Comment by solipsism
5 years ago
A Hindu pm had the habit of sitting next to developers while they worked, sometimes putting a hand on their knee
Eh... That doesn't sound like just an Indian being Indian.
a Japanese guy came to the hr person complaining the original lady from us had hugged them. Again, it was explained that this is just what Americans do
Nope... We don't hug people who don't want to be hugged. The Japanese guy was right to complain, and the American woman should've been asked to be more careful.
Expecting everyone to just accept anything because "that's what they do where they're from" is setting things up for people to be actually victimized and to feel like your company is fine with it.
> Expecting everyone to just accept anything because "that's what they do where they're from" is setting things up for people to be actually victimized and to feel like your company is fine with it.
Your point is valid in the abstract, sure. That’s not what was said, though.
The specific examples given are bullshit.
Dude you have no information, I can't sincerely understand how you think you can have such detailed understanding of the situation.
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Never seen such a lack of self-awareness in a comment.
And I've been here quite a while!
Americans having to adjust to other people's cultures. Imagine that.
What's next? Having to learn their languages?
Using their money ?
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Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm genuinely not sure how the comment you replied to is implying that? I read it as saying the US woman should have adjusted her behavior.
It's more that the comment is missing the point of the grandparent.
Having worked across a lot of cultures, it's easy to spot how ignorant it is. And ignorance is fine but the poster is trying to decide how people Should Have Acted when they're clearly not in a place to really know that.
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Some of us Americans can't even adjust to the culture of other ever-so-slightly different Americans.
Eh... Can't we just bomb them as usual? ;-)
Wait... Did you not read the comment? It's talking about American culture...
We're gonna have a real tough time with aliens if you believe this!
I work with and am friends with plenty of people from various parts of India. Trust me, they can be expected to not put their hand on your thigh. Touching is common in some scenarios where they're not common in the US (e.g. between male friends), but only when people are close.
I'm American. A co-worker who isn't close to me hugging me is slightly out of line.
This just sounds like bullshit. Like any behavior at all would be explained by cultural differences, as long as the actor was from a different culture.