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Prem Pariyar believed he had left caste oppression behind when he moved from Nepal to the United States.
Here, he would no longer be targeted as an “untouchable.”
But as a restaurant worker in the Bay Area, Pariyar said, he endured some of the same discrimination and exclusion he faced in his home country. He was ordered to chop up a large sack of onions in less than an hour, and when he had to share an apartment with other Nepali immigrants, he was barred from sharing a bedroom with those of a dominant caste.
While doing social work in Nepal, he had spoken out publicly to protect Dalits, as members of oppressed castes call themselves. In California he found he had to assume the role of activist once again.
The caste system shouldn't be tolerated, however it's difficult to dictate to communities.
Britain has a significant Nepalese community, however they tend to be former soldiers who served with the Gurkha Rifles, who have now settled here, and there is usually a shared regimental brotherhood rather than any time of caste system.
The Gurkha's are well liked and highly respected in Britain.
What did he expect, when he moved here he didn't make an effort to disassociate with people of his own culture. Had he assimilated to Americans and American culture I doubt this would have happened.
The caste system shouldn't be tolerated, however it's difficult to dictate to communities.
Britain has a significant Nepalese community, however they tend to be former soldiers who served with the Gurkha Rifles, who have now settled here, and there is usually a shared regimental brotherhood rather than any time of caste system.
The Gurkha's are well liked and highly respected in Britain.
My father, a Canadian troop sgt, tank commander, told of Gurkhas being attached to their units as scouts being sent out at night to scout areas ahead of their advances in N. Africa and the next day they'd move through a bivouac area of Germans all dead in their cots from having their throats slit. One of the memories dad couldn't shake was of all the flies buzzing so loud around them it sounded like aircraft overhead. He told us of their technique of making absolutely sure of their enemies identity by carefully feeling the laces of the boots at the foot of the cots before performing the coup-de-grace.
They were utterly fearless and remained with my father's outfit all the way up through Italy.
I once knew a guy from India and his parents were so racist in their views of their own people. The caste system was very much alive in India and they brought it with them when they settled here in the states. They looked at people beneath their status like they were filthy animals.
It is odd how the Left sees racism everywhere and all white people are to blame for it but it is remarkable how a person of colour can rise to the top because in America opportunity is colour blind.
In India if you are born poor there is no opportunity for you. All you can hope for is better luck in the next life.
I know it may come as a shock to some but racism is not an American invention.
I once knew a guy from India and his parents were so racist in their views of their own people. The caste system was very much alive in India and they brought it with them when they settled here in the states. They looked at people beneath their status like they were filthy animals.
It is odd how the Left sees racism everywhere and all white people are to blame for it but it is remarkable how a person of colour can rise to the top because in America opportunity is colour blind.
In India if you are born poor there is no opportunity for you. All you can hope for is better luck in the next life.
I know it may come as a shock to some but racism is not an American invention.
There is a new movie on Netflix that covers that topic in India. Even in Japan there's a group of people who look just like any other Japanese who are discriminated against for some reason. Human nature I suppose.
Within different Asian and Hispanic communities, the racism is as strong within that group as it is in the US. You also have immigrant groups who move to the US and immediately adopt whatever racist/classist views are prevalent where they settle.
None of this should excuse racism in the US- it should simply mean we make sure to perpetuate/reward any imported brand of racism.
You also have rampant sexism and homophobia in some cultures. Just because someone is non-white/straight/Protestant/born in the US does not mean they are automatically not a racist or the equivalent.
There is a new movie on Netflix that covers that topic in India. Even in Japan there's a group of people who look just like any other Japanese who are discriminated against for some reason. Human nature I suppose.
Racism grows out of the unknown and fear of someone that is different than you. The fear is then built on by personal experience and stories from other people that reinforce the stereotype of a certain race or group of people which is then extended to anyone that has those physical features.
If you have a negative experience with a purple person such as some crime and then you hear stories from others that they have also suffered at the hands of purple people and then your fear is built on when you see on social media and even in movies that purple people are not nice it is not that much of a leap to suddenly see all purple people as a threat.
That is how racism starts. If all you see of a certain group of people is negative it takes many acts of a positive nature to overcome the bad.
It is just human nature not to trust people that remind you of a bad experience.
It is kind of like an animal that used to be abused by a man that wore a hat and now when the animal sees a man wearing a hat they are fearful and might even lash out.
Of course as humans we can make a choice not to fear a purple person that wears a hat. We can also choose to see the best in people of all shades and leave it up to the individual to be a jerk or nice.
No surprise here. The majority South Asians Hindus that immigrate to the U.S. come from higher castes and bring their beliefs regarding caste with them. It’s also interesting that the most revered South Asian Hindu (Mahatma Gandhi) actually fought to keep Untouchables (Dalits) in their place.
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