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I noticed that there is a lot less hate against Indians on Lemmy (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Being Indian, it was a constant source of annoyance for me how hating on India and Indians was normalized, and almost seen as cool on Reddit. I haven't seen it on Lemmy so far.

It was weird, since hating black people or asians was frowned upon (as it should be). But for some reason, Indians were fair game.

Gotta say, it feels better when people don't try to insult you for your identity. I never took them seriously, but it was very annoying indeed.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I said Indian because that's how the hate was directed. Things like "street poopers", "call center scammers" etc. we're used to refer to Indians. There was a thing that every Indian is supported to be a child rapist. If their hate is universal towards all Indians, why should I distinguish between ethnicities?

I don't really take it seriously, but it sure is annoying.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

All bigotry is based on stereotypes. If anyone thinks less of me because of where I was born then they're not the sort of person I should be wasting any time on.