Diversity of the Bay Area

Take a town, Fremont, one of the Bay Area hubs of the Indian community and you can experience the unintegrated social life for immigrants. Thursday night I performed in one of the premier American restaurants in this town. The host figured that my presence would pull in some Indians. My presence pulled in four Caucasian friends. They came by, gave me a hug and were there to see me since I was in their town. Thankfully the restaurant itself pulled in a huge crowd and I played to an audience of close to a couple of hundred, lively caucasians who wanted the best raunchy material. I had an awesome time, despite being heckled by an aged, cranky, guy who seemed to have a beef with immigrants. I wouldn't put it past him to be one of those minuteman on the border. The rest of the audience was awesome and found in me a bridge to a community that lives around them, but hasn't been fully integrated.

Then on Saturday I performed at a Private Party for an Indian family. The audience of over a hundred had 2 Caucasians who were business associates of the hosts. The rest of the folks were all Indian. I put together a completely different routine that was PG-rated. The audience loved it (ok this is my blog).

Makes me wonder how diverse and unintegrated this liberal Bay Area is and how the rest of the country is faring. Then again, does it really matter? It's late and to heck with it.