[Ancapistani]

There are ~1.4 billion people in India. The subset of those who are able to afford to immigrate to the US is a small fraction of that - a fraction that by definition has either the financial means to do so or extreme motivation and persistence.

In light of that, it’s not at all surprising to me that people of Indian descent in America are disproportionately successful.

[brainless]

There are 1.4 billion people now. Indians have been doing some wonderful things in the US for a couple decades now. Which means even previous generation expats were probably having more chance at success than Black Americans?

I am happy with where Indians are but I'm just trying to understand, in the light of recent situations, how deeply Black Americans feel they don't have any chance at success within their own country.

[Ancapistani]

Even going as far back as when India was a British possession, the Indians who were able to immigrate was still the best-suited for success. In fact, I’d expect that the disparity was greater then that now - the caste system was even more strictly enforced, and it took more resources to move halfway around the world in 1960 than it does in 2020.