Nish Kumar Quotes
When you're walking down the street and a kid shouts 'paki' it does start to get to you.
Kumar, Nish. "Nish Kumar: 'We were in denial about the extent to which Britain had cured itself of the poison of racism'." Interview by Rachel Aroesti. The Guardian, 21 Dec. 2018.
He was referring to the people of India and not the American Indians for who he also had little respect like almost any minority.
His reference was to ethnic Indians and Chinese living in Kenya and other countries of Africa. Asians are a minority group in African countries and the legally sanctioned discrimination against them is part of an ugly type of discrimination which still exists.
Brant had an English style Missionary education and was an Anglican, belonging to the Church of England. During the American Revolution, he persuaded most of the Iroquois tribes to fight for the British against the revolutionary colonists. However, the Oneida tribe was not persuaded and joined the rebel side. A few New England Presbyterian missionaries had targeted the Oneida people, and when that tribe chose the “wrong” side, Brant believed that the reason was their different religious point of view. After the Revolution, Brant and his Iroquois followers were driven out of their American lands and escaped to Canada, while the Oneida were given complete title to their lands by George Washington.
Nishant Kumar is a British stand-up comedian and radio presenter. He has hosted BBC Two's The Mash Report, BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical comedy show Newsjack, the Comedy Central series Joel & Nish vs The World, the BBC Radio 4 programme The News Quiz and Hello America on Quibi.
