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Commentator Recaps Christopher Rufo's Episode on Indian Americans
Jeremiah Johnson summarizes a Christopher Rufo podcast episode in which a guest makes openly racist arguments against Indian Americans. The post is critical of the content and its framing of immigrant assimilation and homogeneity.
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I went through and watched Rufo's episode on "The Indian Question" so you don't have to. It's exactly as gross as you think it's going to be.
The typical exchange is something like this:
Rufo: But isn't there actually a sophisticated justification for hating Indians, isn't it secretly about this other factor?
The Other Freak: No, no, let me be very clear, we think they're gross and weird and disgusting on a personal racial level, that's the whole thing
Rufo: Chagrined smile, concedes the point, moves on
The other freak explicitly makes the arguments that:
* Even though they look assimilated, the Indian American Texas students aren't assimilated because he can notice that they're different. Basically "my racism against them is proof they haven't assimilated"
* Racism is actually good, it's good that immigrants should be subjected to "vulgar defamatory racism" (his words) as part of the 'hazing process' of becoming American
* It's bad when immigrant groups struggle or use welfare or are poor, but it's also bad when they succeed like Indians do because that's 'cutting in line' for jobs that should have gone to Appalachians
* "I don't want to live near non-white people" is a good and normal thing for white people to say and believe, and any attempts to discourage this are leftist shaming.
* By the way, I don't owe you an explanation for why I hate living near anyone with dark skin, I just do, so fuck off.
* "some of my best friends are indians"
* Rufo asks "Is this whole thing just a vehicle for white nationalism?" Other freak "No, that's unrealistic, but god I wish"
* At one point, Rufo turns against meritocracy because the Indians are too good at it.
* Vivek's tweet about hard work and doing extracurriculars was worse than Bo French's tweet because it criticizes America
It's honestly shocking how much of the conversation is just outright admitting it's a pure racial story and driven by nothing but race. They abandon the idea of high-skill immigrants, they abandon assimilation, they abandon meritocracy, they abandon the idea that we should strive for achievements or growth, all to service the baseline of "I feel icky when I have to see lots of Indians".
The typical exchange is something like this:
Rufo: But isn't there actually a sophisticated justification for hating Indians, isn't it secretly about this other factor?
The Other Freak: No, no, let me be very clear, we think they're gross and weird and disgusting on a personal racial level, that's the whole thing
Rufo: Chagrined smile, concedes the point, moves on
The other freak explicitly makes the arguments that:
* Even though they look assimilated, the Indian American Texas students aren't assimilated because he can notice that they're different. Basically "my racism against them is proof they haven't assimilated"
* Racism is actually good, it's good that immigrants should be subjected to "vulgar defamatory racism" (his words) as part of the 'hazing process' of becoming American
* It's bad when immigrant groups struggle or use welfare or are poor, but it's also bad when they succeed like Indians do because that's 'cutting in line' for jobs that should have gone to Appalachians
* "I don't want to live near non-white people" is a good and normal thing for white people to say and believe, and any attempts to discourage this are leftist shaming.
* By the way, I don't owe you an explanation for why I hate living near anyone with dark skin, I just do, so fuck off.
* "some of my best friends are indians"
* Rufo asks "Is this whole thing just a vehicle for white nationalism?" Other freak "No, that's unrealistic, but god I wish"
* At one point, Rufo turns against meritocracy because the Indians are too good at it.
* Vivek's tweet about hard work and doing extracurriculars was worse than Bo French's tweet because it criticizes America
It's honestly shocking how much of the conversation is just outright admitting it's a pure racial story and driven by nothing but race. They abandon the idea of high-skill immigrants, they abandon assimilation, they abandon meritocracy, they abandon the idea that we should strive for achievements or growth, all to service the baseline of "I feel icky when I have to see lots of Indians".
Jonathan Keeperman @L0m3zThis week, @christopherrufo tackle the Indian Question.
Among other things, this episode cuts to the heart of longstanding foundational political disputes that are simply unreconcilable, but which can longer be brushed aside. Namely that some people (perhaps most people) prefer to live in a homogenous society, and as America tips toward a majority-minority country, that fundamental preference is under threat.
For a long time, liberals, who have more cosmopolitan preferences, have been able to pathologize the desire for homogeneity and subdue any explicit political effort to maintain a white …
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