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They wanted to save them from the burden of their families and religion but not from the war, hunger, unemployment, political persecution, and oppression that marked their daily lives and that left them with only their families and religion as sole sources of comfort.
I could be a feminist in a way that suited my life, not in a feminism that would mold me to its ideal shape.
— Dec 17, 2022 07:46PM
I could be a feminist in a way that suited my life, not in a feminism that would mold me to its ideal shape.
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I don't think that white men see themselves in a constant position of power. It's just an equal exchange to them. They aren’t the ones who are dealing with discrimination, stereotypes, and co-lonialism. It has never been an equal exchange. In most cases Indians leave their homeland and come to the United States to make a new life for themselves. Americans go to India to check it out.
— Dec 17, 2022 07:45PM
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“What do you do for a living?" he asks innocently.
"I work in a hospital," I say.
"Oh, so are you a nurse?" Of course he thinks that. This is my standard response from the average white American man. Always assuming I fit the stereotype of a woman.
[..]
"Of course you are a doctor; all good Indian daughters are."
This is my standard response from the average Indian man. Always assuming I live only to please others.
— Dec 14, 2022 10:59AM
"I work in a hospital," I say.
"Oh, so are you a nurse?" Of course he thinks that. This is my standard response from the average white American man. Always assuming I fit the stereotype of a woman.
[..]
"Of course you are a doctor; all good Indian daughters are."
This is my standard response from the average Indian man. Always assuming I live only to please others.
