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> [“Integrate well. Move upwards in society. Be praised - until people worry that you're doing too well, and then they remember that you're foreign.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/integrate-well-move-upwards-in-society-be-praised-until-people-worry/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

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## More by Nikesh Shukla

> [“These themes are explored through fantasy figures such as wizards, giants and elves. At the same time, amongst the teachers and pupils at Hogwarts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/these-themes-are-explored-through-fantasy-figures-such-as-wizards/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“Respectability politics is the dogged belief that if black people just shape up, dress right, and act right, racists would suddenly have a dramatic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/respectability-politics-is-the-dogged-belief-that-if-black-people/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“I had long since realised that if there was greatness in Britain, then it lay in its everyday citizens, and not in its institutions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/i-had-long-since-realised-that-if-there-was-greatness-in-britain-then/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“To be an immigrant, good or bad, is about straddling two homes, whilst knowing you don't really belong to either.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/to-be-an-immigrant-good-or-bad-is-about-straddling-two-homes-whilst/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“We'd taken up our positions on the benches between the school hall and a newly-installed outdoor basketball court. Being hip-hoppers, we were obliged to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/we-d-taken-up-our-positions-on-the-benches-between-the-school-hall/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“Ravi, you big massive racist. Rap is the music of revolution. Rap is the reason we have rights.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/ravi-you-big-massive-racist-rap-is-the-music-of-revolution-rap-is-the/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“Tell me about Gang Starr,' said Nishant, in an effort to start a conversation I'd be interested in. 'One MC, one DJ...' 'Classic combo,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/tell-me-about-gang-starr-said-nishant-in-an-effort-to-start-a/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“I dodged him for a few months with excuses about not being able to, not having the time to, not being bothered to tape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/i-dodged-him-for-a-few-months-with-excuses-about-not-being-able-to/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“I do think it’s interesting that this idea of being a model minority is tied up with essentially being quiet,’ she says. ‘Just sitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/i-do-think-it-s-interesting-that-this-idea-of-being-a-model-minority/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“Oriental’ has connotations of bamboo and flutes and red sunsets. It should only really be used to describe carpets, as the word has an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/oriental-has-connotations-of-bamboo-and-flutes-and-red-sunsets-it/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“Everything around me was so starkly white that I began to believe that I would turn white sooner or later. I was quietly being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/everything-around-me-was-so-starkly-white-that-i-began-to-believe/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“While 'Rap Trax!' recorded, Neel found some scrap paper and we started writing our first lyrics. Bandying about subject matter and title, we got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/while-rap-trax-recorded-neel-found-some-scrap-paper-and-we-started/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“It’s a tree falling in a forest conundrum: if a white kid raps all the lyrics to ‘Gold Digger’ and there isn’t a black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/it-s-a-tree-falling-in-a-forest-conundrum-if-a-white-kid-raps-all-the/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“We laughed over our difference then spent years bonding over things that made us the same.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/we-laughed-over-our-difference-then-spent-years-bonding-over-things/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

> [“Integrate well. Move upwards in society. Be praised - until people worry that you're doing too well, and then they remember that you're foreign.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikesh-shukla/integrate-well-move-upwards-in-society-be-praised-until-people-worry/)

[Nikesh Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikesh-shukla/)

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