Teasing someone on the basis of their colour, calling people of the NE 'chinki' do make you racist. But fret not, I have a guide on how not to be racist!
From calling them aliens and other racial slurs, we have always made people from NE India feel othered. But calling them 'corona virus' is the worst yet!
Tannishtha Chatterjee was ridiculed and mocked for her skin colour in the name of humour. India's obsession with the fair skin lay threadbare.
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