Do we have to turn in the dots on our foreheads for a baseball cap with `` N.Y. '' Rahul Parikh took issue with Joel Stein 's column about Indian Americans in his hometown . Essay was meant to be satire , but he found it a xenophobic , racist rant . Parikh says writer turned ancient and diverse people into stereotypes and stereotypes . Says the column reminded him ignorance about and fear of new people still exist in U.S .
Rahul Parikh took issue with Joel Stein 's column about Indian Americans in his hometown . Essay was meant to be satire , but he found it a xenophobic , racist rant . Parikh says writer turned ancient and diverse people into stereotypes and stereotypes . Says the column reminded him ignorance about and fear of new people still exist in U.S .