maybe she requested somebody to be 'offended'.

 

[tooriski]

I don't eat with my hands, I use feet my feet like Oprah.

 

[CraigRT]

I eat however is most convenient, if it means picking up with my hands, that is what I do.

What a dumb thing to get uptight over..

 

[Capt.OBViOUS]

Oprah is black.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Remember where we came from and STFU !!

The space between STFU and !! makes you look stupid.

 

[dr150]

Oprah, they also wipe their ass with their left hand.

You just had to go there, didn't you. :hmm:

 

[mmntech]

I thought the stereotype was they wiped with their hands. Never heard of the eating thing. Doesn't everybody eat with their hands?

 

[pelov]

You just had to go there, didn't you. :hmm:

Well you'd figure that if she wasn't aware that they STILL eat with their hands then she's going to have a heart attack as soon as she steps into the bathroom.

 

[Vdubchaos]

So did anyone notice the utensils in the video/picture?

:biggrin:

 

[AgentUnknown]

Where is the outrage from rev Jesse Jackson?

 

[bignateyk]

I have some family that does that eat with your hand shit. It's fucking disgusting.

People eat with their hands in the US all the time. Do you guys cut up your candy bars? How about your sandwiches and burgers? Do you eat those with utensils? What about your chicken wings?

 

[dr150]

When the Bible says "Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the Earth", I think he was talking about 3rd world people from countries such as India.

When I went to India, I saw fresh bread being piled naked on a super dirty CURB with horse shit and flies within a body length's distance and PUTRID diesel fog smoke from Rikshaws passing by that made me cough like a 50 year smoker.

With such hygienic conditions seen everywhere, the poor of the world are building up their immune system to the point that they will become as hardy as the Alien creature.

They will be the ONLY ones strong enough to survive the upcoming zombie apocalypse.

Yes. They will inherit the Earth. No doubt about it.

 

[StrangerGuy]

I'm not Indian, I'm not offended. But I can see how her comment can be interpreted and why it offends. A woman in her role can't offend people like that because her biz model depends on people's opinion of her. It was a blunder on her part plain and simple but it made her look dumb and narrow minded.

Nothing is more self-depreciating for a group when they react out of proportion at a remark especially when the remark in question isn't even true.

Oh, they are offended? Deal with it like a grown up.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

It's the "still" part that got her in trouble, like they're still in the dark ages.

 

[soulcougher73]

This world is so stupid. Why would someone get mad about that? Just fucking answer her question and move on with life.

 

[NetWareHead]

It's the "still" part that got her in trouble, like they're still in the dark ages.

Someone finally gets it. It is what she implied that got her in trouble.

 

[Sonikku]

I wouldn't put it past them. Indians have been trying to take our country out from under us since day 1. Who knows what kinds of crazy things they do. (plus I hear they never wash their hands)

 

[crownjules]

People eat with their hands in the US all the time. Do you guys cut up your candy bars?

 

[Perknose]

She is also seen eating with both hands. If you go to India, she should have known the left hand never makes an appearance at the dinner table. It is as disgusting/offensive to Indian people.

Yup. Traditionally, you ate with your right hand, and wiped your ass, sans toilet paper, with some water and your left. Tens, if not hundreds of millions of Indians still do.

 

[pelov]

Yup. Traditionally, you ate with your right hand, and wiped your ass, sans toilet paper, with some water and your left. Tens, if not hundreds of millions of Indians still do.

Many muslims still do it this way. In fact, so do other cultures. Waving with the left hand was (and still is) considered a sign of disrespect.

Personally, being a lefty I use my left hand exclusively. Wipe my butt, wank off and eat with it as well. In that order.

 

[God Mode]

Eating with your hands is fine but its not cool when your entire hand up to the wrist is slimy from the greasy meal and coworkers catch you playing with it as if it were playdough.

I think many of you have never seen how messy and disgusting "eating with the hands" is for some people.

 

[Perknose]

Personally, being a lefty I use my left hand exclusively. Wipe my butt, wank off and eat with it as well. In that order.

You're quite sinister! D:

Definition of SINISTER

1 archaic : unfavorable, unlucky

2 archaic : fraudulent

3: singularly evil or productive of evil

4a : of, relating to, or situated to the left or on the left side of something; especially : being or relating to the side of a heraldic shield at the left of the person bearing it

b : of ill omen by reason of being on the left

 

[Drako]

LOL, I was going to post this :biggrin:

 

[Childs]

Oprah, they also wipe their ass with their left hand.

I would think if she asked this, it would have been more embarrassing for Indians, so she did them a solid. And if they said yes, well then Oprah has a right to be pissed because she is eating the food they prepared. She'd have every right to spit out the food and say "wtf is wrong with you people???". Then Oprah starts kicking everyones ass like in The Color Purple. This could have gone down so much worse than simply asking if they still eat with their hands.

 

[BoomerD]

Why not? The rest of the "non-Indian" world already does...