In a 2020 episode of her chat present What Women Want, Kareena Kapoor was joined by dressmaker and actor Masaba Gupta as a visitor, they usually mentioned on-line trolling and physique shaming. Now, a clip from the previous interview is doing the rounds on-line, the place the 2 mentioned colourism particularly. What has not gone down nicely with Twitter customers is how casually Kareena used the ‘n-word’ throughout their chat, whereas calling the time period offensive. Also learn: Internet reacts as Narayana Murthy says Kareena Kapoor ignored followers on flight
What Masaba mentioned after Kareena used the ‘n-word’
During their dialog, Kareena requested Masaba about folks making racist feedback about her. Masaba is the daughter of actor Neena Gupta and her former boyfriend, veteran West Indies cricketer Viv Richards. She was born on in November 1989. Kareena requested Masaba about her roots being ‘half black’, and what folks’s feedback about her ‘half-Indian, half-West Indian’ lineage made her really feel.
Masaba responded with, “I don’t understand why Indians are racist to begin with because half of our population is dark… I don’t get why they have the obsession with fair skin, it is something that has always baffled me. But you know, with me, the thing is that anything to do with black people… you know you get called negro, which by the way is now a word that is banned in most places.”
Kareena then chimed in, saying, “Or n***** for that matter is banned.” To which Masaba had mentioned, “Absolutely, n***** is banned, you can’t really say that. It is considered very offensive. Also they (people) start comparing you with apes and monkeys. That is something I get a lot.”
Reactions to Masaba and Kareena’s video
Recently, part of their previous chat was shared on Twitter, now termed X. Reacting to the temporary clip, an individual mentioned, “Just a couple of imbeciles chatting.” One extra wrote, “Did she actually say that (mouth wide open emoji)?” Another individual mentioned, “Masaba is half-black. I don’t know if she can say the n-word or not, but Kareena? It’s not the full video, and I saw this video a few days ago on TikTok and her question was weird in the first place and the way she said it? In her mind white skin is still superior. I dislike this woman so much.”
One extra individual mentioned, “Bro did Masaba and Kareena say the n-word out loud twice??! Noooooo waaaayyyy.” An individual mentioned about Kareena, “She said it so casually too.” Another individual mentioned about Kareena, “Can’t believe I used to like her over Katrina Kaif in childhood.” Another one mentioned, “Kareena deliberately said that word. Must be smiling inside.” An individual additionally wrote, “Them saying that the n-word is banned from saying, while saying the n-word aloud??? (crying emojis) Make sense bhai (brother).”
Masaba on rising up in India
Masaba Gupta has typically opened up about dealing with discrimination as a toddler. She has additionally taken to Instagram to discuss her ‘mixed’ race upbringing. She had mentioned in a 2020 publish, “You know when i was little and started to understand more about my ethnicity… the fact that I was a mixed child… half Caribbean and half Indian, I thought I was the only one of my kind. I used to think wow Masaba, there possibly can’t be more like you out there.”
She had mentioned that her notion modified, when she started to journey to Antigua, the place her father lives. “And then my world opened up, I travelled and on a trip to Antigua, I discovered so many more of my kind. It was like looking into a mirror I could never find. And I felt a little less alone in my constant fight to understand racism-it was such a big word.”
Source: www.hindustantimes.com