{"id":13869,"date":"2017-01-22T23:06:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T04:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=13869"},"modified":"2017-01-22T23:06:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T04:06:36","slug":"the-indian-american-perspective-on-the-womens-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/22\/the-indian-american-perspective-on-the-womens-march\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indian-American perspective on the Women&#8217;s March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got together with friends this evening to watch my first football game of the season. One thing I learned is that Roku plus the CBS streaming service will tend to cut out during every critical play. Fortunately none of us are actually passionate about football&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I asked an Indian-American entrepreneur who studied at Harvard Medical School if she&#8217;d gone to the Women&#8217;s March. She looked at me incredulously. &#8220;I was working.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Exercise for readers: Use Google or Bing image search. Count how many images of the Women&#8217;s March you need to review before you find an Indian-American or Chinese-American woman. 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