Comments on: Desi Dose: Burritos, Brown Men and Weathering the Storm http://www.desimanifesto.com/desi-dose-burritos-brown-men-weathering-storm/2008-05-15 A humorous and edgy desi blog, diary, message board, and forum for stories, fiction, editorials, op eds, and articles by and for Indian men born in the US, India, and abroad. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:59:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: S.I. http://www.desimanifesto.com/desi-dose-burritos-brown-men-weathering-storm/2008-05-15#comment-261 S.I. Thu, 22 May 2008 17:34:58 +0000 http://www.desimanifesto.com/?p=155#comment-261 <p>With some notable exceptions it would seem...</p> With some notable exceptions it would seem…

]]> By: A woman's point of view... http://www.desimanifesto.com/desi-dose-burritos-brown-men-weathering-storm/2008-05-15#comment-258 A woman's point of view... Thu, 22 May 2008 17:14:57 +0000 http://www.desimanifesto.com/?p=155#comment-258 Desis are known for logic? Desis are known for logic?

]]> By: a maharani who knows what shes talkin about http://www.desimanifesto.com/desi-dose-burritos-brown-men-weathering-storm/2008-05-15#comment-257 a maharani who knows what shes talkin about Thu, 22 May 2008 05:21:16 +0000 http://www.desimanifesto.com/?p=155#comment-257 I think they don't like you because you use circular logic and make very little sense...sorry. I think they don’t like you because you use circular logic and make very little sense…sorry.

]]> By: A woman's point of view http://www.desimanifesto.com/desi-dose-burritos-brown-men-weathering-storm/2008-05-15#comment-248 A woman's point of view Sat, 17 May 2008 18:28:09 +0000 http://www.desimanifesto.com/?p=155#comment-248 You’re so uptight and ornery. Sounds like you haven’t had a burrito delivered in a loooong time. Ha. Ha. I'm open to dosa delivery but desi men don't like me, for some reason.  Blame it on my bio-data.  I'm not a professional in the corporate world. <!-- To separate trackbacks from comments. --><!-- To separate trackbacks from comments. --><!-- To separate trackbacks from comments. --><!-- To separate trackbacks from comments. --> You’re so uptight and ornery. Sounds like you haven’t had a burrito delivered in a loooong time.

Ha. Ha.

I’m open to dosa delivery but desi men don’t like me, for some reason.  Blame it on my bio-data.  I’m not a professional in the corporate world.

]]> By: A woman's point of view http://www.desimanifesto.com/desi-dose-burritos-brown-men-weathering-storm/2008-05-15#comment-247 A woman's point of view Sat, 17 May 2008 18:25:54 +0000 http://www.desimanifesto.com/?p=155#comment-247 <em>well why didnt she assume he was a ceo somewhere? she wouldnt have assumed a white guy was delivering stuff. theres racial motivation, esp if he was dressed for an office building and for work. if he was wearing jeans, a tee, and a hat, it would be more understandable. </em> Shah Jahan, why would you prefer that he be assumed a CEO rather than a burrtio delivery facilitator?  This is what I'm getting at? <!-- To separate trackbacks from comments. --><!-- To separate trackbacks from comments. --><!-- To separate trackbacks from comments. --><!-- To separate trackbacks from comments. --> well why didnt she assume he was a ceo somewhere? she wouldnt have assumed a white guy was delivering stuff. theres racial motivation, esp if he was dressed for an office building and for work. if he was wearing jeans, a tee, and a hat, it would be more understandable.

Shah Jahan, why would you prefer that he be assumed a CEO rather than a burrtio delivery facilitator?  This is what I’m getting at?

]]> By: S.I. http://www.desimanifesto.com/desi-dose-burritos-brown-men-weathering-storm/2008-05-15#comment-246 S.I. Sat, 17 May 2008 18:24:11 +0000 http://www.desimanifesto.com/?p=155#comment-246 <p>You're so uptight and ornery. Sounds like you haven't had a burrito delivered in a loooong time.</p> You’re so uptight and ornery. Sounds like you haven’t had a burrito delivered in a loooong time.

]]> By: A woman's point of view http://www.desimanifesto.com/desi-dose-burritos-brown-men-weathering-storm/2008-05-15#comment-245 A woman's point of view Sat, 17 May 2008 18:07:00 +0000 http://www.desimanifesto.com/?p=155#comment-245 Who's says she was "speaking down" to him? Were you there to gauge her body language and tone of voice? From how it was presented in the re-telling of it (the writing of it), it does not seem that anything of the such was indicated. Desi men - get over yourselves already! And then maybe you will start getting more action.  Just maybe. Or alternatively, carry your moms along with you wherever you go so you can constantly be referred to as "raja".  Who’s says she was “speaking down” to him?

Were you there to gauge her body language and tone of voice?

From how it was presented in the re-telling of it (the writing of it), it does not seem that anything of the such was indicated.

Desi men - get over yourselves already!

And then maybe you will start getting more action.  Just maybe.

Or alternatively, carry your moms along with you wherever you go so you can constantly be referred to as “raja”. 

]]> By: S.I. http://www.desimanifesto.com/desi-dose-burritos-brown-men-weathering-storm/2008-05-15#comment-243 S.I. Sat, 17 May 2008 17:29:52 +0000 http://www.desimanifesto.com/?p=155#comment-243 Finally, a salient point. But, I disagree. <br /> Had he been Latino, would he have accepted the burrito thing easily? No. Because no one likes being labeled without respect, and that was inherent in her comment. That sort of attitude isn't just desi. <br /> She wouldn't have 'spoken down' to someone she believed to be a Fortune 500 CEO, so the lack of respect would not have been an issue. <br /> And finally--of course it's not THAT bad. You can tell from the tone of his email, and the fact that P let it slide without correcting her, and how it's phrased in the post, and how it's on this blog with a picture of a burrito on top. <br /> The only person who has been taking it too seriously...wait for it...is you. <br /> Let's move on. Finally, a salient point. But, I disagree.

Had he been Latino, would he have accepted the burrito thing easily? No. Because no one likes being labeled without respect, and that was inherent in her comment. That sort of attitude isn’t just desi.

She wouldn’t have ’spoken down’ to someone she believed to be a Fortune 500 CEO, so the lack of respect would not have been an issue.

And finally–of course it’s not THAT bad. You can tell from the tone of his email, and the fact that P let it slide without correcting her, and how it’s phrased in the post, and how it’s on this blog with a picture of a burrito on top.

The only person who has been taking it too seriously…wait for it…is you.

Let’s move on.

]]> By: shah jahan http://www.desimanifesto.com/desi-dose-burritos-brown-men-weathering-storm/2008-05-15#comment-244 shah jahan Sat, 17 May 2008 15:56:37 +0000 http://www.desimanifesto.com/?p=155#comment-244 <p>well why didnt she assume he was a ceo somewhere? she wouldnt have assumed a white guy was delivering stuff. theres racial motivation, esp if he was dressed for an office building and for work. if he was wearing jeans, a tee, and a hat, it would be more understandable.</p> well why didnt she assume he was a ceo somewhere? she wouldnt have assumed a white guy was delivering stuff. theres racial motivation, esp if he was dressed for an office building and for work. if he was wearing jeans, a tee, and a hat, it would be more understandable.

]]> By: A woman's point of view... http://www.desimanifesto.com/desi-dose-burritos-brown-men-weathering-storm/2008-05-15#comment-242 A woman's point of view... Sat, 17 May 2008 14:09:04 +0000 http://www.desimanifesto.com/?p=155#comment-242 My point, dear friend, is... It's not that bad. Someone mistakes you for a burrito delivery guy.  Wow. What if she had mistaken him for the CEO of the other Fortune 500 company that was going to buy out the present company or companies they both worked for? Then would you cry racism? Inherent within this guy's disappointment at being labled a burrito delivery dude is an arrogant elitism and classism.  And that my dear friend, is very typically desi. My point, dear friend, is…

It’s not that bad.

Someone mistakes you for a burrito delivery guy.  Wow.

What if she had mistaken him for the CEO of the other Fortune 500 company that was going to buy out the present company or companies they both worked for?

Then would you cry racism?

Inherent within this guy’s disappointment at being labled a burrito delivery dude is an arrogant elitism and classism.  And that my dear friend, is very typically desi.

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