I met the white-trash, henceforth referred as WT, in one of the innumerable shared co-working spaces that dot the Silicon Valley. The WT was not easily discernible for a long time. He used to bring alcohol to the co-working space. Probably during one of these Wednesday lunch gatherings I would have met this dude in the break room. Later I came to know that this guy was also responsible for putting all the images from India's mission to Mars in the co-working space. In the beginning I was intrigued why would a white guy put images from India's space research program. I automatically assumed it must have been a 'patriotic' Indian who would have put those images.
Later I came to know more about this WT dude. Once he was trying to prove in one of those Friday gatherings how stupid Indians are in trying to put a bane on the slaughter of cows. That episode folded something like this:
'I saw an you-tube video of some people in Bombay sneakily eating Beef in a restaurant.' the WT said. The conversation then shifted to how stupid it is on the part of Indians to bane cow slaughter.
'Do you know Koreans eat dogs,' I interjected.
"Why don't you folks have dog meat in the restaurants around here," I added further.
The fellow said that he can find it some Asian restaurants here.
I said but why is it generally banned. There is no logical reason for that, if Koreans can eat dog meat why should it be banned to kill dogs for meat consumption in this country.
'People put the photos of their dogs in cubicles here. They clean the dog crap. They take their dogs to vets. They cry when their beloved dog dies. From all evidence and based on the actions, it can be inferred that people worship dogs in your culture.'
'Why is it so hard for you to imagine that just as your culture worships dogs. Another culture somewhere else on this planet may be worshiping cows,' I added further.
I said. 'This guy is full of shit,' pointing toward our soon to be found WT.
At this point another Indian from the state of Punjab used f-word for me, He was peeved why I had said so pointblank to a white dude that he was full of shit.
After this for a long time I stayed away from this white dude. Apart from one incident when this dude was walking in the isle and I asked this guy jokingly, 'I want dog meat', not much happened in the way of interaction between me and this dude.
Then after a few months I happened to interact with this dude again. He told me how he made his money setting up a bodyshop and supplying engineers to the Silicon Valley companies. And how he used to hire them from China mostly. His engineers used to be mostly Chinese, Indians, and old white guys. He also liked Asian women a lot and how he bragged about the stories of his exploits with Asian women. Then the conversation shifted to Hindu gods and he kept on watching photos of Hindu gods on Internet and kept showing them to people in the gathering. And he said how one of the photos of Shiva looked like a lady boy. I told him that he seemed to me a avid consumer of porn. He looked haggard and unkempt generally; a big hulk of a man; like the character of Kurtz from Conrad's heart of darkness. There were many such self-assured super confident self proclaimed alpha males in this country. And then he boasted how his bodyshopping company sponsored so many green cards. Basically he wanted to show how he amassed his fortunes exploiting Asians for both his money making and lust making operations.
I showed him a picture of an Iranian woman I used to hang out with. He said I did not deserve her. I asked him why he said I did not deserve her. Then he said, "Well then you deserve her."
I don't know what this WT was trying to hint or what part of my insecurities he was trying to get at.
I asked him why he had been projecting himself as a astrophysicist all along when he was just a slave trader or a body shopper. Previously this guy had once talked about the famous astrophysicist Chandra. I said what right you have got to talk about Chandra, a famous astrophysicist of Indian origin, when in fact you are just a slave trader. He got infuriated at this direct accusation from me. The fingers were shown from both sides. And the conversation ended there.
Later I came to know more about this WT dude. Once he was trying to prove in one of those Friday gatherings how stupid Indians are in trying to put a bane on the slaughter of cows. That episode folded something like this:
'I saw an you-tube video of some people in Bombay sneakily eating Beef in a restaurant.' the WT said. The conversation then shifted to how stupid it is on the part of Indians to bane cow slaughter.
'Do you know Koreans eat dogs,' I interjected.
"Why don't you folks have dog meat in the restaurants around here," I added further.
The fellow said that he can find it some Asian restaurants here.
I said but why is it generally banned. There is no logical reason for that, if Koreans can eat dog meat why should it be banned to kill dogs for meat consumption in this country.
'People put the photos of their dogs in cubicles here. They clean the dog crap. They take their dogs to vets. They cry when their beloved dog dies. From all evidence and based on the actions, it can be inferred that people worship dogs in your culture.'
'Why is it so hard for you to imagine that just as your culture worships dogs. Another culture somewhere else on this planet may be worshiping cows,' I added further.
I said. 'This guy is full of shit,' pointing toward our soon to be found WT.
At this point another Indian from the state of Punjab used f-word for me, He was peeved why I had said so pointblank to a white dude that he was full of shit.
After this for a long time I stayed away from this white dude. Apart from one incident when this dude was walking in the isle and I asked this guy jokingly, 'I want dog meat', not much happened in the way of interaction between me and this dude.
Then after a few months I happened to interact with this dude again. He told me how he made his money setting up a bodyshop and supplying engineers to the Silicon Valley companies. And how he used to hire them from China mostly. His engineers used to be mostly Chinese, Indians, and old white guys. He also liked Asian women a lot and how he bragged about the stories of his exploits with Asian women. Then the conversation shifted to Hindu gods and he kept on watching photos of Hindu gods on Internet and kept showing them to people in the gathering. And he said how one of the photos of Shiva looked like a lady boy. I told him that he seemed to me a avid consumer of porn. He looked haggard and unkempt generally; a big hulk of a man; like the character of Kurtz from Conrad's heart of darkness. There were many such self-assured super confident self proclaimed alpha males in this country. And then he boasted how his bodyshopping company sponsored so many green cards. Basically he wanted to show how he amassed his fortunes exploiting Asians for both his money making and lust making operations.
I showed him a picture of an Iranian woman I used to hang out with. He said I did not deserve her. I asked him why he said I did not deserve her. Then he said, "Well then you deserve her."
I don't know what this WT was trying to hint or what part of my insecurities he was trying to get at.
I asked him why he had been projecting himself as a astrophysicist all along when he was just a slave trader or a body shopper. Previously this guy had once talked about the famous astrophysicist Chandra. I said what right you have got to talk about Chandra, a famous astrophysicist of Indian origin, when in fact you are just a slave trader. He got infuriated at this direct accusation from me. The fingers were shown from both sides. And the conversation ended there.
