One Ms. Vijaykar has just made me aware that the reason Indians reacted so adversely to Joel Stein's July slice of bigotry-lite is because we're embarrassed of our "heritage". Because we supplant it with "bland American customs". Because we don't take the time to explain our culture to them.
Oh! That's why they call us dotheads and ask us if we own elephants and if we have roads in India and if we're 'promised to a landlord or something'. Because we do so little to "patiently illuminate them".
Tch. All this time I was just being defensive, when I should have been spending my time hosting "get-to-know-India" events. My bad.
Oh! That's why they call us dotheads and ask us if we own elephants and if we have roads in India and if we're 'promised to a landlord or something'. Because we do so little to "patiently illuminate them".
Tch. All this time I was just being defensive, when I should have been spending my time hosting "get-to-know-India" events. My bad.
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We should all just take Dr. Larua's advice and not marry outside of our race. Then all of our racial problems would be solved!
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