Why some younger americans are dumb? Dont call me a racist, because I am not?

Question

A question on India was asked in these columns., but some thought that the question belongs to North Americans. Do they not know that their exists a country called India, with the second largest population and which exports human technologists / doctors to USA, who are called INDIANS? Do these young not study Geography and know about other countries?.

Answer 1

They do but some of the youth and even adults (i am not trying to stereotype cuz i have lived in the US myself for 11 years), only concern themselves with MTV, game boys, drugs, and alcohol more than with other cultures or interesting things that will make them more curious about the world itself. Again, this is only generalizing it....if anything, I usually got bad and tasteless jokes about Germany from Americans.....sad, huh?

Answer 2

There are more than just 2 types of Indians, there are the Indians that live in America nick named because of Columbus mistake and calling what now is America, India. Also there are east Indians which are people who actually live in India and west Indians people who reside in the Caribbean. The word Indian is used so loosely that it is pegged to almost any indigenous or aboriginal people. I'm not sure of what column you spoke about before but are you sure the word Indian was being used for east Indian people?
Wikopedia~
“Indian or Indians may refer to:
The Republic of India or a person or attribute thereof
Historically, the Indian subcontinent (also known as Hindustan) or a person or attribute thereof
Historically, the Indian Empire (existed until August 15, 1947) or a person or attribute thereof
Languages of India
Indian (airline), India's national carrier, formerly called Indian Airlines.
Indian American, people of Indian origin settled in the United States
Indian cuisine, food from the Indian subcontinent
Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans, American Indians, or Red Indians, the aboriginal people of the Americas and their descendants
Particularly Native Americans in the United States
Indian films
Cleveland Indians, a baseball team in the United States
Frölunda Indians, an ice hockey team in Sweden
Indian ink, a carbon based ink
Indian, a 1996 Tamil film directed by S. Shankar
Indian (motorcycle), a classical US motorcycle
Indians, a Chicago monument created by Ivan Meštrovic
Indians (play), by Arthur Kopit
Hindi, the most common language of India
Indian_martial_arts, Indian martial arts
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~21yr old college student =)

Answer 3

Yes, many young Americans can't find India on a map. They are oblivious to the rest of the world. Indians are cool. I've worked with a lot of Indian Engineers. What does suck is that foreigners have access to exceletrated college courses. I knew one Indian guy that worked full time and got a masters in 4 years. 4 years!

Answer 4

Unfortunately, our public schools do not teach much Geography. Though, from a young age I had quite an appreciation for India and its culture. An appreciation that continues to this day.

Answer 5

so since the question wasnt specific enough you now think young Americans are dumb? did you consider that at all sometimes young people who dont get to travel just dont know about all things that doesnt make them dumb. oh by the way do you think it would be fair for me to say its dumb when someone from India is getting a haircut and when they are told they have a cowlick they say i dont lick cows how can i have a cowlick?

Answer 6

Amazingly, they don't teach anything but american history and geography in most american schools. Most americans can't even name the capitals of canada and mexico, even though they are right next door, and they get insulted if we don't know something about them, like who was their 25th president, who cares.