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[linus]

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It's also a bit weird for Nef to decide who should speak for Indian feminists, and to claim that a British filmmaker is more qualified to do so than Indian activists.

The film is egregiously sensationalistic in that it deliberately attempts to build notoriety through shear shock value rather than presenting to western audiences a more comprehensive picture of a very serious problem. In this sense it is indeed culturally exploitative and counterproductive.

There is a lot of similarity between this film's approach and that of many media outlets that reduce the situation in the middle east to shocking Isis execution vignettes.

[Nefertiti2]

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linus wrote: It's also a bit weird for Nef to decide who should speak for Indian feminists, and to claim that a British filmmaker is more qualified to do so than Indian activists.

Could you point to the place where I've made that claim.

[linus]

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"You and Tonton seem keen to use your three feminists (who no longer speak for all Indian feminists) to dismiss the film and disrail its discussion"

The intent is not to derail the discussion on rape culture and misogyny in India, but to approach it in a more constructive and less visceral framework.

[DCI Harry Batt]

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German Professor rejects Indian student due to the country's 'rape problem'

[linus]

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That's precisely the kind of collateral damage that a film like Udwin's with its sensationalist approach is bound to create, generating more hate and racism towards "brown people".

[Nefertiti2]

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Yes blame the film for an irrational response from a Leipzig Professor of Chemistry. It's just as rational as the reponse from said Professor.

[linus]

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I do think it's naive to underestimate the role of media in propagating racism, especially in places like east Germany, where there are relatively few foreigners.