What I don't exactly get about Mr Idrissov's position is how he can say 'Borat does not look remotely like a Kazakh' and then finish his article by pointing out how fantastically multicultural they are:
Thirdly, my country, which is predominantly Muslim, consists of more than 100 ethnic and religious groups. Racial and ethnic tolerance is a practical necessity and the key to stability of the infant Kazakh state. Consequently we do not laugh easily at jokes based on racial slurs or prejudice.
If you have over 100 ethnic and religious groups, how on earth can you argue that somebody doesn't 'look remotely like a Kazakh'? Are all these ethnic and religious groups identical in appearance? Do none of them ever sport splendid moustaches? OK, yeah, if it's a mainly Muslim country there won't be a whole lot of this going on:
but other than that... Put it this way, suggesting that no Kazakh could in any way resemble a British Jew, kind of undermines your claims to be a modern non-racist multicultural society, dontcha think?
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