r/RacismAgainstIndians

The death of 14-year-old SMK Danau Kota student, Keziah Nisha in Kuala Lumpur has sparked renewed concern over bullying in schools, particularly allegations involving verbal and racial remarks among students.

I just read this comment, and honestly, it left me really confused.

Someone said they’re Sri Lankan, lived in Italy, and that whenever people assumed they were Indian, they would correct them and say they’re Sri Lankan,and suddenly people became much more welcoming.

but why tho ? why be more welcoming if they are sri lankan? why so much hate and why do people treat Indians like we are sub humans?

It made me wonder: why is there so much hostility toward Indians specifically? Why does it sometimes feel like Indian people receive an unusually high level of dehumanization compared with other nationalities?

I know every nationality and marginalized community experiences prejudice in different ways, and I’m not trying to compare or dismiss anyone else’s experiences. But I genuinely don’t understand why anti-Indian sentiment seems so widespread online and, in some cases, even in real life.

Is this actually something Indians commonly experience in other countries, or am I seeing a particularly extreme side of the internet? Do people really treat Indians that differently once they know someone is Indian?

I’m honestly confused and trying to understand why it feels like there is so much hostility toward Indians.

Still shaking somewhat. Need to unload.

I'm of Sri Lankan descent, westernised and based in Sydney Australia. Doesn't matter to these people as we're all the same.

Was walking home peacefully in my neighbourhood from the gym. Walked by these two old white men roughly in their 70's-80's in conversation, heard one of them say out loud "waste of tax dollars". As if to insinuate that I'm of the stereotype that I'm here to steal the jobs. Trust me, I'm having a tough time on that front.

Mind you, there's a particular political party on the rise here that's been preaching Trump like ideas and leveraging incidents like the Bondi Beach massacre and other incidents. There's even a recent story of high school students taking the day off school to protest in the main city area.

So in my frustration at life, this racism that's been on the rise here in general, I give him the finger, yelled profanity, stood a few hundred meters away to watch these assholes as if to egg him on and one of the dudes, who is the more mobile one tried to give chase to me and failed.

I'm in my mid 30's, and as I said, I've been going to the gym and I had a few hundred meters as a head start home. Ran ahead of him and lost him. No way the idiot was going to catch up to me.

I was jumped by a group of three men who shouted homophobic slurs at me near their pickup truck outside of The Seal pub in Harwich. Message me if you witnessed the incident or if you have any information.

users I am a college student and need your help to complete my project

Pls share your experiences regarding the above mentioned topic(if any) or at least share your opinion on this.

Thanks 🙏

We all know all the hate in comment sections and Twitter and all from random accounts and I’m kind of used to that but my main concern comes from big accounts with large amount of followers that promote this type of stuff. I found this person on instagram openly commenting racist stuff about India and how they are dirty and don’t contribute anything to society and found this guy had 250k subs on insta and 160k on YouTube. I kind of found it concerning because he was one of those who nitpicked all the bad cases and kind of scapegoated Indians into being terrible people and creating a fear among people. A lot of comments were agreeing with him as well and I found it concerning. I know the internet people don’t represent the majority but still. Am I overthinking this stuff? If so how do I just ignore this?

The reasons why I would never be ashamed of being Indian.

These are the following reasons why I would never be ashamed of having indian heritage.

1. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

One of the greatest minds to exist on Earth. I grew up watching and reading about Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, as well many other great minds of India. I know it's not great to take pride in things that are not accomplished by me. But I am genuinely grateful to be from a country that has constantly produced some of the greatest minds on earth.

2. First solar power airport

In 2015, Cochin International Airport, Kerala, became the first airport in the world to be fully solar powered. Since then, 104 airports across india operates on 100 percent renewable energy. Not even the US is close to that number.

3. What we gave this world in times of crisis

India helps people during some of the worst moments of their lives. After earthquakes in Nepal, Turkey and Myanmar, India sent rescue teams, doctors, field hospitals, food and medical supplies.

During conflicts in Yemen and Sudan, Indian forces evacuated thousands of people, including foreign nationals.

During COVID-19, India also supplied vaccines, medicines and medical assistance to countries around the world through initiatives such as Vaccine Maitri. Operations like Maitri, Rahat, Dost, Kaveri and Brahma remind me that a country’s strength is not only measured by its economy or military, but also by how it uses that strength to help others when they need it most.

Despite the number of times we got backstabbed, been told we shouldn't exist, or told we deserve the hate, we have helped the world time and time again in times of crisis.

Why should I ever be ashamed to be from a region that gave more than it could?

I appreciate my heritage and I always will be.