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American Idol Update: Racy picture of Shyamali Malakar hits the Internet

By: Santosh :+: Under: American Idol, Blogs, Brown in America, Entertainment, Media Watch, Opinion, Pictures, Racism
On: ⋅ April 6, 2007 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment
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Superficial.com has a picture of Shyamali Malakar with a guitar on its website, allegedly from her myspace page, in which it claims she is naked. It’s hard to tell from the picture, perhaps she’s wearing a strapless top and shorts, you decide (pic after the jump, maybe NSFW).

What bothers me is the comments that follow - monkeys with a keyboard phenomena. It must take some real guts to comments on a 17 and 20 year old over the relative anonymity of the Internet. Some people criticize Sanjaya’s signing which is justified. Some people mention unkind things about Sanjaya’s and Shymali’s appearances which …. well …. they have the right to. But then there are comments that are clearly over the line and are openly racist. I’ve to wonder aloud, is it really Sanjaya’s singing why so many folks in America hate him or is it the color of the skin that is making them uncomfortable and hence the hatred. You be the judge.

(Warning: the picture after the jump may be NSFW and the comments are clearly abusive and racist)

Here’s a sampling of the openly racist comments:

7. Posted by BarbadoSlim on April 5, 2007 7:19 AM
She looks like a worn out Pakistani prostitute. She also seems to need a couple of baths, and some penicillin.

12. Posted by Fifth Stooge on April 5, 2007 7:29 AM
Where is her burka?

13. Posted by kisse on April 5, 2007 7:29 AM
this is why Sanjaya is gay.

15. Posted by DrPhowstus on April 5, 2007 7:30 AM
Who wants to bet she has hairy nipples? Fuck that, I’d still hit it. I love curried tamarind.

29. Posted by isitme on April 5, 2007 7:51 AM
As a self-respecting American, I ONLY watch AI when there is absolutely nothing else on, or when I can’t find the remote, and am just too lazy to find it…or change the channel. Is Sanjaya from Palestine? If so…here’s a spin-off! Contestants are judged for their bleating like goats, and they win a slice of someone else’s land. Watch out, Israel! With talent like this, you might be homeless!

44. Posted by HollyJ on April 5, 2007 8:24 AM
Um, not Palestinian…
Sanjaya’s father is Bengali Indian and his mother is Italian American.
Though 80% of India is Hindu, Bengal is mostly Buddhist (though West Bengal has a substantial Muslim population). He’s mostly likely Buddhist, and I’m sure their mom is Catholic.
I don’t think they’re overtly religious of any flavor, and certainly not strict Muslims, since his sister has her tits hanging out of her tank top every week the camera pans to her sitting in the audience.
Besides, I’m not sure Muslims allow boy sons to have oozing vaginas and sing in gay falsetto.

55. Posted by BigJim on April 5, 2007 9:33 AM
#52:
I am well aware of the difference between Hindus and Muslims. I just think calling brown people terrorists is funny.

Maybe I’m being overly sensitive here. We maintain that people still have the right to say anything over the Internet. And we have an obligation (and the right) to call people out when they cross the line with openly racist comments like the ones featured above.

Is this a naked pic?
UberDesi says “most likely not”
img: via Superficial.com

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