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Abhineet Mishra’s second video on Northeastern stereotypes is out! Laugh, and think   

Discrimination against the people from Northeast in ‘mainland’ India is nothing new. They have, time and again, faced racial ridicule.…

SNS | New Delhi | April 10, 2018 4:48 pm

Abhineet Mishra’s second video on Northeastern stereotypes is out! Laugh, and think   

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Discrimination against the people from Northeast in ‘mainland’ India is nothing new. They have, time and again, faced racial ridicule. From associating them to China to declaring momo as the favourite dish of everyone from NE to calling them ‘Chinky’, India minus the seven sisters has done it all.

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Stand-up comedian Abhineet Mishra, who is from Shillong, has a hilarious take on this and he has once again come out with some thought-provoking digs at the stereotypes attached to him and his compatriots.

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“You don’t look like you are from the Northeast!” Mishra has heard this often. In a 3-minute comedy clip, he released last year, Mishra had, in fact, said how his girlfriend refused to believe he was from NE because he wasn’t “slit-eyed”.

Mishra has now come out with another satirical video on Northeast.

So, if you are in denial of the fact that you too may have intentionally or unintentionally become a part of racism against people from Northeast, let’s hear it from Mishra, who is from Northeast despite “no Northeastern features”.

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The new 5-minute video released on YouTube on April 10 takes a dig at the pathetic stereotypes people face. He begins with the flipping nature of ‘Indians’ during Chinese transgressions and the other normal days. Pointing out the daily racial slurs faced by Northeast people, Mishra brings out the inconsiderate side of the rest of India.

Have a look at the video here.

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