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It happened to Sundar. There was an incident at a tech conference where he was walking through the booths and some people started asking for selfies with him. T

It happened to Sundar. There was an incident at a tech conference where he was walking through the booths and some people started asking for selfies with him. The "booth guy" who had condescending look grabbed Sundar's nametag slightly tugging on his neck without requesting his permission to see who he was. People were shocked at how rude the physical contact was. More ought to have been made of that. That booth guy should have been at least reprimanded for doing that to anyone, let alone Google's CEO.

forgot_user1234 6y ago
I haven't heard about this incident BUT it still doesn't shows why there are so many indian CEOs. I really doubt that it's the norm. Look at the numbers not the anecdotes. There are disproportionate number of Indian CEOs. It would have been impossible with racism and what not.
- churchillracist 6y ago
  Multiple of these incidents have happened to Sundar. ""What are you, press?," asked the Samsung representative. After being let in - Pichai was inquisitive about Samsung's new smart fridge. The profile reveals similar incidents happened multiple times over at CES." "Even after looking at the name on his badge, the rep had no clue that this curious, friendly inquisitor was one of the most powerful people in technology. " https://magazine.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/spring-summer-2020/sundar-pichai-wg02-wants-to-change-your-life/ https://magazine.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/spring-summer-2020... > It would have been impossible with racism and what not. It would have been impossible with racism and what not. Please explain the reasoning of why it would have been "impossible".
  - scrollaway 6y ago
    It sounds like a lot of these are just people being clueless who Sundar is, not necessarily biased to thinking "he's Indian, so he can't be one of the most powerful people in tech". I don't know Sundar well enough to recognize him in the streets or at a press event if I haven't spoken to him first. Same goes for a lot of CEOs of various ethnicities.
    - churchillracist 6y ago
      Is it normal to have someone you've never met pull your lanyard like that without asking for permission first?
      - scrollaway 6y ago
        No, that guy just sounds like a dick. It doesn't matter where you're from.
- Throwsfnabf04 6y ago
  STOP. This is so racist, you generalized all Indians into once category. Kashmiri's who faced genocide? What about the Punjabis for faced a genocide? You don't realize it, but all indians in one category is a white thing, created by WHITE people. So stop with "so many Indians", it's not equivalent.
  - cutemonster 6y ago
    (Now sounds to me as if you're yourself generalizing about others based on their skin color and grouping them all together)
- dang 6y ago
  That's a non sequitur and flamebait. Please don't post like that to HN. It's only going to lead to worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - forgot_user1234 6y ago
    Hey Dang, In guidelines it says "have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents" tbh, I am really curious about the situation. Why do Indian-Americans have a disproportionate numbers of High paying jobs i.e founders, CEO, CTO etc? Why do indian-americans have a median salary of 120k? What are they doing right? I could have framed it in a better way but the question still stands. Thanks!

forgot_user1234 6y ago

I haven't heard about this incident BUT it still doesn't shows why there are so many indian CEOs. I really doubt that it's the norm. Look at the numbers not the anecdotes. There are disproportionate number of Indian CEOs. It would have been impossible with racism and what not.

churchillracist 6y ago
Multiple of these incidents have happened to Sundar. ""What are you, press?," asked the Samsung representative. After being let in - Pichai was inquisitive about Samsung's new smart fridge. The profile reveals similar incidents happened multiple times over at CES." "Even after looking at the name on his badge, the rep had no clue that this curious, friendly inquisitor was one of the most powerful people in technology. " https://magazine.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/spring-summer-2020/sundar-pichai-wg02-wants-to-change-your-life/ https://magazine.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/spring-summer-2020... > It would have been impossible with racism and what not. It would have been impossible with racism and what not. Please explain the reasoning of why it would have been "impossible".
- scrollaway 6y ago
  It sounds like a lot of these are just people being clueless who Sundar is, not necessarily biased to thinking "he's Indian, so he can't be one of the most powerful people in tech". I don't know Sundar well enough to recognize him in the streets or at a press event if I haven't spoken to him first. Same goes for a lot of CEOs of various ethnicities.
  - churchillracist 6y ago
    Is it normal to have someone you've never met pull your lanyard like that without asking for permission first?
    - scrollaway 6y ago
      No, that guy just sounds like a dick. It doesn't matter where you're from.
Throwsfnabf04 6y ago
STOP. This is so racist, you generalized all Indians into once category. Kashmiri's who faced genocide? What about the Punjabis for faced a genocide? You don't realize it, but all indians in one category is a white thing, created by WHITE people. So stop with "so many Indians", it's not equivalent.
- cutemonster 6y ago
  (Now sounds to me as if you're yourself generalizing about others based on their skin color and grouping them all together)
dang 6y ago
That's a non sequitur and flamebait. Please don't post like that to HN. It's only going to lead to worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- forgot_user1234 6y ago
  Hey Dang, In guidelines it says "have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents" tbh, I am really curious about the situation. Why do Indian-Americans have a disproportionate numbers of High paying jobs i.e founders, CEO, CTO etc? Why do indian-americans have a median salary of 120k? What are they doing right? I could have framed it in a better way but the question still stands. Thanks!