The whole
"Brown Muslim discrimination" thing is more or less
a product of 9/11. Before that all kind of Desi's would've be discriminated equally bad.
I have two sets of relative both of whom migrated to the US , but one in the
late 70's and the other in the
late 90's (early H1B techies) . While the recent Immigrants,
who live in predominantly desi neighborhoods in one of the southern states ( SC i think) , have a very positive and rosy picture to paint, the older migrants, who live in a more established city like Chicago still talk about America as
"Whites, blacks and us browns".
It reflects in every conversation they have about the people there,
"white cops", "white laws", "they would always take the side of the whites" etc etc. There surely is some hidden contempt or resentment . So I believe racism must've been huge for the early migrants of the period irrespective of what their religion was .
The quality of life and the career growth/money making opportunities are unmatched in the US. Who wouldn't wanna live there ?
I am living in
Bangalore now, the most developed , most advanced most happening city of modern India. But I still wake up everyday worrying about whether
the water supply is broken, whether there will be another of those million power outages I get everyday, or whether I'd be run over by another entitled rich politician/businessman in his Audi just while crossing the road for work.... The fact is living overseas guarantees a quality of life that even the best of our cities can never match. So the best ones only have to gain by migration .
Its also
about respect too . A
smart , talented , high- achieving Indian working in India
could still be
judged negatively or disrespected based on
his caste, family status or region/language. Whereas in a US/Western corporate environment you ALWAYS GET THE RESPECT you deserve. There is no surety for that in India.
Where's the original comment . ? I didn't see it . What is it about Gold plated watches ?
Sorry bro. Can't agree on that !
The price we paid for those trains and all that Shakespeare was far too high. But among the Post-Colonial nations worldwide, we desi's are by far the most fortunate.
The real blessing in my opinion was that
the USA won WWII and then won the Cold war . Imagine a
Germany/Japan controlled modern world, their racism would've been far more insufferable, especially if you have heard about how
the Japanese saw the world. Maybe the Germans would've given us a decent deal for the
"Aryan" connection, even then we'd have no competitive advantage with German.
Or
if the USSR had won the cold war ?
India would with its early socialist leanings would've been another Korea or Cuba with the Soviets. We would never see this scale of economic progress. Of course the socialists might've been better are saving the weakest in society, but on the whole the country would be doing worse.
Good God
