[378] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Affirmative Action
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Coventry)
Tue May 1 00:33:07 2001
To: Zhelinrentice L Scott <zlscott@MIT.EDU>
Cc: "Sourav K. Mandal" <Sourav.Mandal@ikaran.com>, mit-talk@MIT.EDU
From: Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU>
Date: 01 May 2001 00:32:03 -0400
In-Reply-To: Zhelinrentice L Scott's message of "Tue, 01 May 2001 00:09:10 -0400"
Message-ID: <etdpudtlmf0.fsf@w20-575-20.mit.edu>
[Sourav]
> That said, I've always felt less comfortable among my own racial peer
> group than among any other group, because there is a pressure to
> conform above and beyond ethics and personal interests. It's sad how
> many times other Indian folks, young and old alike, have chastised me
> for enjoying my filet mignon, showing romantic interest in non-Indian
> women, disliking the crappy Indian "pop" music and Bollywood movies,
> and for not pursuing medicine as career. The last one makes me laugh
> to no end ...
[Zhe]
> So the truth comes out: Sourav you don't identify yourself as Indian
> (South East asian...right?) and you are bitter about the fact that
> there are some people who have collective concern and pride that you
> don't share. That is too bad.
Come on, Zhe, he can examine his culture critically without betraying
or renouncing it.
I don't see what this has to do with affirmative action, btw.
Alex.
[Sorry for posting more quotes than original text, but it was hard to
find the context for Zhe's post in Sourav's.]
