Kids, Curry Bear would like to take a minute and talk about Desi guys and their clothing. But don't panic - Curry Bear has not turned gay nor did his home get rampaged by the Queer Eye guys. Curry Bear would like to talk for a minute about the fashion scene amongst Desi kids. It seems that every time you see a desi guy, you can pretty much decipher what kind of person he is based on his clothes. It's a bit of prejudice we all have but more often than not, you're right in judging a person based on his clothes. Let's take a moment to analyze some Desi stereotypes in fashion.

The Desi Party Guy - You seem them on every campus where there is a plethora of brown people. Like a car salesman, they will hover around you to promote their desi party. They will drop party flyers in the dorms like the U.S. Air Force dropping bombs in Baghdad. Usually, you can tell who is involved with the Desi party crowd at a college campus based on their looks.

Here are some things you can look for in identifying them:
- Always wear polos. The Jews have their yamaka anduys have their polos. If you look into their closet, it'll look like a warehouse for Aeropostale. These guys love their polos. If you're lucky, sometimes you can catch a few of them wearing p these golos in the Winter even after the Earth has been frozen to it's core. Like a set of pool balls, these guys will have them in solids and stripes.

- The Brooklyn cut - I've said it a million times before, and I'll say it again. These guys all rock the same hairstyle. Maybe these guys think that people might confuse them for Italian-Americans because of their tan skin. Or maybe they all are hoping to be Tony Soprano's illegitimate son. You will see peace in the Middle-East before the BK cut goes out of style amongst Desi kids.

- White sneakers - Not just any white sneakers; these guys will rock the latest Pumas or Diesels. They won't even settle for the cheap imitation Sketchers bullshit. If you spot one of these guys and he's not wearing a pair of Pumas or Diesels, he's not the "big dawg".

- Another common thing amongst these guys is by an earring. It'll either be a tiny hoop or a diamond stud. Hopefully if these guys aren't posers, they will make sure to put it on their left ear. Fossil watches (or any bright, shiny thing on their wrist) are another big thing amongst them.

The Super Thug - Every campus has to have one of these. Raised in Jersey City, Edison or any Indian populated city in America, these guys do their best to replicate the style of a black man. Don't get me wrong, every brown man wishes he had certain characteristics of a black man. OK that's a wrong statement. Every brown man wishes he had one characteristic - a black man's dick; everything else regarding a black man he doesn't give a shit about. For black men, life is a big trade off. You're blessed with a big dick but you also got the po-po's on your ass. Getting back to our point, there are way too many desi guys acting like thugs.

It's simple to identify super thugs:
- If someone tried to clone Usher and in the process accidentally mixed his genes with a brown person (or a camel), you will result in the creation of the Super Thug. Super Thugs will always be dressed like whoever is the most popular hip-hop artist at the present (50 cent, Jay-Z, Game, you get the drill).

- You will see them in nothing but hoodies, sweatpants and funky colored jeans that you can only find "downtown". No matter what city they live in, the place to buy these jeans will always be "downtown". However, unlike Usher None of these guys will ever wear a pair of hoodie and pants made of suede. Why? Because suede gets ruined when it rains. And thugs don't carry an Umbrella, ella, ella, a, a.

- Super Thugs have a very common trait - they all wear Timberland (or Timbs' as you young kids say it). You will rarely see these guys out of their Timbs'. These guys will show up to gym class in those shoes. Or maybe they've worn these shoes for so long that it has some how been glued to their feet. Even though several years ago Timbs' were all Thugs would rock, now they have a lot more varitey with brands such as Lugz and several others.

- Jewelry is a department where a lot of brown thugs don't shine, literally and figuratively speaking. My guess is that their budget ran out after the clothes and the shoes, and they didn't plan ahead. Once in a while, you will see a Super Thug with a big chain dangling around his neck. However, unlike black people, the brown thug will have a simple chain. It won't have spinners or be a giant clock medallion.

The ABCD - Aaah the ABCD. We all know someone who was born in America and never visited the motherland. If he is lucky, his parents may have embedded some brown culture into him. Otherwise, all you have is a person who is a coconut. ABCDs can be identified by one easy to spot trait - their preppy clothes. To be as white as possible, they will only wear the whitest clothes, and I don't mean in color. Happy cows come from California and preppy clothes come from Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister and American Eagle. If you see a brown person wearing clothes only from the mentioned brand, you have found yourself a true ABCD.

- One thing popular amongst the hardcore ABCDs is dying of the hair. They will dye their hair enough so no one can tell they're Indian but can see that they're some kind of brown. It's easy to spot these guys in public. They'll only hang out with white kids, so the only brown guy will stand out like a lion amongst a herd of deer.

Curry Bear hopes this helps you identify with some of the desi people you meet at college (and even in High School). Some of you may relate to the article and for some, hopefully this will open up a whole new world! If you have any tidbits of your own, you are more than welcome to share with Curry Bear.

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