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With the algorithm as well as creators. It’s primarily promoting stereotypical content of inda for a while!

A Latino vlogger posted nearly the exact same video about India four years apart — both versions have racked up over 6 million views each. This shows how entire communities, like Latinos, are now forming their impressions of India almost entirely through YouTube and X.

I really wonder what can be done about this!

Posts on X from chile 🇨🇱

A while back I had written how in the past India and Indians was seen by the world through British eyes and it was actually called British India!

In this era, India is seen by most the world who rarely travel via YouTube, X, instagram all the platforms from the USA!

India did really made a mistake by embracing these platforms and not building their own!

Thoughts?

Serious question.
Indians seem to be second only to Muslims in becoming more devout the moment they immigrate to Canada, US, UK etc.

Look at these Canadian guys, who were in fact born in Canada, wearing the Kirpan (a 17th-century dagger) daily like it’s normal, even though almost no one does that in modern India. Same vibe as Muslims putting burkas on little kids in the West.

Theory: Once basic needs (money, safety, housing) are easily met, people fill the void with the strongest identity markers from home — even the outdated or extreme ones. Instead of embracing great things that western countries have to offer like sports, nature etc.

It also feels like some immigrant communities become culturally “frozen in time,” while the home country itself keeps evolving.

Anyone else noticing this pattern?

The surge in online racism against Indians comes down to this: Indians are heavily active on American social media platforms — the exact same ones Americans and Europeans are addicted to.

It creates a nonstop cycle of engagement, comments, arguments, and counter-points. Indians living in India spend massive amounts of time online, constantly feeding the algorithm. They consume this content much more than Indians living in the West. Indians living in India love to see good and bad side of Indians living abroad over and over again!

There used to be talk years ago about India building its own social media, streaming, and messaging platforms to avoid foreign influence. That ship has sailed.

And now we are nowhere near competitive in the LLM space either. God knows how that power gap may be exploited by some crooks. In fact, I would argue that it has the potential to create an entirely fake version of India — much like the historical parallel of India under British rule, when the world viewed India through British eyes, and it was aptly called “British India.”

In all the countries, there is a sizable Chinese population and in few others Vietnamese, Koreans, Filipinos etc.

What do you guys think?

• I’ve had my fair share of mischief, harassment, and even crime committed against me by other Indians in the USA.
• I believe this stems from the fact that all humans have a tendency to harm others or their interests, and while living abroad, Indians can’t easily target the dominant race(s) in those countries, so they turn on fellow Indians instead.
• It’s rare to see second-generation Indians do this, though this doctor is an exception.