I can remember someone in online chat once asking "Why do the Indians all run dairies, anyway?" Having talked to my local Indian dairy owner, I found that it was because he enjoyed working and making a profit for himself directly, rather than putting all his hard work into someone else's business, and it gave him the chance to both work and spend time with his family at the same time.
After building up his assets enough with the dairy, he went on start a clothing retail company, and sold the dairy to a Korean guy with a young family. For the new guy, it was a similar story: he got to work, spend more time with his family and study business so he can make something more for himself down the line.
I told the guy in chat about that, and got an "Oh, guess that makes sense. Hadn't thought about it that way." Just a different context for the balance of work and family, and suddenly a stereotype makes sense :-)
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Date: 2011-01-09 03:29 am (UTC)After building up his assets enough with the dairy, he went on start a clothing retail company, and sold the dairy to a Korean guy with a young family. For the new guy, it was a similar story: he got to work, spend more time with his family and study business so he can make something more for himself down the line.
I told the guy in chat about that, and got an "Oh, guess that makes sense. Hadn't thought about it that way." Just a different context for the balance of work and family, and suddenly a stereotype makes sense :-)