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It's surprising to you because North Americans have gotten used to saying "people of color" as if they were all united.

Upper-caste Indians basically see themselves as people on top of the racial hierarchy. In many ways they identify far more strongly with British or American elites than with Dalits.

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I was more surprised because I assume they’ve faced their own fair share of discrimination from Americans

It's often hard for many people to empathize with people they view as being entirely separate from themselves, even when undergoing similar hardships.

An amazingly astute trick by the British.

Replicated across the Empire, divide and conquer, or co-opt and exploit

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