India Debates Priyanka Chopra Magazine Cover

Reading between the tank top lines.

The October/November issue of the India edition of Condé Nast Traveller was teased online Friday and the cover, featuring Quantico actress Priyanka Chopra, has sparked some heated discussion in that country.

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At issue is the message inscribed on Chopra’s tank top. For some, the sequence of crossed-out words trivializes the plight of the world’s refugees. For a small number of others, the message has racist overtones.

That’s carrying the social media outrage a bit far. Another way to read the shirt, entirely, is that it represents one person’s empowered personal progression.

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