Racism

Today I was discriminated against for the first time at school. Due to the high Asian population at UCLA Berkeley and California in general there is usually no blatant racism. However, a student walking by wrinkled his nose at me and muttered "curry house" to me. I was shocked but after researching found that there is still prejudice against Indians. Because of the high number of jobs outsourced and the high population of Indians in the U.S. (0.9%) there is resentment. Because of the higher average household income there are also many other people who resent us but fail to keep in perspective our larger families and less working family members. Movies such as Indiana Jones and shows like The Simpsons also continue to fuel the racism against Indian Americans. The section about eating monkey brains has been used as an insult recently. Also, the portrayal of Apu as a worker at a convenience store furthers the stereotype. Hopefully one day there will be no more discrimination as the United States becomes more diverse and accepts cultures different from it's own.