Around the Brown World

Zach, can you add:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPr10td3Ccc
I am deeply disturbed by how Sean Rameswaram, whose heritage is from by far the richest and most socio-economically successful subgroup and religion in America, is claiming to be a victim, person of color, and suffering from massive discrimination, systemic oppression etc. I think all Deshi Americans need to check their privilege and be humble. If I had to write to him I would say:

1) You might have been oppressed. But most Indian North Americans or more North Americans who come from an eastern heritage (Hindu/Buddhist/Jain/Sikh . . . etc.) are incredibly privileged. Indian Americans are by far the most socio economically successful subgroup in America, vastly outperforming Jews. Similarly Hindu Americans vastly outperform Jews and every other group. Indian Canadians and Hindu Canadians similarly come from great privilege
2) You as an individual are oppressed (I take your word for it) and have suffered discrimination (I take your word for it). But this is your personal individual experience. Most Hindu or Indian North Americans have not suffered any significant discrimination or oppression . . . precisely the opposite
3) You come from the one heritage that will not be accused of sympathy for Islamism by security agencies. By contrast many caucasion Christians and secular caucasions have been converted to join Daesh, AQ or other Islamist group. This almost never happens with people from polytheist Hindu backgrounds. This is an enormous privilege everywhere in the world . . . since almost every country in the world has a massive terrorist challenge.
4) subliminal bias (racism or sectarianism) works strongly in your favor in I Banking, Consulting, Technology, Law, business. When people see you or read your name they are likely to consider you a genius nerd.
5) Asian Americans go to prison or commit crimes at a fraction of the caucasion rate. Hindu or Indian Americans almost never go to prison or commit crimes. (wrote an article about this). This is privilege.
6) I have heard from black Americans that it is insulting when very privileged successful Asian Americans try to claim to be a “person of color” and imply that they are oppressed when they really are not. And I agree with them.
7) Other people have the right to be jealous, racist, bigoted, sectarian, prejudiced, mean, unfair to me (and to you since I assume you are similar to me). We need to respect their right to do so. That is what freedom means. We are free to make our choices based on the choices of others. This is “OUR” freedom.
8) You are de facto drawing attention to the extraordinary success of our community. This creates jealousy. Isn’t it much safer to be quiet and low profile?

I deeply enjoyed your interview with Peterson and look forward to watching your other content. You asked many good questions that I have long wanted to ask Jordan Peterson. I would deeply enjoy a long format 2 hour discussion between the two of you.

However, I would have specified that someone of African ancestry might feel such and such without implying that Deshi North Americans have suffered anything even remotely comparable to what African North Americans have faced.