Priyanka Chopra's George Floyd Remark Earns Flak

Priyanka Chopra's George Floyd Remark Earns Flak

via https://youtu.be/63CUmi1fL0c But make sure you don’t choose an issue to be enraged about that’s too close to home, such as the migrant labour crisis in India, because your armchair activism could blow up in your face. In other words, take a leaf out of Priyanka Chopra Jonas＇ convenient code of social media conduct where outrage is selective and activism is limited to foreign soil. Chopra Jonas, one of India’s most recognised cultural export to the West, seems to have mastered the art of being indignant about all issues non-Indian. The brief seems to be simple: Express outrage about what’s happening around the globe, but maintain a deafening silence if it’s happening in India. A few days ago, Chopra championed for George Floyd, the African-American civilian who was choked to death by a police officer, sparking protests across the US. But many have questioned, where was this anger and empathy when police were brutally beating up JNU students in Delhi or when minorities in India died due to state-sanctioned violence? Her ‘performative woke-ness’ and her apparent apathy towards issues troubling her native country haven’t gone unnoticed as a large section of social media users called her out for her double standards and hypocrisy. SELECTIVE ACTIVISM Where was this solidarity when North Delhi was burning? Where was this solidarity when you shut down a young Pakistani origin activist by brushing aside her valid criticism of warmongering with a ‘stop-yelling’. Where was this solidarity when Kashmir was burning for months at an end with no internet to document the state’s excesses? Where was this solidarity when our universities were being attacked and students were literally under siege While we all stand up against police brutality and systemic, institutional racism in the United States or elsewhere, it’s difficult to buy into Chopra Jonas’ way of including her two-cents into a popular narrative by merely posting a caption under an image. Pakistan Ka Showbiz