[CKKim]

I read it as a joke by the end but, worryingly, didn't automatically recontextualise it as racist in light of that. Which, I think I agree with you, it is, if it's a joke and all the East Africa stuff is made up for "comedy value".

[nirvanatikku]

....? where did the idea of "The East Africa stuff" being made up come from?

[CKKim]

Nowhere. It was speculation on my part extrapolated from the premise that the piece was written as a joke and nothing in it could be taken at face value. A little research on the guy suggests I was reading too much into it. Here he is http://www.linkedin.com/in/rishilakhani and his languages are listed as "Hindi, Swahili, Gujarati, Punjabi" - we don't need much more than that to connect the dots.

[Apocryphon]

I thought he was genuinely from Kenya or Ethiopia or somewhere.

[explicitlyme]

I am an Indian born in East Africa ;)