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Ragashanti, a popular talk show host, invited listeners to weigh in on the topic of Indians in Jamaica - and the barrage of racist slurs by callers has caused an outcry. Blogger Annie Paul's take on all this is “that in the haste to censor if not prosecute Raga…the important work of combating the stereotypes Indo-Jamaicans are faced with has fallen by the wayside.”
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