This PGurus youtube has some info, specific to the college student protests:
https://www.youtube.com/live/MT5Ile67jC ... p5dJlexLsV
This PGurus youtube has some info, specific to the college student protests:
They are in damage control mode:srin wrote: ↑02 May 2024 17:18 Biden calls US allies India, Japan 'xenophobic', says blocking immigrates causes economic woes
WTF is he talking about? Apalled by his ignorance and at the same time, happy that the country which has probably the most widespread data gathering of Indian citizens (via NSA etc) has no idea about Indians
At a fundraising event on Wednesday with many Asian American voters as part of his 2024 presidential election campaign, Biden said, "You know, one of the reasons why our economy is growing is because of you and many others. Why? Because we welcome immigrants," according to the White House.
While lauding immigration and diversity as key strengths of the United States, Biden was quoted as saying at a Washington hotel, "Look, think about it. Why is China stalling so badly economically? Why is Japan having trouble? Why is Russia? Why is India? Because they're xenophobic. They don't want immigrants."
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre, as well as Biden's national security spokesman John Kirby, emphasized Thursday that the president was making a broader comment on his own country, when each was asked why he lumped Japan and India in with two U.S. adversaries, China and Russia.
"Our allies and partners know very well how much this president respects them," Jean-Pierre told reporters.
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Biden used his speech to swipe at former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for the Nov. 5 election. His remarks about "xenophobic" countries came as he was criticizing Trump over a number of issues, including describing the former president's rhetoric as anti-immigrant.
It's due to anti-CAA propaganda.vsunder wrote: ↑03 May 2024 05:17 Biden States that India and Japan are Xenophobic Countries
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-in ... cc9b1bb3ff
He made this statement at a fundraiser where the audience was predominantly Asian Americans. So much for the MUTU's on this forum.
I don't agree. Certainly Biden can be in obvious cognitive decline (that's obvious just from looking at him) and yet still retain his propaganda brainwashing drummed into him by the non-stop chants of radical-Left activists on his side of the aisle.A_Gupta wrote: ↑03 May 2024 07:36 ^^^ No, it is political campaign time in the US - the silly season. The event at which Biden spoke was closed to the press and he was making political points about his opponent Trump.
BTW, you can't have Biden senile and on the verge of dementia and also having in his mind an-obscure-to-America topic like CAA. Furthermore they are well aware that they also have had religious-preferential foreign policy legislation. Such as the Lautenberg Amendment which has been used to favor Jews from the Soviet Union, and Christians, Baha’is, Sabaean-Mandaeans, and Zoroastrians from Islamic countries. Biden was in the Senate and probably voted "Yes" on this
Biden has hated India since early 1990s and is an Islamist supporter (cryogenic engine sanctions & Hillale Pakistan award), but at times he'll humor gullible Indian-Americans for campaign contributions. He may be dementia riddled, but it doesn't take much of a push from The American Urban Naxal Party to push him to make anti-India statements.
He is obviously taking about them head scalping Red Injuns. They were not very welcoming towards the original Britshit 'Expats'..vsunder wrote: ↑03 May 2024 05:17 Biden States that India and Japan are Xenophobic Countries
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-in ... cc9b1bb3ff
He made this statement at a fundraiser where the audience was predominantly Asian Americans. So much for the MUTU's on this forum.
Update made on Tuesday, April 30 at 3:26 am:
Hamilton Hall
At around 3 am, a student standing outside of the Undergraduate Admissions Entrance to Hamilton spoke into a megaphone, asking “Why are we here today?” The crowd responded “Palestine.” The speaker stated that “Palestine is leading the struggle against US Imperialism.” They announced that “today is the 206th day of the ongoing genocide,” and that they will sit outside Hamilton “however long it takes to show that [they] are in full solidarity with Palestine, and that we are here for our comrades who have bravely occupied the building.”
The speaker also referenced Hind Rajab, whom students referenced on a banner hung outside a Hamilton window, saying that “we owe it to all our martyrs because we will continue to honor our martyrs and fight like hell for the living.”
The speaker further stated that “one day… we will have our press conferences… in Jerusalem.”
Then how come they haven't dropped India yet?
My two bits worth.morem wrote: ↑30 Apr 2024 21:17This is precisely my situation. Son understands the mother tongue but answers in English.putnanja wrote: ↑30 Apr 2024 18:24 On the issue of languages, I have my own theory. Many immigrant chinese are very poor english speakers . So they speak to their kids in their own tongue at home, and kids speak in English outside. Among Indians, majority speak English well. I have seen many parents speak english to their young ones even before joining school/day care so that they will be prepared. And they continue speaking in English to their kids instead of their native tongue, or a mix of both. In many families, I have seen parents speak in their mother tongue and kids replying in English. Kids can understand but are more comfortable with English, and they know their parents can speak english well and understand. That's why chinese kids speak their language well compared to Indian kids in my view.
And this "I have seen many parents speak english to their young ones even before joining school/day care so that they will be prepared." - is a 100% spot on.
<OT> Never too late to learn... or re-learn, if you have the inclination, Sir
Did some Indian Babu said something against Comma,La Harris for Biden to jump around? Or was it that Nuland was kicked out and Clintonites pressured Biden? Biden must have been jealous of Gar$hitty and hence put in this statement. Politics is complex indeed.chetak wrote: ↑03 May 2024 22:25 US President Joe Biden counts India among ‘xenophobic’ nations that do not welcome immigrants
https://scroll.in/latest/1067382/us-pre ... immigrants
“Display the flags of occupied peoples including…Kashmiris?
We can sign those agreements - and then maybe abrogate them in America's hour of need.hanumadu wrote: ↑03 May 2024 19:30 Then how come they haven't dropped India yet?
Since the last two years, India has been a thorn in the flesh for the US. All the US does is oscillate helplessly between threats and entreaties. It tries to create issues like khalistan, panun, democrary index for which India doesn't even give the time of the day. Instead of cutting ties with India, US signs a agreement for repairing their ships in India.
The ground realities show that they're ramping up their interference in Indian politics, including Indian elections, as well as badmouthing the Modi govt all the time. You may claim it's nothing, but I feel Indians shouldn't just take an ostrich mentality and pretend nothing is being done against us.The ground realities do not match what you say.
India should care, and should show it cares by inflicting some consequences back on the West.Also, India doesn't seem to care much what US could do or will do. It's doing what is in it's interest, the US disapproval not withstanding.
India has had to work its butt off to get US favours, while Europeans had to do much less, and Israel has to do practically nothing.
Indeed. I am quite surprised at the "understanding US" type statements here, presumably by desis living in the US.vsunder wrote: ↑03 May 2024 05:17 Biden States that India and Japan are Xenophobic Countries
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-in ... cc9b1bb3ff
He made this statement at a fundraiser where the audience was predominantly Asian Americans. So much for the MUTU's on this forum.
@A_Gupta ji,A_Gupta wrote: They are in damage control mode:
Maybe we should occassionally do so - our policy makes us predictable - others not knowing how we'll react is also a useful tool to have in the toolbox.
I believe that there was an Anglo Indian in Mumbai called Lionel Biden that claimen some connection to the Biden family!chetak wrote: ↑03 May 2024 22:25 US President Joe Biden counts India among ‘xenophobic’ nations that do not welcome immigrants
https://scroll.in/latest/1067382/us-pre ... immigrants
The problem with the word “understanding” is that it has the connotation of “being in sympathy with”. Response should be done with knowledge of what was said in what context.arshyam wrote: ↑04 May 2024 09:51Indeed. I am quite surprised at the "understanding US" type statements here, presumably by desis living in the US.vsunder wrote: ↑03 May 2024 05:17 Biden States that India and Japan are Xenophobic Countries
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-in ... cc9b1bb3ff
He made this statement at a fundraiser where the audience was predominantly Asian Americans. So much for the MUTU's on this forum.
While I don't disagree with observations around US generally being welcoming toward immigrants, having lived there for a decade, it's driven by nothing more than a self-serving mindset. Having usurped the land from the original inhabitants and driving them into "reservations" with side helpings of obesity and depression*, it's easy to be generous toward other immigrants, so the guilt can be spread around and even off-shored like Biden is attempting to do it now.
In terms of international relations, it's always shoot first and talk later. Not sure why people here are expecting India to "understand" Biden's statement and put things in context for us. He practically accused us of being racist (xenophobia is just another side of the coin) - India should put out a strongly worded statement asking Biden to mind what he speaks and not throw stones while living in a glass house. While there is no need to jump up in indignation, we shouldn't let this full toss ball pass either. Certainly none of that "understanding the US" shite that's going on in the last two pages of this thread.
* Mental Health Challenges in Caring for American Indians and Alaska Natives - US Gov's NLH/NIH
EAM Jaishankar: directly addresses -- on US President Biden comments that India is Xenophobic .. He teaches about what it means to be xenophobic etc.. and India is not xenophobic..A_Gupta wrote: ↑04 May 2024 21:59 "External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on May 4 said what is happening in poll-bound Canada over the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar is mostly due to their internal politics and nothing to do with India."
I imagine the reaction would be the same if the matter of Biden's charge of xenophobia comes up.
Whitehouse comments becomes a ...
For Biden, Indians are all xenophobic -- just like Papuans are all cannibals who ate his uncle.
Also:A few decades ago, Marxist academics in US universities started using a new set of words to describe Israel. Words like “settler”, “colonialist”, “white supremacist”, and “apartheid state” started being bandied about. Despite being blatantly false, these words gained currency simply by the use of Goebbelsian repetition tactics. But when this new vocabulary started taking shape, the Israeli government and Israel supporters committed a cardinal mistake. They chose to ignore these academics. After all, who listened to boring academics and their short-lived crackpot ideas? The mainstream American political class was “safely” pro-Israel. This approach has turned out to be a strategic blunder.