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To: muawiyah

My impression of the Indians (the well-to-do ones) is that they’re an entitled bunch. They advertise for domestic servants with particular skillsets - must speak this dialect, must cook this regional cuisine - and since they aren’t available here for $180 a week, they import them from India. Unbelievable that we let domestic servants come in because the help here doesn’t suit.


16 posted on 02/19/2008 12:22:07 PM PST by heartwood
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To: heartwood
There are, of course, such people here. Most of the Indians and Pakistanis I've known (several hundred over the years) have far more middle-class attitudes and beliefs.

To start with your typical Indian couple in the US probably have a cross-caste, or even mixed-religion marriage. Back home is really tough on those folks.

Still, virtually every Indian in America was not allowed into the kitchen by his or her mother, or into the shop by his or her father. Their families made incredible sacrifices so they could become educated people and live a better life than their ancestors.

One of my Indian friends always reminds folks that "Indian people will work anywhere", which is true. Not that all Indians will do so, but odds are good that you can readily find one who will ~ for example, in the pathology lab. Check out that crowd sometime.

18 posted on 02/19/2008 12:30:36 PM PST by muawiyah
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