Y'know. 'cuz it's an amusing but topical digression. One of the things that Palo Alto book focuses on is the early history of racism and eugenics in California (thanks, Leland Stanford). And while there was a lot lot of racism against the Chinese, there was also a lot of racism in favor of more-established minorities against less-established minorities. 'member Bobby Jindal? He was enough of a guiding light in the Republican Party that they had him do the response to Obama's first State of the Union. How 'bout Nikki Haley? Desi as hell but she won't rub your nose in it. Dinesh D'Souza? Mumbai, baby. And what do they hate Kamala Harris for? They hate her for being black, not because her mom is from Chennai. Do Indians get killed in hate crimes? Yes. By mistake. Them California Republicans? They totally came down on the side of South Asians against the Chinese. I think for purposes of exclusion from the master race, "India" is considered white-adjacent in ways Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia or anywhere else are not.