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“Curry” gag not racist says Indian community

A leader from the Victorian Indian community says there was no malice in Sandy Roberts' gag.

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2013-05-21_0026A leader from the Victorian Indian community has dismissed claims that an on-air gag by Sandy Roberts was “racist.”

Roberts had joked that cricketers in India were “all going home for a very good curry!”

Federation of Indian Associations of Victoria president Vasan Srinivasan said the remarks were in a “light-hearted” context.

“I don’t take it personally as a racist remark,” he told News Limited.

“I have spoken to my committee and we all laughed about it.

“I’ve seen Sandy Roberts on TV for a long time. He’s very experienced and a great sports commentator. I really don’t believe there was any malice in his comments.”

Last night host Peter Mitchell told Roberts, “No accents tonight.”

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  3. So if a Scotsman was said to go home for a jolly good haggis, that would be considered racist by some?

    I’ve never heard anything so idiotic in my life as this so-called controversy.

    Sheesh

  4. So who whinged about it……my guess it was white leftie do-gooders who simply want to surpress everything that they don’t agree with. Attack and vilify is always their strategy.

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