Richard Gere decided to kiss on Shilpa Shetty at an AIDS awarness event in New Delhi and has upset the whole country with his public display of affection. Effigies in his likeness are being burned and Shilpa Shetty is being protested in a BIG way.
Beats hell out of me why Gere would do this, he has to know they don't like that stuff there. Even I know that. Doh.
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For a society that has been deeply damaged by colonialism can one think of a more offensive image of a white guy grabbing a daughter of India and forcing himself upon her? It is so symbolic. It is right in line with the image of the white colonist forcing himself upon a country and just taking whatever he wants.
Richard Gere should pay the ultimate price for this.
What bothers me however is those who would blame Shilpa Shetty for this.
Too often women victims of rape in India are blamed for what happened like they wanted the rape to happen or it was their fault the rape happened even when the truth might be that the rapists brutalized them and they couldn't stop the rape from happening.
While of course Richard Gere didn't actually rape Shilpa Shetty, I still see this whole "Blame the Woman Victim" dynamic in place. From what I saw from the video Shilpa Shetty did nothing to cause Richard Gere to act the way he did, and was in fact as shocked as everyone else was that he would act in such a disgraceful manner.
We need to defend this daughter of India, not blame her for this white man's assault upon her.
Yeah, Richard Gere, big hollywood asshole, shows up, shouts 'sex, condoms, sex' then basically mugs a famous Indian actress, WTF was he doing?? Then he gets all snippy on the Daily Show and rants about 'conservative groups' in India. Dude, have you BEEN to India, do you KNOW anything about India? I think he was probably stoned or drunk, what a prick! Typical disrespect shown by famous Americans in other countries. How about he do some real service to India by helping some people in poverty, maybe living with them for a while instead of just showing up intoxicated and acting like an idiot. I agree with the other comment. India has enough problems respecting women as it is without this dickhead f###ing things up!
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