From: alok@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (alok.vijayvargia)
Subject: Re: Ten Best Reasons to Date Indian
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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 21:57:03 GMT

In article <BvpH86.9wE@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, trinas@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Speedy Gonzalez) writes:
> >> so why
> >> should we go out of our way to date Indians when there are so few of
> >> them compared to other Americans?
> >
> >1) Because they are highly educated and have a good potential for earning
> >2) Because they are intelligent
> 
> So are you saying that other races aren't highly educated? I know
> of quite a few dimwit indians as well as some highly intelligent
> americans and those of other races!
> 

No I am NOT saying that other races aren't highly educated. People
of other races can also be highly educated. And yes, there are
dimwit Indians too.

However odds are high that an Indian in this country is in
the highly educated category.


> >3) Because they are more family oriented, will take care of the kids
> 
> I could laugh at this one but I won't.  Actually, there's nothing
> to laugh at...I think it really depends but most MEN I know
> are NOT family oriented.  So I disagree with this one because
> it emphasizes indians and I don't think most men are family-
> oriented.  If any are, it could be someone of any race.
> 
Indian culture emphasizes 'family values' and strong family ties.
That is why there is greater likelihood of Indians being family
oriented. Once again, people of other races can be family oriented
too. It is only a question of 'likelihood'.

> >4) They know good Indian cooking ! 
> 
> I might debate this if we were talking about my brother or cousin. :)

Let me be more specific.
Most Indian men who come as students learn to cook as a matter of
survival. Many of them turn out to be great cooks by the time they
graduate ...

> >5) They are independent and have accomplishments to their credits
> 
> And americans don't?  What world are you in?
> What about japanese men? They're makin' accomplishments all
> over the place?  And Germans? And...?
> 
Because X has accomplished does not mean that Y is not accomplished.
Sure Americans, Japanese, Germans ...  have great achievers too.

> >6) They are more likely to be 'loyal'
> 
> Debatable.
> 
Agreed. Values are changing.

> >7) They are less likely to divorce, hence more stable 
> 
> Debatable.

Agreed. Values are changing.
> 
> >8) They are not 'football' fanatics 
> 
> What if you want a football fanatic?

Then you have better odds at Penn State ...

> >9) They are of Indian origin - same skin, features
> 
> Oh, there's a reason!!!!!!!  I don't know, my skin's kinda dry...
> what if he doesn't have dry skin? :)
> 
It is the skin color ...
Color matching may be nice. It does not however mean that one should
reject people of other colors or no color.

Same for physical attributes like height, built etc.
Again, that should not be taken negatively. At times,
couples are very well matched inspite of very different physical 
attributes.

> >10) Affirmative Action - give them a chance  :-)
> Now - THAT's a reason!!!!!!!
> 
Yes that was the main reason. I just wanted to add 9 other reasons
to make it ten ...
> 
> Trina

Welcome back.

Alok

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