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India suspends ‘all categories’ of visas for Canada citizens amid diplomatic row
(www.independent.co.uk)
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I suspect that's why this is happening. India - like China and Russia - may view its diaspora as an indirect projection of its own power.
It's not the same for Indians as it is for China. Indians tend to integrate well with western culture and I haven't seen them bring their politics with them.
In the tech sector you can run into caste-ism (is that the correct word?), where Indians who are "lower" caste can be looked over when applying to jobs if the one going through resumes or making hiring decisions is Indian themselves and a "higher" or at least "different" caste, and can identify at a glance what caste the applicant is by their surname.
It's apparently popping up enough that it's on the radar as a discrimination problem in California, which has a big tech sector and I suppose a large enough population in some areas of Indian immigrants for this to start being a problem.
It surprised me at first that anyone was concerned about it--but then I realized...yeah, you kinda want to nip that one in the bud. Given all the existing classism/racism in the US, we hardly need a new one to throw into the mix. And it's really dumb/disappointing to me that someone might come here from India hoping to start a new life and obviously have to deal with racism already because that never won't NOT be a thing--only to ALSO run face first into caste-ism from fellow immigrants who drag that crap over with them. What a crappy catch-22, you know? So it seems to me that it's good that some folk have awareness that it's a thing to watch out for.
That's something I haven't considered.
How? You think Indians move to other countries to make them more like India? Sure as hell isn't the case with the ones I know.
I said India not Indians
Uh, so? That doesn't change my question at all.
Well then no. The answer is no.
eh not so sure. China has explicitly tried very hard to portray the west as racist and crime ridden to ensure that their best and brightest who go to foreign schools come home. They then started setting up secret policing in Canada and the US when those efforts didn't work well.
India has been doing the same, trying to claw back their own and limit the influence of their citizens abroad. Especially cuz those citizens are often educated and wealthy. Saw something in the US about how Indians are, overall, the wealthiest group since there are relatively few of them compared to other minorities, and they're overwhelmingly in STEM or other lucrative fields.
The amount of Indians living in Canada is crazy, really. A few years ago during Covid I arrived in Vancouver airport and literally thought that I took a wrong plane somewhere and arrived in India instead.
There were only Indian personnel everywhere until I arrived at the border security. Everyone else is Indian. Then in Vancouver itself, I'd guess that 30% of the people are Indian. It's crazy enourmous really
If you're in Toronto and take a bus to to brampton, it's like crossing over into a different country.