For Crying Out Loud!

I am reading the International Herald Tribune and the first thing that grabs my attention is the screaming headline "Europe's fear of Pinstriped Indians".

The story being that French and Euporeans in general are afraid of the new rich Asian people who are now able to compete with them globally in buying businesses!

And they go on to mention that they were afraid of the "Polish Plumber" before and that a French man who owns the company - that have been offered by a "Pinstriped Indian" good money to buy is sure that the amount would be "in monkey money" - less then average - because it came from the said "Pinstriped Indian." (said pinstriped Indian being a British national who was born in Britain)

You can read more at the link above because I cannot write anymore becuase I'm clouded by irritation and anger. Why? why? why do we continue to stereotype the minorities this way, once they are able to get on par with the white rich people to buy stuff? Huh?

First, it was the East Asians - who were "bucked tooth and yellowed skinned" and blah blah - and now they are mentioning they are afraid of "Pinstriped Indians". Why don't you just go label everyone and put it on the first page of an international paper? So everyone can catch that catchphrase, so the stereotype can widen? so that the minority himself/herself can believe that they are that.

And the cycle continues.

Why can't you just write the story the way it is: "French companies are not so eager to embrace foreign companies because they don't have the same labor laws as the French ones" - why is that so hard to say? But no, the writer/copy editors/sub editors had to use deragotary terms like "pinstriped Indians" like he's a monkey in a pinstried suit.

What the hell has become of journalism???
I'm so glad I didn't become a journalist.