Perhaps he's had a bad experience with outsourcing to these countries.
If I go to McDonalds and have a bad burger then I'm sure going to remember it. In fact if the topic comes up I'll probably tell people "Don't eat at McDonalds, they make bad burgers".
How is stating ones past experience in any way racist?
If I ran into a black guy on the street and he mugged me then I'm sure going to remember it. In fact if the topic comes up I'll probably tell people "Don't run into black guys, they'll mug you".
I actually wrote India, Pakistan, China, South East Asia... and then replaced it with /etc.
I don't think it's unfair to make characterisations based on geographic location. People are not equal, and some nations are definitely "worse" than others in some respect.
Remember that I'm not saying that an Indian in London, for example, would be likely to be more difficult to work with. I know several Indian people in London, and some of them are better coders than me. I'm talking about Indian outsourcing businesses in India, and making an aggregate judgement of what it's like to work with them (not about whether they'll mug you). I think that's fair.
For instance, "Be careful about going on holiday in Somalia" is an equally generalising statement - not all Somali's are pirates or warlords - but it's a fair statement because if you're gonna set foot there, there's a reasonable chance you might meet one of them, so you should be forewarned.
What if you got mugged by most black guys you met? Do you think outsourcing to faraway places has a success rate of over 50%? Would you bet money on this? And I'm speaking as someone from a faraway place who once lived off outsourcing. Price competition on your hourly rate sucks, but it was the only realistic way we could make money.
If you actually say "Don't run into this particular black guy, because he mugged me" then your statement is equivalent to mine, and wouldn't be racist, just a statement of fact.
Hmm... I think that if you had said "Don't eat at the McDonalds at 451 Lexington Ave, because they make bad hamburgers" then it would be equivalent to "Don't run into this particular black guy, because he mugged me".
If I go to McDonalds and have a bad burger then I'm sure going to remember it. In fact if the topic comes up I'll probably tell people "Don't eat at McDonalds, they make bad burgers".
How is stating ones past experience in any way racist?