--- On Fri, 3/20/09, Marshall Mendonza <[email protected]> wrote: > > "young Indian Americans suffer from cultural bigotry, and > that this experience sends them in search of an identity fix ? > either to benign or not so benign organisations. The VHPA and its >"Yankee > Hindutva" parivar know this fully well. " > > http://epw.in/epw//uploads/articles/13284.pdf
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:10:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Santosh Helekar <[email protected]> Also, the blanket claim that young Indian Americans suffer from cultural bigotry is patently bogus. Mario adds: Santosh is quite correct. I have lived in the USA for 38 years, have made three asli-Americans, who have made four more and are probably working hard at making some more - at least I hope so:-)) While energetic critics will always be able to find examples in such a multi-cultural society that is also the most competitive society on earth of incidences that can be construed or spun as discrimination, in America discrimination has the opposite effect than in most other countries. In America, anyone who wastes their time in discriminating against others instead of bettering themselves in order to be competitive, falls further behind economically and socially. The reason is that those supposedly being discriminated against don't give a sh.., ..er, rip, because they can find plenty of influential Americans who are only concerned about "the content of their character" and their education and job skills. Other than the few native Americans, every American KNOWS they are or have descended from "foreigners", and those who may temporarily forget can be easily reminded. As a classic example of natural selection, immigrants who want to rely on their own abilities and build their own economic safety nets and are willing and able to compete head-to-head with the anyone, are the ones most attracted to America and most likely to become Americans. Fifty years ago Irish Americans were actually discriminated against with openly diaplayed signs that read "No Irish need apply", and the Irish are whiter in complexion than most other Europeans. Such a sign today whould get the sign maker locked up. Such signs didn't stop the Irish and it has never stopped any other immigrant either. If there is anything young and old Indian-Americans "suffer from" it is envy and amazement and admiration at their achievements.
