Staying and observing in Toronto i noticed one very constant among the Kids with Indian subcontinental(brown) roots; They are constantly pulled between the choice they think they are suppossed to make at a very early age; the choice that should not matter but is made by every brown kid which is to be either BLACK or WHITE, i may be generalizing the fact that i have seen so man y kids looking Brown but acting black or white.
The trend has become even more confusing when i put in a factor like : while in School the kids act and behave Black and Gangsta but the day they have to work and enter a white collar they suddenly realize that their Black avataar would not help them fit the bill of being the "White" collar worker who sits at the desk curning numbers and making mega bucks.
I am always against the stupid practice of Indian natives to tell these kids that they have to behave indian and not like Canadians but are we forgetting the fact that they dont give a shit about india as they are not Indian, they are Canadian citizen born and brought up here So, Why should I expect a Canadian Brown boy to talk in an accent which is notoriously famous among the Grocery store owners ?
The fact that there is a complete Identity crisis for the Brown kid staring at the future is the most worrying; blinded by this decision he therefore tries to become the next LeBron James or Micheal Jordon, starts wearing Basketball jerseys ,Gansta sytle glasses,long tshirts and the very "i mean very" low pants. I think its a bit of a ride of convinience that they take cuz they cant try and make thier skin look White even after applying 100 pounds of Fair and Lovely makes them take the path of taking a tan(or something like that) and try being black for a few years as a substitute for being the real deal and therefore become "COOL" ..........not.
Be real Be authentic and I think it will be just fine.
