America is a real place with a unique history and culture. Sure, things worked out for us. But many of our ancestors died to make sure that happened. We have heros, villians, families, and a past. Just because you have a piece of paper doesn’t make you a citizen. And there is no such thing as “Indian-American”. Go away and stop complaining. This is why you have been discriminated against.

I AGREE WITH THINGS

REMEMBER THERE ARE MANY SOCIAL GAMES PLAYED AGAINST INDIANS

ESPECIALLY ONES WHO GREW UP IN THE UNITED STATES

IT IS A HELLISH INCIDENT BEING AN ASIAN INDIAN IN THIS COUNTRY THE SOCIAL GAMES THAT WHITES HAVE PLAYED AGAINST ME

THE NEEDLING FINGER POINTING

OH MY

REMEMBER OTHER GROUPS HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER

KNOW MORE

ONE THING THAT ME AND MY ORIENTAL AND ARAB FRIENDS WHO GREW UP IN THE US HAVE HAD TO REALIZE IS THAT IT IS EASY FOR WHITES TO SAY THAT WE “GREW UP HERE; STUDIED HERE; SPEAK WELL” AND PLAY US AGAINST THE IMMIGRANT ASIAN DOCTORS BUT WE HAVE TO SEE PAST THAT

OR THEY PLAY THE ASIAN AMERICAN VS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN IN DIFFERENT WAYS

Some less popular programs are not able to fill any slots with american graduates ( thats what most prefer ) and they end up settling with FMG’s sometimes who have had multiple attempts in their USMLE’s. Thats when you may say some of them are not very well trained – but remember they didnt do good in their USMLE’s and they didnt do good in their interviews ‘they are just filling up seats that program directors have to fill up. Some US grads who have not done good in their medical school’s / usmle – have trouble in their first year of residency as well.

I’ve trained and worked with physicians trained in the US (I trained here) and abroad. My personal experience is that there is a lot of heterogeneity in physicians who get their MD in India. For one thing, we do four more years of school here (or most do). Some Indian trained physicians are among the very best and dwarf my American collegues. Some are just awful by training and by attitude and deserve to be kicked out of their respective training programs. What I have also found, is that some are very sensitive and if you point out that they don’t know something, or that here in America you have to do some extra things which come across as, uh, ‘kissing up’ to people not trained here (like volunteering to work in someone’s lab or taking extra duties or doing extra talks which get you in good with powers that be), they get really really offended. Oh, what am I trying to say? Basically, unless I know more about the specifics in a he said/he said issue, I can’t judge this. I believe there is a very real predjudice against foreign trained physicians which is just awful, but unfortunately there is also a cohort that is giving their collegues a really bad name.

(also, MD are the initials of my name, not some pretentious reference to what I do : ) )