07-11-2006, 08:18 PM
Maybe this is just a coincidence but in the US there is a racist joke about Indians and 7/11 stores. For example Joe Biden recently
http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/jul/07indian.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Senator Joe Biden (Democrat, Delaware) has triggered angst within sections of the Indian American community with a comment that prima facie has racist overtones.
Biden, who is bidding for a Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, was reportedly at a political event in New Hampshire when, in conversation with an Indian-American political activist, he said, 'In Delaware, the largest growth of population is Indian-Americans, moving from India. You cannot go to a 7/11 (a chain store) or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I am not joking.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Today is 7/11.
http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/jul/07indian.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Senator Joe Biden (Democrat, Delaware) has triggered angst within sections of the Indian American community with a comment that prima facie has racist overtones.
Biden, who is bidding for a Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, was reportedly at a political event in New Hampshire when, in conversation with an Indian-American political activist, he said, 'In Delaware, the largest growth of population is Indian-Americans, moving from India. You cannot go to a 7/11 (a chain store) or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I am not joking.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Today is 7/11.