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Originally Posted by mattja
It's one thing to live in an area with a high concentration of Indians and it's another to work in a profession where Indians outnumber everyone else. I've worked with hundreds of Indians for 30 years.
Your experience with them might be somewhat superficial.
Well, YOUR experience might be somewhat superficial, if you only work with them and don't have intimate friendships where you are invited to their homes and vice versa, and to their life events, and your kids and their kids are friends.
Why are we in some competition to see who is more familiar with the culture?
Have I said anything about the Indian culture you believe to be untrue?
Well, YOUR experience might be somewhat superficial, if you only work with them and don't have intimate friendships where you are invited to their homes and vice versa, and to their life events, and your kids and their kids are friends.
Why are we in some competition to see who is more familiar with the culture?
Have I said anything about the Indian culture you believe to be untrue?
I have Indian friends. Some going back 20 years.
I just think if you are around them every day, for 10-12 hours, for 30 years, you might develop some insights into their culture. People often let their real self show through when they are in a push, on a dead line and are tired.
You may not get that at a dinner party.
I think you are wrong about their caste system in that the higher the concentration of Indians, the more they believe they are the dominant culture and that their caste system applies to everyone, not just Indians. Like I said, I've seen it first-hand.
I think you are wrong about their caste system in that the higher the concentration of Indians, the more they believe they are the dominant culture and that their caste system applies to everyone, not just Indians. Like I said, I've seen it first-hand.
Well, the reality is the United States also has stark socioeconomic class differences. This is not something Indians created.
Our founding documents may say "all men are created equal," but that is more of a fantasy than anything else.
Back in the old days things like this were either dealt with at the time or they were ignored. Drunk people have been acting stupid for millennia. The difference is now that everyone is always under the watchful eye of cameras....any bad behavior will be recorded. There is nothing new about this type of behavior. You would have found it in 1985, 1955 or 1855. Difference is now if you act like this you are the next you tube Karen and your job and life are done. It’s literally a life ending event for this woman. Forever there will be employers who can google her name and this will be what they find. I question whether that is ok or not. Of course I am not defending her bad behavior. She should be charged for assault no doubt. Still cameras have made our world completely unforgiving and the punishment for this stupid drunk act will be with her to the end of her life. I seriously question if that is fair.
Have I said anything about the Indian culture you believe to be untrue?
Nothing you said is patently untrue but it’s a crude generalization and stereotype of many Indians probably fit onto them through the lense of a racist white woman wanting to exotify (sic) them and erase their individuality*
Compared to actual Murders and violent attacks on East Asians in NY and California over the last 2 years this seems very tame.
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