\\Sainsbury's accused of 'lazy, casual racism' over its 'Persian curry' recipe//
\\But the dish sparked fury among some readers who labelled it a poor attempt at traditional Persian cuisine, and pointed out it featured ingredients that 'no Iranian will ever mix into a stew.'//
Fury ?
\\Readers took to social media to share their outrage after spotting the recipe.//
Outrage?
They’re complaining, rightly or wrongly, about the authenticity of the dish. Not wholly unlike stew being called “Irish” because they’ve added Guinness :-)
ichkeria.@15:21 and Jno @15:37
\\None of the comments quoted that I can see mention racism//
see the last line.the last line.
\\British Iranian Banafsheh Hay wrote to Sainsbury's chief executive, Mike Coupe, asking for an apology.
She told The Observer: 'To treat Iranian and Indian cuisines as virtually indistinguishable, despite knowing in reality they are very different, in order to save their readers the effort to learn about a new Iranian cuisine which the magazine wants to promote on its front cover smacks of lazy, casual racism and is abhorrent//
it's not the curry that's being called racist, it's Sainsbury's, on the grounds that they think all Asians are alike. That's a pretty dumb thing to do if you're trying to sell regional dishes. If they tried claiming fish and chips were French they'd get an equally hostile reception.
Bainbrig
\\Yes. It’s sloppy reporting, but it is also casual racism, or at least casual denigration of Johnny Foreigner, isn’t it//
whats racist about it.
definition of racist.
\\a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another.//
The curries served in India bear no relation to the westernised curries, nor does the food served in China relate to your local take-away. Can we stop Chinese take-aways selling chips and fish?