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0 pointsngc2483y ago0 comments

wow .... when was a rich brahmin hired instead of an inner city American kid .... are you really sure ... that the Indians working in the US tech industry have gotten those positions thru affirmative action?

I keep seeing this being repeated everywhere. let me clarify Indians are NOT getting into US companies because of a colour quota.

I will tell you how they are getting in. There are two ways 1. Thru outsourcing/body shopping 2. A lot of Indians get in by doing Masters courses in the US. Most of them would have already worked for tech in India. For US companies they can hire experienced people at US fresher salaries.

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geebee3y ago

I'm coming in very late to this conversation, but there may be some ambiguity here. Americans will often use the word "Brahmin" to generally refer to an upper class. For instance, the "Boston Brahmins" is a phrase used to refer to old money WASP families https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Brahmin. So this might not have been in tended specifically as a reference to upper class Indians (it wasn't entirely clear to me from the post).

ngc248OP3y ago

nope ... the post mentions skin color quota ... I doubt they are talking about "boston brahmins"

geebee3y ago

Yeah it’s there. Should have read it better.

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ngc248OP3y ago

nope ... the post mentions skin color quota ... I doubt they are talking about "boston brahmins"

geebee3y ago

Yeah it’s there. Should have read it better.

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