accents?

what is it about the indian accent that has made it the butt of all jokes?
normally people mock things which are different to their own and yet there's an admiration for french accents, people find them sexy.
a foreigner be it brazilian, italian, european wouldn't face as much mocking for their accent in us/uk/canada/aus as an indian would for theirs. it basically seems at the bottom of the hierarchy. why so?

Different things define us as who we are whether it may be height, accent, etc.

I am a high school student in America. When people get to know that I am Indian they assume that I must have an accent. Some people just say that I have an accent when I talk but most people say I don't. But I have been studying in America since Kindergarten. Yes I admit I may have an accent on some words because Hindi was my first language and I speak it at home. Having an accent or not should not hurt your self esteem. An accent doesn't make you better or worse than anybody. Just be confident and ignore jokes. And sometimes its okay to take a joke and laugh about it.

Sorry for my rambling! I can't always stay on one topic!

I know right :(