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It's definitely true that outright dismissing all high-caste Indians is no better than doing the same for low-caste or any other race of people. I have to say,
by ertian 6y ago
It's definitely true that outright dismissing all high-caste Indians is no better than doing the same for low-caste or any other race of people.
I have to say, though, if I saw an org chart with a disproportionate number of Indians (relative to nearby & similar companies, or other parts of the same company) I would take that as a warning sign. As you say, in my experience, less political and more open-minded Indian tech workers will tend to be drawn to more diverse workplaces. It just seems unlikely that a whole bunch of cool, modern, forward-thinking Indians just coincidentally happened to fill a whole management chain.
Frankly, I'd think the same thing if a management chain were overly-dominated by any particular group, be they Chinese, white, or, I dunno, UC Berkeley grads. It's a sort of organizational smell. It just seems to happen more often, anecdotally, with Indian management, either just because there are proportionally more of them or because they're used to a more old-school corporate culture.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoIt turns out that when a woman sees an org chart with almost no women, or a Black person sees an org chart with almost no Black people, they have similar concerns. The language issue is slightly separate factor, of course. Still, insisting that English be the language of business is a pretty huge privilege in favor of native speakers, which can be detrimental to the business when people are forced to communicate in their second language which is slower and less accurate than their native ability.
- oefnak 6y agoMy entire organisation speaks English because of one person who does not speak our native tongue. Or at least when he is in the office, and in all our online communication/documentation.