Priyanka Chopra wears tee with insensitive message, Twitterati left fuming
Mumbai: Priyanka Chopra, who's currently being watched across the globe in her hit TV show, 'Quantico,' has found herself stuck in a very unpleasant soup.
The actress recently posed for the cover of a magazine in a quoted T-shirt, that struck out the words 'Refugee,' 'Immigrant,' and 'Outsider' leaving the word 'Traveller' untampered, essentially implying that the the former three words don't describe a person, but the word 'traveller' would in similar veins.
Twitter users instantly spotted the negligently insensitive use of the word 'Refugees,' and heavily harangued her.
Check some of the tweets here:
Since when did #PriyankaChopra Chopra, one of the world's highest paid TV actors, relate to a #refugee? @UNICEF pic.twitter.com/45e3vyQXek
— wkwasikhan (@wkwasikhan) October 9, 2016
Appalling, dehumanising, privilege-strutting, racist message on Priyanka Chopra's tee on this mag cover. @LakshmiGandhi have you seen this? pic.twitter.com/KbizRQ0LL1
— Sharanya Manivannan (@ranyamanivannan) October 8, 2016
@priyankachopra There is a difference between luxury & compulsion.u hv just defined a new low-a new shallow #notcool #PeeCee #heartless pic.twitter.com/a2qkYc1L2J
— Madeha Rai Zargar (@madeharai) October 9, 2016
@cntindia being a refugee is NOT a choice, it's a matter of survival. i was already disappointed for her comments abt feminism, now this -.-
— à ¤•à ¤®à ¥€à ¤¨à ¥€ (@1DerfulJelieber) October 8, 2016
Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that being a refugee is a matter of choice...What were you thinking?! @CNTIndia @priyankachopra pic.twitter.com/WuyZv2iwp5
— Anum R. Chagani (@Anumero_1) October 8, 2016
@CNTIndia @priyankachopra offensive t-shirt. With 65 million ppl displaced, highest no. since WWII, to pretend as if it's a choice. #nonPC
— savita_pawnday (@savita_pawnday) October 9, 2016
At a time when the talented actress has unprecedentedly peaked, this is one controversy she'd definitely not have wanted to be embroiled in.
It remains to be seen how PeeCee would react to the very sensitive issue.
