John:
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it seems that Indian webmasters (webmasters from India) get treated like second rate citizens
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Just like in meatspace, people develop stereotypes of other people, but they're even less reluctant to express their bigotry because they don't hafta look anyone in the eye. Frex, on traffic exchanges, it's well-known that the vast majority of cheaters are in Asia. Plenty of enchange owners will tell you without batting an eye that they've banned IP blocks from China, and say "%&#$! Chinese! I hate 'em! They're all cheaters!"
Betcha they'd never do that on the street, though.
I know I've felt some resentments towards various Indians 'cause they nailed jobs I wanted, but i suuure as hell couldn't afford to do 'em as cheaply as they could.
Having said all this, it's rude to mock folks' English. Even when you see really bad English, you still hafta marvel that it's as good as it is, given how difficult our language is to grok.