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You are really clueless, aren't you? The problems that you see on reservations are the direct result of centuries of oppression. It may look different to you th
by ajays 14y ago
You are really clueless, aren't you? The problems that you see on reservations are the direct result of centuries of oppression. It may look different to you than the situation in India, most likely because you're probably white and male, and hence belong to the side that's been oppressing; but the situation is the same. Systemic denial of equal rights, denial of services, forced segregation from the rest of the society .... fundamentally, it's the same.
You may disagree, and I don't blame you; but having lived in India and the US for equal parts of my life, I see the same patterns.
- w1ntermute 14y agoYou're the one who seems to still be incapable of understanding what I'm saying. I don't deny that discrimination has occurred in US. I never have. The difference is that significant steps have been taken to combat discrimination in America, whereas there is a general apathy towards that in India (and most of the developing world). Trying to equate the two is completely nonsensical, as is trying to equate the level of poverty in America, even on a reservation, with that in India. > having lived in India and the US for equal parts of my life, I see the same patterns. As an Indian who has managed to make it to America, I don't think you're in any place to comment on what life is like for poor Indians, particularly those facing endemic caste-based discrimination. Their experiences are completely foreign to you, just as I wouldn't claim that I understand what African Americans or Native Americans go through.