Dr Vedapratap Vaidik
Currently the population of Indians in America is over 4.5 million. It will not be a surprise in the coming years if someone of Indian origin becomes the president of that country. Already we have a lady of Indian origin, Kamala Harris, as their Vice President. You may also know, Indians top the list of rich foreign origins in America.
It is a fact, like Indians the Whites in America are also not origins of that country. They have migrated from Europe and settled in America. But their history of migration is over three hundred plus years old. So the Whites themselves presume that they are the true natives of Americans and that is not true. They are also equally aliens.
The Whites consider all others -Indians, Africans, Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans as aliens. The Whites in America are hesitant to consider the Asians, who were born in America and have been living in that country for a century or even more as Americans. As a result for many decades it was impossible for any Indian to reach the top positions in various professions of America. But now you can find Indians in high positions in many leading companies, laboratories, and education and research institutions and even in their Army. The ability, efficiency and hard working nature of Indians compel the Americans to appoint them at high positions.
In fact, the Whites have been increasingly envious of the affluent lifestyle of Indians in America. Many of our well-off Indians In the USA possess multiple bungalows in posh locations. Many of them own expensive cars and other luxurious items which the local American whites cannot even dream to afford. The opulence of Indians is one of the reasons for increasing crimes against that community. Such crimes are nothing but hate crimes. Such crimes against Indians have gone up by over 300 per cent in 2021 compared to previous years. Some Whites are trigger happy against Indians. There are increasing incidents of shooting Indians even in public places like streets and shops. The Whites never spare any chance to abuse Indians, for no reasons or provocation for they are brimming with hatred towards people of Indian origin.
Ever since Donald Trump came into politics, hatred towards Asian, African and Latino people has gained strength. May be due to Trump’s racial discrimination, some influential TV channels in America are encouraging hate crimes. Interestingly whenever the Biden-administration relaxes visa restrictions for Indians, Republican leaders start protesting saying such moves will reduce the Whites in America toa minority in the near future.
The Whites also have fueled rumor that Asian people were responsible for spreading corona in America. Those who are spreading hatred against Indians need to know the global super power will abruptly crash down the moment Indian brains quit the country. America needs to be thankful to the Indian Diaspora there for augmenting the fortunes of the country and keeping its global stature high in every respect.
*Dr. Vaidik is a widely travelled scholar-journalist. He has visited more than 80 countries on diplomatic and educationalmissions. Dr. Vaidik has won more than a dozen National and International awards for academic and journalistic excellence. He has been a member of several Advisory Committees of Government of India.
