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Why do you call it the diaspora? Doesn’t that imply forced removal from homeland? What about those that opted out of their old country and voluntarily wanted to
by turtlecloud 8y ago
Why do you call it the diaspora? Doesn’t that imply forced removal from homeland? What about those that opted out of their old country and voluntarily wanted to come to America.
Would you consider white Americans to be part of the European diaspora!?? This just screams victim mentality and seems to be an over extension of the YC organization to capture mindshare and influence people like Pichai and Nadella who I have an issue with leading 2 prominent tech companies.
Don’t even get me started on how the Indian caste system is invading traditional American values.
- snigdha 8y agoHi - so I don't think diaspora always means forced removal. The word has a very strong history but it can also mean people living away from their homeland, whether voluntary or involuntary. Check out this definition here https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diaspora https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diaspora. Totally don't intend to mean victim mentality here!
- bakul 8y ago“Diaspora” comes from Greek “Diaspora”. Dispersion. It so happens that some Indians were brought over as indentured laborers by the British to various parts of their empire which resulted in the development of a large Indian diaspora: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servitude#Indian_indenture_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servitude#Indian_... But that’s old news!