‘I made an Indian girl cry, you can do it too!’- The Times of India
The Times of India reports that some jerks have taken it upon themselves to harrass call center workers in India with racist comments because of the “outsourcing” of American jobs.
Way to go! Very mature! Harrass people in a country with a per capita GDP of $2,900. The average Indian worker receives something like 7% of what an average American makes per year. I think that you can find something that will pay more than that. They can’t.
It’s nice to see that we’ve matured from the No Irish Need Apply days. And from the anti-semitism, anti-hispanic, and anti-black days. I guess we can move on to having racist attitudes about Indians and Pakistanis.
Come on already, people! Must we go through this with every single ethnic group on the planet?
(Via InstaPundit)
January 20th, 2005 at 3:27 pm
ok, so i think your view is a little narrow. my dad’s job of ten years was outsourced to inda.
only because he was white and middle aged and making too much money. i know hundreds of men in
the us that have had that happen with computer tech jobs. no that doesn’t give anyone the right
to harass anyone, but not all problems with outsourcing jobs to inda have everything to raceism.
January 20th, 2005 at 6:04 pm
My dad works in the textile industry, which is dying in America because it can’t compete with global competition on price.
But you know what he’s doing? He’s moving away from the dying manufacturing side and towards other, more sustainable facets of the industry. He, along with a good friend and a few venture capitalists, started their own business. (I’d be more specific, but I don’t know how to explain his job.)
The point is, he moved. He adapted, which is what you have to do in a capitalist system. I mean, that’s why I’m not studying to do computer science, because I know that industry is currently not doing well. I wouldn’t aspire to become a farmer, a textile engineer, or a buggy-whip manufacturer for the same reasons.
You can’t just sit there and hope another job comes, you know? You’ve got to either make yourself more attractive to companies than your competition (foreign and domestic), perhaps through additional training of some sort, or you’ve got to create a job for yourself.
Globalization can’t be stopped. The competition from India and China won’t go away, ever. There’s nothing the government can do, or should do. Tariffs and other protectional measures will only be met with retaliation from their governments, and that just hurts everybody. The solution is to be *better* than the competition in some way, not to sabotage the competition.
January 29th, 2005 at 10:42 pm
I’m sorry to hear that your father’s job was outsourced. However, according to economic theory,
outsourcing is not bad. Because of outsourcing prices are lower. Outsourcing also allows labor
in a country to become more specialized, thus increasing its value. In addition, through outsourcing
a geographic area becomes free to develop its niche, which raises the standard of living.
For a more comprehensive and better explanation on these theories, read the works of Robert Barro,
and Michael Kremer, both Professors of Economics at Harvard University. Chances are that your
father will find an even better job or make life changes resulting in an improved standard of
living in the long run.
August 14th, 2006 at 12:53 am
I hate outsourcing because the call center cannot speak English and are STUPID!!!