'Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn't': US professor's tweet sparks debate, criticism


  • World
  • Wednesday, 27 Nov 2019

RHODE ISLAND (ANN): A tweet by a United States academic on Sunday (Nov 24) - "Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn't" - has sparked an online debate about whether it is racist to express one's gastronomical preferences.

International affairs professor Tom Nichols, who teaches at the US Naval War College in Rhode Island, was responding to another Twitter user's request for "controversial food opinions".

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