I Got My Dream Job and Ended Up Enabling Racism
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I Got My Dream Job and Ended Up Enabling Racism
In my search for an honest way to write about race, I wanted to comfort the afflicted, but more than that, I wanted to afflict the comfortable; I wanted to make them squirm in shame, probably because I too identify with the comfortable.
Cathy Park Hong • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Here’s what I’ve seen of the H1B system as a native-born American of Indian parentage in a technical job. All sides of this argument overlook many things.
H1Bs are exploited in many environments, and they are impelled to tolerate it. Indian work culture is also even worse than that of Americans.
Indian male managers, in my experience, have brought th
Most people have an acute sense of the challenges that lay ahead. They can predict the criticism they’ll face and the insecurity they’ll feel. This is why many, including me, refuse the “call to adventure” as long as possible. Before quitting my job, I spent several years critiquing the corporate world from within, convinced I could help “fix” it.
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