Could be that his own position in the historic caste system in India has lead him to a sense of superiority that he now identifies as being similar to white nationalism in USA
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I was disagreeing- I have same background as him we went to the same university. I was a few years ahead of him. These guys just want to be in the white club.
There are still white people, particularly the “Anglo Saxon Protestants,” who still benefit and build their mentality off of biases that haven’t “officially” been part of the system for decades. I imagine the same could be true for India. Seeing examples like California having to clarify the caste
It depends on how old country his parents are. If they are old school caste would matter for marriage and family. If they are the assimilation immigrants they would have tried to leave a lot of that behind and try to adopt values of the new culture.
Sort of the same white a lot of white immigrants don’t see themselves as the same as other immigrants, and can complain about “them” while mentally leaving themselves out
Yes this is very similar - like Italians or Irish immigrants in the 50s and 60s. The Miami Cubans and the Vietnamese boat people or are like this too. “Whiteness” is not about color- it’s about belonging to the majority culture.
My point is their way of “adopting the culture” could still be informed by their background. His family was Brahmin, arguably the equivalent of the wealthy “white Anglo Saxon Protestants” of historic USA. They may have “adopted” the culture but saw themselves as immediately in the top portion
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