Hello all from Canada eh!
I apologize if this topic is redundant - I just signed up to the site.
I have been reading much about Freddie lately and it seem that he elouded the subject of his india origins. It has been speculated that he downplayed his past out of fear that it might affect record sales etc...
As a Canadian of Indian origin I wonder why Freddie would not be proud of his ethnicity. I don't think anyone would care less about stuff like that.................
Cheers,
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[b]cageyvet wrote: [/b]
Hello all from Canada eh!
I apologize if this topic is redundant - I just signed up to the site.
I have been reading much about Freddie lately and it seem that he elouded the subject of his india origins. It has been speculated that he downplayed his past out of fear that it might affect record sales etc...
As a Canadian of Indian origin I wonder why Freddie would not be proud of his ethnicity. I don't think anyone would care less about stuff like that.................
Cheers,
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Hey, I'm from India too(I live in Calcutta). We may never know why he understated his Indian heritage but he's not the only one.
Barack Obama for instance is half-black and half-white, but he self-identifies as solely "African-American". Most Parsis I've known considered themselves Indian but I'm pretty sure you could find a few who still cling to their Persian roots, mainly the conservative ones. One of my former girlfriends(a Parsi) was taught Avestan prayers by her grandparents while she was young(she was damn hot). Her family visited Zoroastrian ruins in Iran annually and considered it their rightful homeland.
[b]cageyvet wrote: [/b]
Hello all from Canada eh!
I apologize if this topic is redundant - I just signed up to the site.
I have been reading much about Freddie lately and it seem that he elouded the subject of his india origins. It has been speculated that he downplayed his past out of fear that it might affect record sales etc...
As a Canadian of Indian origin I wonder why Freddie would not be proud of his ethnicity. I don't think anyone would care less about stuff like that.................
Cheers,
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Hey, I'm from India too(I live in Calcutta). We may never know why he understated his Indian heritage but he's not the only one.
Barack Obama for instance is half-black and half-white, but he self-identifies as solely "African-American". Most Parsis I've known considered themselves Indian but I'm pretty sure you could find a few who still cling to their Persian roots, mainly the conservative ones. One of my former girlfriends(a Parsi) was taught Avestan prayers by her grandparents while she was young(she was damn hot). Her family visited Zoroastrian ruins in Iran annually and considered it their rightful homeland.
*dp*
Freddie was very fond of his privacy in general.
He never was voluntairily open about things he considered private and I suppose his roots fell in that cathegory as well.
Same as with his sexual orientation - Freddie never felt he needed to be the one 'to wave the flag'. Doesn't mean he purposely covered it up though.
He never was voluntairily open about things he considered private and I suppose his roots fell in that cathegory as well.
Same as with his sexual orientation - Freddie never felt he needed to be the one 'to wave the flag'. Doesn't mean he purposely covered it up though.
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[b]Jjeroen wrote: [/b]
Freddie was very fond of his privacy in general.
He never was voluntairily open about things he considered private and I suppose his roots fell in that cathegory as well.
Same as with his sexual orientation - Freddie never felt he needed to be the one 'to wave the flag'. Doesn't mean he purposely covered it up though.
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I second that. I don't think he denied to be an indian or parsi. He just didn't talk about this or his sexual orientation. I never heard him saying: "I'm not an indian!! I'm English!!" or something like this.
[b]Jjeroen wrote: [/b]
Freddie was very fond of his privacy in general.
He never was voluntairily open about things he considered private and I suppose his roots fell in that cathegory as well.
Same as with his sexual orientation - Freddie never felt he needed to be the one 'to wave the flag'. Doesn't mean he purposely covered it up though.
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I second that. I don't think he denied to be an indian or parsi. He just didn't talk about this or his sexual orientation. I never heard him saying: "I'm not an indian!! I'm English!!" or something like this.
Why would he be indian. He was born in Zanzibar.
That would make him Zanzibarian. Or English, since it was part of the Brittish Empire when Freddie was born
That would make him Zanzibarian. Or English, since it was part of the Brittish Empire when Freddie was born
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[b]FriedChicken wrote: [/b]
Why would he be indian. He was born in Zanzibar.
That would make him Zanzibarian. Or English, since it was part of the Brittish Empire when Freddie was born
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cageyvet is a Canadian. With Indian origins. Freddie was "English", with Parsi origins. We're talking about ethnicity, not the place where you're born. Same thing was discussed elsewhere.
[b]FriedChicken wrote: [/b]
Why would he be indian. He was born in Zanzibar.
That would make him Zanzibarian. Or English, since it was part of the Brittish Empire when Freddie was born
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cageyvet is a Canadian. With Indian origins. Freddie was "English", with Parsi origins. We're talking about ethnicity, not the place where you're born. Same thing was discussed elsewhere.
The only issue Freddie had with ethnicity was that he hated blacks.
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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]
The only issue Freddie had with ethnicity was that he hated blacks.
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Yea , like the issue with your name fe ...because you're acting like a 12 year old : )
[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]
The only issue Freddie had with ethnicity was that he hated blacks.
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Yea , like the issue with your name fe ...because you're acting like a 12 year old : )
I'm not making it up.
Freddie was a racist because he never came out saying, "I'm not racist".
Exactly.
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[b]cageyvet wrote: [/b]
Hello all from Canada eh!
I apologize if this topic is redundant - I just signed up to the site.
I have been reading much about Freddie lately and it seem that he elouded the subject of his india origins. It has been speculated that he downplayed his past out of fear that it might affect record sales etc...
As a Canadian of Indian origin I wonder why Freddie would not be proud of his ethnicity. I don't think anyone would care less about stuff like that.................
Cheers,
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he wasnt indian, he was iranian=persian.
[b]cageyvet wrote: [/b]
Hello all from Canada eh!
I apologize if this topic is redundant - I just signed up to the site.
I have been reading much about Freddie lately and it seem that he elouded the subject of his india origins. It has been speculated that he downplayed his past out of fear that it might affect record sales etc...
As a Canadian of Indian origin I wonder why Freddie would not be proud of his ethnicity. I don't think anyone would care less about stuff like that.................
Cheers,
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he wasnt indian, he was iranian=persian.
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[b]cageyvet wrote: [/b]
http://mr-mercury.co.uk/Sunday_Times_Nov_96.htm
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funny how the guy in the article is trying to force the image of freddie as an iranian when he is 100% iranian, his enthicity, genetics is iranian.
[b]cageyvet wrote: [/b]
http://mr-mercury.co.uk/Sunday_Times_Nov_96.htm
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funny how the guy in the article is trying to force the image of freddie as an iranian when he is 100% iranian, his enthicity, genetics is iranian.