Re:Robots.txt
by woohoo on Monday February 11, 2013 @01:22PM
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Nobody else read this as a joke? I read it as a joke (and a slightly racist one at that).
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Re:Robots.txt
by illuminate on Monday February 11, 2013 @01:30PM
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Entitled SEOs tend to be more common than exceptional. While I didn't see anything so hamfisted that it had to be parody, but I can see what you mean.
From the topics on their default page and his other communications, it seems to be sincere.
I read it as a joke by the end but, worryingly, didn't automatically recontextualise it as racist in light of that. Which, I think I agree with you, it is, if it's a joke and all the East Africa stuff is made up for "comedy value".
Re:Robots.txt
by nirvanatikku on Monday February 11, 2013 @02:15PM
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....? where did the idea of "The East Africa stuff" being made up come from?
Nowhere. It was speculation on my part extrapolated from the premise that the piece was written as a joke and nothing in it could be taken at face value. A little research on the guy suggests I was reading too much into it. Here he is http://www.linkedin.com/in/rishilakhani and his languages are listed as "Hindi, Swahili, Gujarati, Punjabi" - we don't need much more than that to connect the dots.
Re:Robots.txt
by Apocryphon on Monday February 11, 2013 @02:07PM
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I thought he was genuinely from Kenya or Ethiopia or somewhere.
Re:Robots.txt
by explicitlyme on Monday February 11, 2013 @03:21PM
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I am an Indian born in East Africa ;)
Re:Robots.txt
by explicitlyme on Monday February 11, 2013 @07:59PM
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I assure you I am not racist, being an Indian raised in Kenya.