Mississippi Masala (1991)

Roshan Seth: Jay

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• Okelo : You gave an interview on BBC saying that Amin was evil. Are you mad? What about Kinnu? What about Mina? Do you ever think of them?

  Jay : What should I have done? Remain silent? That is the coward's way!

  Okelo : Don't talk to me about cowards! That's what you are. You're not leaving because you're scared to leave. You are scared of leaving Uganda.

  Jay : Why should I go? Why should I go? Okelo, this is my home.

  Okelo : Not anymore, Jay. Africa is for Africans. *Black* Africans.

• Meena : [after Jay and Kinnu discover her and Demetrius' relationship]  What about me? What about me? I've never asked you for anything! Never expected anything! I'm 24 years old, and I'm still here! Stuck *here!* You think I'm happy? I love him. That's not a crime, is it?

  Kinnu : You call this love? When all you have done is bring such shame upon our heads?

  Meena : I didn't do anything! *They* barged in!

  Jay : Don't answer back! At least have the decency to be sorry!

  Meena : I am sorry about this mess, but I'm not sorry I'm in love with him.

• Jay : Mina is my only child. I don't want her to go through the same struggle as I did.

  Demetrius Williams : Struggle? Look, I'm a Black man born and raised in Mississippi. Ain't a damn thing you can tell me about struggle.

  Jay : What do you know about my...

  Demetrius Williams : No, I know. I know. I know you and your folks can come down here from God knows where, and be 'bout as black as the ace of spades, and as soon as you get here, you start acting white. And treatin' us like we your doormats. I know that you and your daughter ain't but a few shades from this right here.

  [points to his own face] 

  Demetrius Williams : That I know.