this isn't very convenient

[bossymarmalade]

Just in case any of y'all were led to believe that using the word "slumdog" to refer to Indian people is fun, jokey slang, please ... don't.

http://navia.livejournal.com/220989.html

http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2009/02/26/slums-are-for-lovers/

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/top_stories/2867/ (ETA: I include this last one for his account of the term being used, not b/c I necessarily agree with his views on Mumbai.)

Comments

[unlovablehands.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I haven't seen the movie (I'm too cheap to see all that many), but that totally makes sense. (As did navia's post.) And I seriously don't get how people could think it's okay to call people "slumdogs". In what world is that term not derogatory?

(And I got the icon from jillicons.)