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Primarily the families who immigrate already in upper-bracket of income in India and furthermore their education level would be superior to most Hindus too Yea

by borism 16y ago

Primarily the families who immigrate already in upper-bracket of income in India and furthermore their education level would be superior to most Hindus too Yeah, but why does it matter when they come to the US? Shouldn't hindus who immigrated earlier have an upper hand, both in income and education, regardless of social status of new immigrants? Maybe it's because immigration from India to the US is somewhat recent phenomena?

gnaritas 16y ago
The word is regardless, please; irregardless is a nonsensical double negative.
- borism 16y ago
  thank you, I first wanted to use regardless, but for some reason thought that was incorrect. Nevertheless the issue is controversial http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless
  - rue 16y ago
    Technically, there should be no controversy: regard is the base and from there you get "regardful" and "regardless". Really the only argument should be over using "regardless" rather than "regardlessly".
    - bkudria 16y ago
      Tell that to "flammable" and "inflammable": http://www.write101.com/W.Tips215.htm http://www.write101.com/W.Tips215.htm (The evocative pair here being "reversible" and "irreversible") Technically, when talking about language, throw all your rules and logic out the window. :)
    - reeses 16y ago
      "Technically", there definitely is controversy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_linguistics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_linguistics It's great fun to find out when someone is inclined in one of those directions, because they go out of their way to justify their perspective. It's better than C++ vs. Java.
rorrr 16y ago
It's easier for them to get jobs that require higher education (compared to most americans). IT jobs in particular, which pay really well. Look at the average graph, only 18% of the population make more than $100K. How many people in IT make less? I don't know too many, apart from really junior developers.
- borism 16y ago
  do you have any evidence that it's easier for indian immigrants to get high-paid jobs in the US than any other type of immigrant?
  - rorrr 16y ago
    I didn't say that. It's easier for educated immigrants to get high paying jobs. Indians simply happened to have their own religion in this study. I'm sure if you plot Chinese vs Russian vs Indian immigrants, the numbers would be pretty close.
Kadin 16y ago
That is probably part of it, but I suspect that the bigger issue is that recent immigration policy heavily favors (legal) immigrants with advanced degrees, and consequently high earning potential.

by borism 16y ago

gnaritas 16y ago

The word is regardless, please; irregardless is a nonsensical double negative.

borism 16y ago
thank you, I first wanted to use regardless, but for some reason thought that was incorrect. Nevertheless the issue is controversial http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless
- rue 16y ago
  Technically, there should be no controversy: regard is the base and from there you get "regardful" and "regardless". Really the only argument should be over using "regardless" rather than "regardlessly".
  - bkudria 16y ago
    Tell that to "flammable" and "inflammable": http://www.write101.com/W.Tips215.htm http://www.write101.com/W.Tips215.htm (The evocative pair here being "reversible" and "irreversible") Technically, when talking about language, throw all your rules and logic out the window. :)
  - reeses 16y ago
    "Technically", there definitely is controversy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_linguistics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_linguistics It's great fun to find out when someone is inclined in one of those directions, because they go out of their way to justify their perspective. It's better than C++ vs. Java.

rorrr 16y ago

It's easier for them to get jobs that require higher education (compared to most americans). IT jobs in particular, which pay really well. Look at the average graph, only 18% of the population make more than $100K. How many people in IT make less? I don't know too many, apart from really junior developers.

borism 16y ago
do you have any evidence that it's easier for indian immigrants to get high-paid jobs in the US than any other type of immigrant?
- rorrr 16y ago
  I didn't say that. It's easier for educated immigrants to get high paying jobs. Indians simply happened to have their own religion in this study. I'm sure if you plot Chinese vs Russian vs Indian immigrants, the numbers would be pretty close.

Kadin 16y ago

That is probably part of it, but I suspect that the bigger issue is that recent immigration policy heavily favors (legal) immigrants with advanced degrees, and consequently high earning potential.