Established Indians abroad "gatekeep" or exploit new workers of their own nationality

I recently went to The Big Meet and noticed all the companies that came there. 

I visited some stalls over there but unfortunately, I was wary of meeting people who were of the same nationality as me, either naturalized citizens/PR or with working visas. 

I met one of the guys who was at a stall for the Defence Company and realized after having a conversation with him that he turned into a citizen some 5–6 years back. His background lies in Mechanical Engineering, and he switched fields by joining this company. 

When I asked him about the interview rounds, what kind of questions they asked him, and what did he study to go to this field, he refused to give anything away any information, mostly giving vague answers such as he learnt about defence, he applied for it and got the job. 

He refused to tell me how many rounds happened, what exactly did he do to study and how he got his citizenship. It's the classic "Kicking away the ladder" or about how much hard he worked to get there, therefore nobody else deserves to be there just by his help. 

It's crazy, it's noticeable by my face that I am Indian, that's why it's a huge problem. Not only with grown up old men, I noticed these with women as well. They treated anyone who was not of their own nationality way better than their own kind. It was so frustrating, and I still have a hard time wrapping around how many hoops they make us go through just because they hate their own kind. They "made" it, and they don't want others to make it, since it's a competition to them. 

I don't know how I am going to survive. I have a feeling I am going to fail and carry it on my shoulders the rest of my life by being a "ka lank" on the family name. Likewise, I wish I didn't look "Indian" or has this "accent" because that's exactly the reason why I am done for. 



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