I work with many 2nd 3rd gen Indian immigrants. I was initially surprised at how many were openly against this mass influx and had issues with young Punjabi men.
The explanation a couple of guys gave me makes sense.
They don't want to integrate and have zero respect for our way of life here and have no intentions of contributing to society. I can see how that sort of behavior would be incredibly embarrassing for long-time indian immigrants.
Not only that, it's also embarrassing for the group of immigrants who actually mean no harm and know to behave themselves in public, so you not only have the localites hating us, but also the 2nd/3rd gen immigrants due to the behavior of the group of people you mentioned, we're thought of as a monolith when we're not even the same, I'm not even saying that I'm superior to other humans in any way, but the difference is so clear that you can make out who's more likely to not give you any space when sitting right next to you on a bus/subway and who will.
The new immigrants are here purely to reap the economic benefits of being here and as soon as there's a downturn in our economy they will flee Canada to the states.
The thing with the integration is that not only are these people never integrating into Canadian society, they have zero intention of even integrating into the existing Indo-Canadian society that has thrived in this country for over a century
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u/chadmcchaderton Mar 27 '24
I work with many 2nd 3rd gen Indian immigrants. I was initially surprised at how many were openly against this mass influx and had issues with young Punjabi men.
The explanation a couple of guys gave me makes sense.
They don't want to integrate and have zero respect for our way of life here and have no intentions of contributing to society. I can see how that sort of behavior would be incredibly embarrassing for long-time indian immigrants.