I have a friend born and raised in India. When we were in college, white students would always ask her about growing up with so much diversity around her. She'd just look at them dumbfounded, thinking, "What the fuck are you talking about?"
She grew up in the southwestern state of Kerala where she was surrounded almost entirely by (surprise!) Indians. Her city of Cochin does a have a degree of religious diversity, there are of course Hindus, some Christians, some Muslims, and a Jew street, but all of those people are (surprise again!) also Indian.
So, white American students, please use your brain before saying anything.
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