Retire Rich: October 2013

Devina DeDiva and screenshots from her FB racist comments: Scoopboy

We are now living in a world of equal opportunities. It is up to you, how you will make it happen to your life. Slavery, discrimination and racism has long been forgotten since the downfall of Roman Empire down to the last black slave. A racist, discriminating comment is considered idiotic. Only uneducated person can dare crack a racist comment to anyone.

This is the case of Devina Sharma or Devina DeDiva. Sharma posts racist and derogatory comment on her Facebook directed to Megan Young, a Filipino who recently won the "Miss World" title, saying that:

“Miss Philippines is Miss World? What a joke! I did not know those maids have anything else in them Ha Ha Ha.”

What the fuck? What joke is she talking about?

Every woman has equal opportunity to get the title. Whether she is a Filipino, American, Singaporean or Indian, that is why the pageant is called "Miss World".

As long as you live in this world, even you--"Devina Sharma"-- you can participate. But in my opinion, based on your arrogant comment, you don't belong to this world. You are an alien, therefore, you can not participate.

Sorry for that statement.

Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. And I believed Ms. Sharma is invoking her right to freedom of speech. Sharma answered to her Facebook friends that did not agree to her comments by saying,

Those of you who wrote negatively to my comment, I got one question — who are you to stop my words when the world is democratic in freedom of speech?

Ms. Sharma, let me remind you that every freedom you enjoy is affiliated with responsibility. Freedom should not be abused.

This is the time for Megan Young (who happens to be a Filipino) to shine. Let her shine. And before you throw those racist comments, you should have studied yourself. I think you forget who you are. Well, let me remind you.

Ms. Sharma, you are an Indian by blood and was lucky enough to be born in Singapore to become a Singaporean citizen. Filipino and Indian maids work hand-in-hand in cleaning toilets to a Kuwaiti employer here in Kuwait.

Read your own comment here:

They r poor, smelly from cleaning toilets & uneducated... They r less priveleged everywhere! M surprised one can win. What a joke those people cleaning toilets won miss world

Shame on you Ms. Sharma. You are not just bringing shame to your Indian roots but also to your host country Singapore.

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Devina DeDiva identity was identified and screenshots from her actual Facebook posts can be viewed here.

(Full disclosure: Retech Son is a Filipino writer and an OFW who used to clean toilets too.)