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A second-generation Indian and his discontents - II

In response to A second-generation Indian and his discontents, here is a comment from Zach

As a down to earth Indian American guy, I have NEVER understood the
"Indian thug" phenomenon. And it is nothing new either. I am 29 years
old, and I remember waaaay back in the 80s when I was in elementary and
middle school there were plenty of Indian thugs running around. A lot
of these guys can be pretty crazy too. I think it probably has to do
with us Indians being people of color, especially since we are generally
dark, very dark, sometimes even black skinned people. Indian guys
probably want to align themselves with the hyper-masculine behavior of many
ghetto Blacks and ghetto Hispanics. That's been my theory since I was
like 10 years old back in the 80s. And I'm not talking about simply
liking Tupac or something like that, I like 2pac and a lot of rap.
Liking rap doesn't make you an embarrassing thug. Infact I know plenty of
decent, young Indian engineers, accountants, and medical school students
that like rap. But they are like me, middle of the road down to earth
young adults. It's these hyper-masculine Indian thugs or arrogant
punks that I never understood. WTF is wrong with them, always trying to
act like Tyrone from da hood. I didn't understand it when I was growing
up in the 80s and 90s, and not now as a 29 year old in 2004. How did
they get that way if they were raised in the suburbs? Some of them
were raised in really nice, posh suburbs too. And what in the world
happened to those dudes that were running around acting so hard as 19 year
old kids back in 1986? Are they hardcore 37 year olds today? What do
the hard Indian teenage kids today think of them (since generally in the
80s and most of the 90s there weren't many Indians as "uncles" or
"aunties" raised in America over the age of 30)? The outrageous thing is
that generally the Blacks and Hispanics I have met that come from middle
or upper middle class backgrounds don't act hyper-masculine. Generally
only Indians are so embarrassing to act that way.