Mina's Family

Mina is the daughter of Uganda-born parents. At the age of six, Mina her family and all other Asians were expelled from Uganda by dictator Idi Amin, who felt that Asians were getting disproportionately richer than the native people of Uganda. As Mina's father's best friend, tell them Uganda is for black African's only, and for it they must leave. Till then the Indians and the Ugandan people enjoyed the superficially harmonious relationship, where the Indian people enjoyed more wealth that the latter. What Mina's family brings with them to the United States are the hurtful feelings of injustice, loss, and rejection at their expulsion. Only many years later Mina's father will learn that his best African friend, risked his life and money( which he ultimately lost) to get him and his family out safely from Uganda. Mina's family takes the
Mina's family perceives the darker skin color Demetrius as unsuitable to Mina. Even though they had never been to India, yet the color-caste system is still an issue between them: The Indians, because they are a lighter shade than the blacks, abhor the idea that Mina is romantically involved with Demetrius. Demetrius' family perceived Mina's family actions to stop their relationship in its track as discrimination and racism. They feel that because the Indian's are lighter skin color, "after arriving in Mississippi from God knows where, start acting white." Demetrius' family thinks that Mina's family think him not goog enough for her, because he is black. Even though the movie does not explicitly touch upon the racial issues between the two ethnic groups, they are clearly palpable in the subtext. Demetrius' family brings with them into this conflict all the accumulated over years perceptions of relations between the white and the black people: The baggage of racism, persecutions, discrimination, lynching, etc. Aside from the cross-cultural animosity, another obstacle and a challenge to Demetrius' and