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Numbers and education push are what alloweth a cultural take over of a global industry.
by FreshStart 3y ago
Numbers and education push are what alloweth a cultural take over of a global industry.
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- dartharva 3y agoFeels like the other way round in India's case. Compared to the degrees of change India's own culture has gone through because of foreign influences, Indian immigrants' cultural impact on the West is nearly non-existent.
- jmopp 3y agoI don't know, Indian religious traditions made their way to the West in the 60s, and today things like yoga are pretty much mainstream. There is also the effect that Indian culture had on British culture in the 19th century: shampoo was brought to the West by an Indian immigrant, not to mention curry, tea, and pyjamas - among others. The effect that Indian culture has had on the West is greater, in my opinion, than the effect Chinese culture has had - though not as strong as that of the African diaspora cultures.
- BelleOfTheBall 3y agoI'd say it's more just numbers, it's about the culture's status in the recipient country. While stuff like Indian food or Chinese food is super-normalized, you don't really see either culture dominating the US. Education does help, because it makes them seem "closer" to us, but a lot of the time a big culture will just end up absorbing all others that connect to it.
- sramam 3y ago> While stuff like Indian food or Chinese food is super-normalized, you don't really see either culture dominating the US. Let's not forget "Namaste". The total number of Indians in the US is ~3M [0]. Given the relatively miniscule number of Indians (or Chinese) in the US, I'd actually say both have had an outsized impact on the host country. "Dominating" is a different notion. I cannot imagine a peaceful path to that end. [0] https://www.immigrationresearch.org/indian-immigrants-in-the-united-states https://www.immigrationresearch.org/indian-immigrants-in-the...