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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the white poster-- you have just displayed what the PP described... Entitlement.

I'd add to that your display of white fragility.

These stereotypes exist for a reason. I think the PP's observations are so spot on, and a lot of other posters, including Indians agree.

I'm SE Asian and I would agree that in my culture, self-advocacy is a definite weakness. [/quote]

I don't know if I would call it a weakness.... it's just sort of a cultural thing that gets in the way of rising up in America. SE Asians, in my experience, have an [b]incredible amount of pride in just putting their heads down and getting the job done without trying to stand out and without seeking a ton of validation or help[/b]. It's something I admire.[/quote]

10:24 here.

You have described me, my family and my friends really well. 
As I've gotten older, I've also found that this cultural thing has affected by career negatively in some ways, especially when dealing with entitlement from whites.  It really does make an interesting dynamic in the office. Once you are aware, you see it everywhere. I can also now see where blacks and hispanics have some disadvantages that we SE Asians don't have. 
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I think people really underestimate the extent to which kids from those communities are consistently presumed to be lacking in intelligence from such an early age. People make fun of the term "microaggressions" but it really is a thing - the way so many educators interact with Black and Hispanic kids just sort of assumes that their only way to succeed in life is outside of academics.[/quote]

And now we know we've been underestimating the extent to which people who "work in public education" see all Indians as memorizing, regurgitating robots free of creativity and flexibility.  All Indian parents should absorb this - no matter how much you sacrifice and invest in your child's education, there'll be a woman (or a man!) thinking - here comes another Kumar, he sure knows his multiplication tables but he can't innovate worth crap so let's go to the next file.[/quote]

Indian dad here - what I read from this is that my time is well-invested in developing in DS (4th grade) the ability to adjust to changing variables and putting him in situations where he is forced to make decisions. It seems like I can get a leg up against these biases - and a changing TJ and college admittance environment - if he's a dynamic thinker instead of a rote memorizer. There seems to be less of a need for the latter than the former anymore. Times are changing from what they were when I was growing up back home - adapt or perish.[/quote]

Did you read anything else from this? That some people in positions of power will see your child as a rote-memorizing robot, despite all your efforts.  Just like some people in positions of power will see black children as low-performing thugs.  Yet we excuse the first stereotype all while wanting to destroy the second. [/quote]

Why would Indians choose to play the victim here?[/quote]

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