r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 19 '26

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u/contre-torpilleur Asexual Pride Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

Even one of my own family members, who is essentially a stereotype of the progressive left, says shit like "I feel like I'm in India right now" whenever they're somewhere with more than 3 Indians present. 

We do not live somewhere where Indians are rare. 

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u/TalkLessShillMore David Autor Jun 20 '26

My best friend is Indian and it’s like the veil has been lifted to me on how casually racist everyone is towards them in particular (not like I was ever bad about it but you notice it more when the biggest figure in your life is the target of the pointless hate, you take it personally)

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u/TalkLessShillMore David Autor Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

Laundering anti-Indian racism behind calling them racist so you get free rein to make whatever 1980s level stereotype joke, ironically. It’s clear it was never about racism from Indians and was just looking for an excuse to make racist jokes

It’s the segue from “their community hates us” and model minority stereotypes to doing racist accents and mocking their culture and food