I am Indian and I live in Canada. I was invited over to a friend’s place along with a few other people. Not everyone there was from Canada. At some point, we started taking turns adding songs to the playlist. People were playing music from their home countries and it was actually pretty cool hearing different styles and languages. A girl from Japan played some Japanese songs and everyone was vibing with it. Someone else played music from their country too and nobody minded.
When it was my turn, I put on some Indian songs. I picked a few Bollywood tracks that I grew up hearing and thought were fun and lighthearted. One of the girls there who is from China got visibly upset. She said that me playing Indian songs was not the same as when the girl from Japan played Japanese songs and that what I played was offensive. She said it made her uncomfortable and asked me to change it.
I was taken aback because I felt like I was just doing what everyone else was doing and sharing music from my culture. I told her I did not mean anything by it and that it was just a song from an old movie. The vibe got really awkward after that. A couple of people said I should have known better and others thought she was being too sensitive. I ended up skipping the song but the mood was already weird and I could tell she was still annoyed with me.
Now I am wondering if I was actually being insensitive and just did not realize it. From my perspective, it felt like she had an issue with me playing Indian music in general when no one else was called out for sharing music from their country. AITA here
Meera Naam Chin Chin Chu is a racist song and you should have included the song in your main post. YTA
Since you only name [the song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mera_Naam_Chin_Chin_Chu) in your “why I might be the asshole” comment, it’s worth pointing out that it’s an Indian actress playing a Chinese dancer singing about her name being Chin Chin Chu. So, yes, you probably should have known better, it sounds racist as fuck, and your pretended ignorance about what the other guest found offensive seems disingenuous at best.