User 43539
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A lot of Indians, myself included, dislike being from India. The fact is, Americans dislike us, "otherize" us, and denigrate us whenever they get the chance. From extra security checks at the airport to mocking imitations of some people's accents to a feigned, scornful, interest in our cultures and religions (actually they just want to tout the superiority of American traditions), American racism will never die.just be yourself, but be confident about it. not cocky, not begging acceptance, just confident.
why do you say "thankfully"? are you ashamed of your background and your culture? forsaking your heritage is never worth being popular.
Yeah I was going to suggest the first part of this participate in some sports!the best way is really just to join a sports team or a club and become well known that way.
its also important to get a hold on the culture of the school (the way people speak, what is considered funny) because most schools are pretty different [at least where i am from].
it is pretty easy to not try to be cool, have a good core group of friends and have the respect of everyone, and it comes from not trying to be cool, just going about your business being social and making a name for yourself.
and Surgo as much as you want to think it works like that, it really doesn't. the world generally works like that (thankfully), but highschool does not. highschool is literally either the best time of your life or the worst time of your life, and it is pretty much 100% based on if you have friends / the respect of your school.
That might be a problem...I'm too shy to actually talk to people.
You talk about that like that's a bad thing. It's not. Take some pride in your heritage, really. Or else you just come off as a wannabe. No one is going to respect you if you deny what you are. I'm not saying that you should be super conservative or anything... but don't push your indian side/parents/family away.Thankfully, my parents aren't traditional indians, meaning they have no indian accents, and barley any of the indian culture is in me. (AS in beliefs and stuff).
No one's going to respect you if you take pride in something that's never mattered to you before and didn't matter to your parents either.You talk about that like that's a bad thing. It's not. Take some pride in your heritage, really. Or else you just come off as a wannabe. No one is going to respect you if you deny what you are. I'm not saying that you should be super conservative or anything... but don't push your indian side/parents/family away.
Of course not. But he's putting stereotypes on Indians while insisting that he is the only one that breaks that stereotype. By putting down a group that he is a part of, he lost my respect.No one's going to respect you if you take pride in something that's never mattered to you before and didn't matter to your parents either.
He's lost your respect because he doesn't think people that share his skin color act a certain way? Sounds like you'd rather he blindly go "oh yeah, people of my skin color rock", which is similarly pretty dumb. Why be randomly proud of being part of a group that you have no control over again?Of course not. But he's putting stereotypes on Indians while insisting that he is the only one that breaks that stereotype. By putting down a group that he is a part of, he lost my respect.