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something weird on my team is that most of them (around 40) are from the exact same province in india just seems kind of bizarre to me, like deciding to only h

something weird on my team is that most of them (around 40) are from the exact same province in india just seems kind of bizarre to me, like deciding to only hire people from Florida for a team in California

simfree 2y ago
Indian communities in the US can often be clanish, and self-segregate to specific areas of a neighborhood or town. You can see this in action on the eastside of Lake Washington, always fun to get glared at for being at the wrong block in Samamish, or the wrong (or sometimes right) condo building in Bellevue. Do not bring a dog! You will get solid stares, does not matter how said dog behaves or what local policy is. Seattle notably legislated against the caste system persisting in the city, but from what I hear it still is a thing stateside. Most of the Indian community lives outside Seattle though.
- odux 2y ago
  Language, region and caste are different things though. Caste is a big problem in India but very rarely a problem for discrimination in the tech/highly educated Indian circles in the US. Caste is sometimes very closely related to “culture” so it may be seen in things like weddings sometimes to though. The Seattle anti caste discrimination law was more political than practically useful. But language is a problem and you will see people speaking the same Indian language group themselves together.
- matrix87 2y ago
  I'm not really holding any of that against them because moving to a new country with a different culture is hard
  - Slava_Propanei 2y ago
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matrix87 2y ago
Edit: And I will say, they've shown me a great deal of hospitality I see a lot of negative feelings in the comments here. If anyone is having negative feelings they should be directed to corporations who have artificially engineered this situation. The people involved are not to blame
- sumedh 2y ago
  > The people involved are not to blame You can blame the people as well. Some of them will have a preference for people from their own state and who speak the same language compared to a non Indian or even an India from a different part of India.
  - matrix87 2y ago
    I mean, maybe the ones making the prejudiced hiring decisions. But everyone else, no I can't blame them

simfree 2y ago

Indian communities in the US can often be clanish, and self-segregate to specific areas of a neighborhood or town. You can see this in action on the eastside of Lake Washington, always fun to get glared at for being at the wrong block in Samamish, or the wrong (or sometimes right) condo building in Bellevue. Do not bring a dog! You will get solid stares, does not matter how said dog behaves or what local policy is. Seattle notably legislated against the caste system persisting in the city, but from what I hear it still is a thing stateside. Most of the Indian community lives outside Seattle though.

odux 2y ago
Language, region and caste are different things though. Caste is a big problem in India but very rarely a problem for discrimination in the tech/highly educated Indian circles in the US. Caste is sometimes very closely related to “culture” so it may be seen in things like weddings sometimes to though. The Seattle anti caste discrimination law was more political than practically useful. But language is a problem and you will see people speaking the same Indian language group themselves together.
matrix87 2y ago
I'm not really holding any of that against them because moving to a new country with a different culture is hard
- Slava_Propanei 2y ago
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matrix87 2y ago

Edit: And I will say, they've shown me a great deal of hospitality I see a lot of negative feelings in the comments here. If anyone is having negative feelings they should be directed to corporations who have artificially engineered this situation. The people involved are not to blame

sumedh 2y ago
> The people involved are not to blame You can blame the people as well. Some of them will have a preference for people from their own state and who speak the same language compared to a non Indian or even an India from a different part of India.
- matrix87 2y ago
  I mean, maybe the ones making the prejudiced hiring decisions. But everyone else, no I can't blame them