One of the Democrats on the council won his election, so she is his replacement
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article131497069.html
Not shockingly, the Observer reporter is working on their own anti-Trump narrative. Most people in India speak English, although not as their first language. The story doesn’t address if she was a legal immigrant.
I would not be surprised if she sides with two Republicans on some issues
I have a few Indian friends and all lean to the liberal side of things. This woman is not unique in that respect. It reminds me of what the Democrats and Barry Soetero have done to this country with respect to divisiveness and such.
Despite what I was taught in grade school, the caste system is alive and well. The people at the top of the heirarchy are the ones who probably lean Republican.
The difference between India and the US is you are not limited in what you are able to do in your life based on some artitrary set of rules based on your genetics.
I’ve noticed many bring their ‘caste mentality’ with them from India. However, IMO it’ the opposite of what you may surmise.
In the context of caste, it’s wealthy/educated Indians who seem to lean towards ‘everyone knowing their place and playing their implied roles’, at which the Democrats (liberals) excel. Similar to Cubans, those who ‘work their way up’ tend to be republican.
Our current mayor (also a DDS) is originally from India, and he’s a total liberal on many issues. We’re in a growing area with yuppies and wealth, so it’s difficult to gauge his fiscal abilities.
Here’s another example: There’s an empty million dollar house up the hill from our 55+ development. It seems two doctors from India built the house, under the assumption that our little community could be bulldozed so as to enhance their mountain vista. After 5 years of not understanding why they couldn’t get rid of our community, they gave up and moved back to India.
There are lots of Indians working in computer programming – a significant portion of them are posers. They convince American employers they will work for peanuts but they lack any actual skills.
Overgeneralizing it, Indians seem to fit into two groups. Indians who are grateful they are in America and would do anything they can do to fit in and make the United States a better place. They have no intention of ever returning to India. I love the first group.
The other group want to “fix” the United States and make it more like India. They are working here just long enough to earn enough money to be a rich man when they return home. The latter group are highly passive aggressive (a term widely misused) – probably as a result of British occupation or maybe roots going way back. They have mastered the skill of pretending to agree with the boss (me in this context) and then making it their work to see how long they can stall without actually doing any work. I learned the hard way that if you ask “do you understand X?”, they will always answer “Yes”, even if they don’t know what X is – so you have to follow up with a question like “so what is the most important thing to know about X?”
Oh yeah, I know this all too well… having been displaced by the ‘value brand IT’ they offer. I tried to warn one potential client that if they hired ’99 Cent Websites’ from India it might cost them a lot more money and time in the long run.
Sure enough, the project languished, the spaghetti code lacked comments, and nothing met design goals. Eventually, they asked if I could pick up the pieces, and I basically told them it would be easier to start anew. They didn’t like that idea, so I said “good luck, bye.”
Years ago, I saw a video exposing how some of the ‘tech’ colleges operate in India; the essence was, if you had the right background (i.e. caste) then you would graduate with minimal effort.
This is one reason it’s risky –to say the least– to visit a professional (doctor, dentist, lawyer, etc) who was trained or educated in India.
Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of brilliant people from India, the culture is fascinating, and they are very congenial for the most part. But I see a residual caste mentality in some of them.
Lately, I’m beginning to wonder if U.S. colleges are conferring degrees on the basis of a ‘social fairness’ agenda for anyone enrolled in ESL.
I agree Chairman. I also think that degrees being handed out are not worth the paper they are printed on. Rather than study a science, students spend time being indoctrinated in the progressive-socialist mindset.