And I will add, of COURSE Indian people are different from “people in general” given the people in general I know.
How could I, as an American, NOT view Indian people as different”. They are. It doesn’t mean a cripplingly bad or good thing. It just...”is”.
I would expect, from their Indian perspective, them to view me in much the same way. How could expect otherwise?
But that is as old as the ages.
In my experience, people are just people.
If we divide people into ‘groups’ whom we suspect have certain uniform characteristics, we are missing their humanity.
I am interested in *Individuals*. Individuality is the only thing that is truly ‘diverse’ among humanity.