Prisha :
Yeah, I saw a few tiktoks discussing racism against Indians and why it’s become so normalized. It was mostly Black creators discussing it, and they were questioning why Indians, compared to Black people, often seem more likely to conform or laugh along with the jokes instead of standing up for ourselves. That a lot is seem to hate ourselves. They argued that’s one of the biggest reasons racism against us has become so accepted, and I honestly see what they mean.
Whether it’s Indian American guys making jokes about Indian immigrants while trying to fit in and casually saying the N word, or Indian American girls feeling pressure to blend in with white ppl, we see it happen all the time. I don’t completely blame those girls bc social pressure is real (the guys, though…😭). But at the end of the day, if we want things to change, they all have to stop laughing along and start calling it out.
And adding onto your point about how it takes a hot Indian woman to humanize Indians. I hate that it also seems to take people saying, “There are clean and rich parts of India too,” for others to treat our country with basic respect. Yes, ofc that’s true, but since when does being an overpopulated country that was colonized and robbed of 45 TRILLION DOLLARS mean its people deserve less respect? If anything, shouldn’t poverty and hardship make people more deserving of empathy and support, not ridicule?
All of this frustrates me to no end. I could honestly go on about it forever😭
2026-07-16 05:19:54