There is certainly an element of racism and jealousy involved in the rants on social media about the Miss America from Indian origin. The most amusing one is many thinking the Bollywood fusion dance performed by the winner as Belly dance performed by Al Qaida in Arabian Peninsula. Culturally Arab and India are poles apart, like oil and water they never mix. The biggest contribution to this is the ...common American's very little knowledge about rest of the world. And little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Interacting with Americans on daily basis for last 16 years this did not surprise me at all. Moreover these kind of things are often amplified by the media especially the social variety. Similarly the perception by many in India (courtesy Hollywood) is that the average Uncle Sam is a trigger happy racist and Jane Doe is an ever scantily clad lady ever ready for anything with anyone. That explains why many Indian visitors land up in jail for wrong reasons. It includes couple of our own Odia Bhai who came to America on short trips and landed up in jail for unsolicited amorous advances.
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