Originally posted by: return_to_hades
Because the United States is not a monolith. It is a large country with many regional subcultures and communities. People do return and come back. After a month in California which we found too difficult and stressful to start a new life, my family returned back to India not knowing if we would ever come back to the states. A year later we moved to the Midwest and have been here ever since.
I work in higher ed and it is not uncommon for students to go back because they found a particular college too difficult or unwelcoming but return to join a different college and program.
In addition, many Indians work abroad. Not everyone goes the green card or citizenship route. Plenty plan to return, especially those posted on government duty or high-end corporate jobs. They often have kids who do struggle to fit into middle or high school. But that doesn't stop those kids from returning to pursue degrees.
I don't know and I don't care about the details of PCs experiences, but I don't want people to assume that going back and returning never happens. Even if the first time experience was miserable people do return to try again.
And I was talking only about PC.
The excuse on this thread is that PC adopts an accent because Hollywood is racist.
She knew (as far as her experiences told her) about the racism.
Hollywood means big bucks and more fame, so it's understandable to some extent.
But PC didn't simply choose to do movies and return. She moved to the U.S. She actually went the green card (I assume) route.
I, personally, wouldn't live in a place I found that abhorrent. For ex, I know for sure it would take a gun to my head to make me move to the Middle East. Middle East is also not monolithic, but I won't ever move to a nation that considers me, on account of my gender, less than my colleague.
Perhaps you're right, and others are more willing to put up with bad treatment. Since I'm not, I find her story a little less than plausible.
Edited by HearMeRoar - 3 years ago
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