You know, this is just gonna be me, but if she does become a regular, I'd like to watch her go through the ABCD/FOB things that such a girl typically has identity crises about. (American Born Confused Desi and Fresh Off the Boat). I think it'd it be interesting to watch JJ handle something different and more based on cultural clashes that happen within those people, rather than the continued handling of psychological and low self-esteem issues.
Are you an immigrant, or a member of an ethnic minority where you live? I am both, but I'm guessing you are not since you use the charming term "those people" 
, so with what authority exactly do you pronounce on what is "typical"? I am quite certain that Jeph has the good taste, and good sense, not to make jokes about an experience he doesn't share, based on second-hand stereotypes of minority/immigrant.
I wonder how Padma knows about the "oven explosion of '98", or what Ed was like before it? That is fourteen years ago, so assuming she's another twenty-something, she'd have been maybe fifteen years old at the most. Was it some kind of legend locally?
I'm the son of immigrants and a Colombian, so yes, I'm a minority. I say "those people" because while I'm obviously not one of them, it's also grammatically correct and accurately captures that it is a distinct group of people being discussed. Would you prefer "them people" or are you going to get into an argument about connotation? If you've decided to read "those people" as racist or a put down, that's unfortunate, friend, since I focus on the catholic definition of words.
Your charming aside aside, minorities are not cut of the same cloth; the Indian experience in the US differs from the Colombian experience, despite overt similarities, and given the sheer number of their ethnic groups, it varies within their ranks as well. The authority I say it with is because I was inundated in their culture for four years while dating my ex, a Gujrati girl, and as hip 20-somethings, they openly attached ABCD and FOB to the correctly identified persons. They also wondered amongst themselves as to their exact identity, given they were expected to be good Indian girls yet good American girls as well, a state of being that made some of them wonder that despite their completely Indian makeup and bloodline, if they themselves were not actually "half-breeds." And I say typical because direct observation as well as what they told me themselves revealed that the vast majority of them suffer that issue, and react to it in different ways, but all of them are caught in a net of "melting pot" that contradicts and confuses them. Some mild research on the manner indicates I'm not the only one to notice this. So firsthand observation, and firsthand, or "primary" sources. No stereotypes. If I wanted stereotypes, I'd say something about curry and bad smells.
I'm likely being very caustic, so I do apologize for that, but I would like to add you should note I said "explore." I did not say he should treat the subject manner lightly, but to handle it with the same care he handled Mr. Whitaker's suicide and the scars it inflicted on Faye. I don't know Jeph well, but I don't believe I've heard of him having to survive such an experience himself. Jeph's a good writer, and fully able to conduct in-depth research to accomplish a story or arc, and my wish is based on his obvious writing ability and a desire to see him explore something non-psychological issue related.
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