Indian/Asian in Livermore (Palo Alto, Foster City: gated, live in, move to)

[mstnghu2]

Originally Posted by dmode

Pretty sure this is a troll post

You'd be amazed at how many people post these sorts of questions here. Sadly, I'm pretty sure most of them are legit.

[TheGreatCurve]

Originally Posted by roadwarrior101

For whatever reason, there is a double standard in our society. Its ok to be culturally insular when you're not a white male. You see that in the workplace in the Silicon Valley, as anything non-white male is viewed as "diverse". Makes you kind of sick.

True. Do you know what they call white people who only want to live among white people?

[likealady]

Originally Posted by lockdev

why would your son have trouble in a "not mostly asian" neighborhood?

This may be surprising to you, but the majority of whites, blacks, and hispanics are not bad people.

Are you originally from the united states?

This is a problem with many asian immigrants here. They want to live here but don't want to assimilate.

This is a problem with many immigrants here. They want to live here but don't want to assimilate.

FTFY

This is partially why my SF primaries reminder postcard is in 4 languages.

[McGregorShow]

Originally Posted by calicali

I think you need to consider when the minorities look for minority filled communities, they're thinking there will some asians, hispanics, or blacks and not necessarily where the minority group is a majority. Just from my experience helping asians find places to live in the DC area. They're not looking for majority of asians, just where there are some asians.

If you are the only minority town, it really sucks.

He ask for places with "mostly Asian" mostly can mean from 50% to 99%. I guess for Indians, Asians are okay but whites latinos and blacks are not.

[dmode]

Originally Posted by mstnghu2

You'd be amazed at how many people post these sorts of questions here. Sadly, I'm pretty sure most of them are legit.

I have been around in these boards a lot, and I know a lot of posts here are well disguised troll posts

[mushroomhunter]

Originally Posted by Livermore_Stats

Where do most of the Indian/Asian live in Livermore. My son currently goes to an school where most of them are Asian, we are relocating to Livermore and want to move to an area where there are mostly Asian, so my son wont have any trouble.

I am Indian myself however I find this kind of attitude that most Indians/Asians have to be very counter productive to the American society. Why not let your child grow up to be an American, instead of Asian American, Indian American etc. What's so wrong about American culture that you deem your child superior to other American children so that he hangs out exclusively with the other Indian/Asian American kids.

If Asia/India were such a wonderful paradise, why even bother coming to the US which is a mix of cultures. Don't get me wrong I believe it's great to preserve your culture and all that but that can also be done by sharing and caring for other cultures. Why even identify yourself with a cultural reference when you can do so using your humanitarian approach. Humanity >> Culture.

[mushroomhunter]

Originally Posted by TheGreatCurve

But don't you want your son to be exposed to other cultures/races (i.e., the real world)? What happens if your son ends up working in Alabama after he graduates from school? Wouldn't it be much more difficult for him then if he's never had to deal with people of other cultures/races before in his life? This isn't Asia, so wouldn't it be to his benefit to learn how to assimilate with all Americans?

I am sorry to let you know that there are a lot of Asian/Indian American families that think this way, I call it "falling in line with the herd". I try as much as I can to make friends with people from all backgrounds, I have learned to grow as a human being with that approach. I hope many more could be that way.

[mushroomhunter]

Originally Posted by Lockdev

Why would your son have trouble in a "not mostly Asian" neighborhood?

This may be surprising to you, but the majority of whites, blacks, and Hispanics are not bad people.

Are you originally from the United States?

This is a problem with many asian immigrants here. They want to live here but don't want to assimilate.

I agree. Most Asians and Indians want to live in the comfort this nation offers, the security our defense forces offer, the living standards that this nation has etc but don't want to identify themselves with the people that make up this nation.

Asian/Indian people need to be given cultural assimilation classes before being given visas to come here.

[mushroomhunter]

Originally Posted by McGregorShow

Since you're Indian.

The answer is Fremont.

But why is Asian okay but not white? If you're Indian, why not just say Indian why include Asian.

I don't know if he specified anywhere in the thread that he's Indian. No matter what though, his post wasn't in the right spirit. I totally agree with that.

One more explanation I believe I can offer(I am Indian myself so know quite a bit about how a lot of my fellow brethren feel) is that a predominant number of Asian and Indian kids are nerds, they are literally goaded by their parents to shun any extra curricular activities in favor of academic pursuits. Essentially Indian parents want their kids to study with a bunch of nerds, become nerds themselves, win spelling bees etc but have little to zero interest in pushing them into any sort of athletic endeavors.

[SFBayBoomer]

Originally Posted by McGregorShow

If you're Indian, why not just say Indian why include Asian.

Alternatively, Indians can accurately be referred to as South Asian, as this map of South Asia shows: