I've worked with plenty of Indian engineers who are overjoyed to be in a place where we don't hold systematic power & aren't on the hook to either upholding or

I've worked with plenty of Indian engineers who are overjoyed to be in a place where we don't hold systematic power & aren't on the hook to either upholding or fighting these systems of oppression. But I've also worked with a few dudes who think I'm going to agree with them, and those dudes have said things to me that make my jaw drop. So even here, because I work in tech, I've had to make the choice: do I go along with it? Or do I try to mitigate the power they have to make their beliefs a reality for the people they pre-judge? If we don't speak up when it happens, it becomes the standard we walk past. But if we do, we're burning the bridges that could help us in the face of racism and bullshit here.