First it reminds me of Seinfeld's joke movie 'Rochelle, Rochelle' a young girl's strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk.
But then the whole thing is so steeped in classism and racism that I can't even get my head around it.
"We would mock Pakistani rich-kid culture, then commiserate about the country’s lack of kombucha."
Median household income in Pakistan is < $1000 for reference. Who is rich exactly?
"... in a cafe surrounded by other brown people, where I had finally stopped seeing them as “brown people” but as men just as likely to be my husband as the next guy."
What the fuck? It's like a racist cougar out for fresh meat or something. These are the types that project their own racism onto others. I hope this commie stays in Pakistan, I hear it's lovely this time of year.
"... in a cafe surrounded by other brown people, where I had finally stopped seeing them as “brown people” but as men just as likely to be my husband as the next guy."
... and if she has to work her way through the entire cafe, that's a sacrifice she's prepared to make ... ?
The article in question: https://archive.is/r5okk
First it reminds me of Seinfeld's joke movie 'Rochelle, Rochelle' a young girl's strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk.
But then the whole thing is so steeped in classism and racism that I can't even get my head around it.
"We would mock Pakistani rich-kid culture, then commiserate about the country’s lack of kombucha."
Median household income in Pakistan is < $1000 for reference. Who is rich exactly?
"... in a cafe surrounded by other brown people, where I had finally stopped seeing them as “brown people” but as men just as likely to be my husband as the next guy."
What the fuck? It's like a racist cougar out for fresh meat or something. These are the types that project their own racism onto others. I hope this commie stays in Pakistan, I hear it's lovely this time of year.
... and if she has to work her way through the entire cafe, that's a sacrifice she's prepared to make ... ?