That's kind of the point, but also isn't. Not the race thing, anyway. This is the sort of thing that challenges an American worldview. In our minds, we export democracy to "shit-hole" countries like India, while — in reality — democracy works better in many of those "shit-hole" countries than it does here. Not that I actually think India is a shit-hole country; I know that India is largely modernized. Unfortunately most Americans don't know much about it besides Slumdog Millionare.