02-01-2010, 11:12 PM
Dard,
i AM a proud Pakistani in America (have been here for 20 years.. am a US citizen). In addition to being a CPA, i am also going to soon be a lawyer here.
I was in Karachi about 2 weeks ago on vacation.. and so had a similar discussion with cousins etc (about discrimination)..
My honest belief is that here it all depends on your skills and education.. for those who make an effort here to get educated and contribute to society, the discrimination goes down a LOT.. in fact, most of the top doctors in USA are Pakistani (even CEO's of major hospitals etc). Some of the biggest IT companies have Pakistani people in their management..
So my belief is that yes there is discrimination everywhere in the world against someone.. (just see our opwn country, don't you think we discriminate against a whole bunch of people?).. but education and skills in USA make other people realize that you are a smart person, and so their own bias remains hidden or disappears.
Nothing is crystal clear obviously, but i personally have not faced any situation where i could not excel in what i wanted to do here.
i AM a proud Pakistani in America (have been here for 20 years.. am a US citizen). In addition to being a CPA, i am also going to soon be a lawyer here.
I was in Karachi about 2 weeks ago on vacation.. and so had a similar discussion with cousins etc (about discrimination)..
My honest belief is that here it all depends on your skills and education.. for those who make an effort here to get educated and contribute to society, the discrimination goes down a LOT.. in fact, most of the top doctors in USA are Pakistani (even CEO's of major hospitals etc). Some of the biggest IT companies have Pakistani people in their management..
So my belief is that yes there is discrimination everywhere in the world against someone.. (just see our opwn country, don't you think we discriminate against a whole bunch of people?).. but education and skills in USA make other people realize that you are a smart person, and so their own bias remains hidden or disappears.
Nothing is crystal clear obviously, but i personally have not faced any situation where i could not excel in what i wanted to do here.
