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by so33 2164 days ago
> It's like saying "Delhi is too Indian" No, it’s like saying “Delhi has too many Hindi speakers” or “Delhi has too many Brahmins” or “there are too few Muslims in Delhi” or “Delhi isn’t doing enough to combat colorism”.

> or "Beijing is too Chinese" No, it’s like saying “Beijing relies too much on unregistered rural hukou holders who effectively form an invisible underclass unable to build wealth” or “Beijing is mistreating its growing African minority” (https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/15/chinas-racism-is-wrecki...).

Perhaps you should educate yourself on the real and pervasive socioeconomic, class, and racial divides present in any country, just like in the United States, before proceeding to make reductionist analogies.

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Perhaps you shouldn't embarass yourself with false analogies (caste system, hukou issues). Utah being majority white _is_ the issue for the author. His implied solution is to dramatically change the demographics of the state and disrupt a successful, safe, high-trust society.
Kashmir is too Muslim?