Are Asian Indians the newest popular minority?

quantumleap said:

In the past, Americans only exposure to Asian Indians in this country were notables such as tennis player Vijay Armritraj, conductor Zubin Mehta, actor Ben Kingsley and author Deepak Chopra. Well, there was also the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi with Transcendental Meditation.

In recent years Asian Indians have been going more mainstream. Sure they have the media people such as M. Night Shyamalan. However, Asian Indians such as Bobby Jindal as the Governor of Louisiana was mentioned as a potential Vice Presidential candidate to John McCain. Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been offered the position of Surgeon General in the Obama cabinet and has accepted.

Will Bollywood now invade Hollywood? The recent success of the Asian Indian movie Slum Dog Millionaire has lead to the movie garnering 10 Academy Award nominations. What will be next for this newest popular minority?

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3peet said:

I they are. They're everywhere now days. I used to live in Fremont, Ca. which was damn nea 90% Indian or Pakistan. So I moved to a more affluent neighborhood. What happens? These guys make up 80% of my block. All of em....ALL OF EM software engineers.

Oh well. I smile, say hello. thats about it.

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oldirtyku said:

Slum Dog Milly was made by a dude from england I think...

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oldirtyku said:

Nothing like a large group of software engineers to lower the property value of the neighborhood...

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gtc08 said:

i have no idea what an asian indian is. i know what a asian is. and i know what a indian is.

id assume people of mixed descent would be the newest celebrities with obama taking office. you cant play the black or hispanic angle because there not new, and have been popular for many many years now.

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3peet said:

I they are. They're everywhere now days. I used to live in Fremont, Ca. which was damn nea 90% Indian or Pakistan. So I moved to a more affluent neighborhood. What happens? These guys make up 80% of my block. All of em....ALL OF EM software engineers.

Oh well. I smile, say hello. thats about it.

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3peet said:

Yea no kidding. Make enough to buy an expensive house and live in it. Now as for the upkeep and care? Different conversation.

Not stereotyping but, why do all the software guys have shitty landscaping? Or just flat out neglect? Talk about bringing down the prop value.

Ever heard of "pride in ownership"???

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