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Originally Posted by tsk1979 Ahh the racism and brown angle.
But inter region racism does exist in India. There have been instances where "outsiders" have been beaten up in certain parts of the country. The perpetrators of the same still go scot free. |
Such incidents make news, doesn' mean they are all that often. If 10,000 people have been beaten up out of 1,000,000,000, the crude probability is around 0.001% !!
On the contrary, Jews, Parsees and a lot of minorities have lived, without discrimination, in India without any fear or discrimination.
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Originally Posted by tsk1979 I know many people in the US and Canada who have been compensated finacially, with the wrong duer losing his job due to racism issues. |
Yeah. The fact is that there are less than 5 companies outside of the US and UK that have an Indian CEO. I can't even think of ONE!
Also, the fact that people have been compensated abroad means that discrimination exists. Second, discrimination is not limited to harassment. There is something called the glass ceiling.
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Originally Posted by tsk1979 but I am yet to find a single person who got compensated because he was denied a promotion due to his region in India. |
Because in professional setups in India, regional discriminations don't happen. There are people from every community, holding very high posts in India.
The first prime minister of the country was an atheist. It is still, virtually impossible, for an American president to be anything other than Christian. Similarly, bilogy teachers, and researchers who teach, and endorse, evolution have been institutionally discriminated against in the US.
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Originally Posted by tsk1979 Regarding Brown-ness, well India is very diverse. People from different parts of India look completely different.
We have people from north east in Delhi, who have to go through racist comments, and social bias in Delhi due to perceived notions.
A person who speakes only hindi fluently will have a tough time in some cities. |
And that doesn't happen outside India? Blacks in the US, all minorities in the UK, Surinamies and other former slaves in Europe....
I can go on forever.
I went to a pub in Stuttgart with a couple of white friends in 2007. The very next day, I went with an indian couple and we were not allowed inside. There was absolutely no issues with our attire. The bouncer just kept saying "you can't go in", while white blokes were freely let in.
That is racism. Calling someone white or brown or desi or madrasi or chinki or bangaali or nigger or whatever is racism as well, but is not very detrimental provided the victim is tolerant enough.
As I said, a person from the North East can still become the CEO of a big company in India. Something that can never happen in France or Canada or Australia.
Some people want to live with self-respect, not better roads.
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Originally Posted by tsk1979 Regarding group-ism its very prevalent in India too. Go to any REC and you will see groups forming on the basis of state. They socialize together, eat together, and god forbid, if your project mates all belong to a different group, they will start talking in their language and you will feel left out. |
Stop cribbing. It is natural for people to talk in their own languages. Just ask them to use english, and they always do. Better still, if, say, as an Oriya, you are in Bangalore, it is good to learn some Kannada.
The entire issue with half the people claiming 'there is regionalism' in India is that they are willing to genuflect to a foreign culture, but more than willing to denigrate another culture within India.