>Kammas are prominent in the Telugu diaspora, controlling the Telugu Association of North America (TANA). In response, Reddys created the American Telugu Association (ATA), demonstrating that caste rivalry persists even in the US.
I anecdotally heard of this Kamma vs Reddy thing but damn I didn’t know they had different organizations in America 💀
>While caste doesn’t matter in American politics, Indians and Indian Americans (often inadvertently) view Usha’s life and career through this lens.
Also I doubt Usha, Harris, Vivek care about caste as Usha is married to a white man, Harris is likewise and is mixed race and Vivek is married to a non-Iyer person. All of which would be unusual / dishonorable for an Indian who cares about caste.
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>Kammas are prominent in the Telugu diaspora, controlling the Telugu Association of North America (TANA). In response, Reddys created the American Telugu Association (ATA), demonstrating that caste rivalry persists even in the US.
I anecdotally heard of this Kamma vs Reddy thing but damn I didn’t know they had different organizations in America 💀
>While caste doesn’t matter in American politics, Indians and Indian Americans (often inadvertently) view Usha’s life and career through this lens.
Also I doubt Usha, Harris, Vivek care about caste as Usha is married to a white man, Harris is likewise and is mixed race and Vivek is married to a non-Iyer person. All of which would be unusual / dishonorable for an Indian who cares about caste.