The extent to which it has become normalized in Canadian subs and in conversations with my Canadian peers is genuinely shocking and happened *very* rapidly. Never thought that I would see such open prejudice and vitriol from Canada.
PoliticalAlt128 on
Anecdotally when India assassinated that guy in Canada I saw a 500% increase in anti-Indian bigotry online. In the course of like three weeks 1 in a 100 of Instagram posts recommended to me were bigoted attacks on south Asians–which is a lot considering that I’m not a racist who would be recommended large quantities of that content anyway and how much content you can scroll thru quickly. And it feels like that sorta “dark humor” racism has become way more acceptable. Like the way people used to joke about France in a “safe edgy” way is how people joke about India now but with a lot more earnestness it feels.
ShittyLogician on
I feel it’s been skyrocketing worldwide tbh. I uninstalled Instagram recently cos of this – it’s actual insanity the degree of open racism there. Somehow Reddit has become one of the moderate ones compared to the shitshows that are Instagram, Twitter and Tiktok. I maintain that the roots of all this are cos of assholes like PewDiePie and other shitheads way back when as well. Like honestly there was always a latent low level dislike tbh but it’s spread to open vitriol.
It’s quite depressing and I think “touch grass” doesn’t quite cut it any more given the rising rate of attacks in the real world as well.
It’s honestly quite disheartening tbh.
NewVegasSurvivor on
1800s style racism towards Indians is back everywhere in the West
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The extent to which it has become normalized in Canadian subs and in conversations with my Canadian peers is genuinely shocking and happened *very* rapidly. Never thought that I would see such open prejudice and vitriol from Canada.
Anecdotally when India assassinated that guy in Canada I saw a 500% increase in anti-Indian bigotry online. In the course of like three weeks 1 in a 100 of Instagram posts recommended to me were bigoted attacks on south Asians–which is a lot considering that I’m not a racist who would be recommended large quantities of that content anyway and how much content you can scroll thru quickly. And it feels like that sorta “dark humor” racism has become way more acceptable. Like the way people used to joke about France in a “safe edgy” way is how people joke about India now but with a lot more earnestness it feels.
I feel it’s been skyrocketing worldwide tbh. I uninstalled Instagram recently cos of this – it’s actual insanity the degree of open racism there. Somehow Reddit has become one of the moderate ones compared to the shitshows that are Instagram, Twitter and Tiktok. I maintain that the roots of all this are cos of assholes like PewDiePie and other shitheads way back when as well. Like honestly there was always a latent low level dislike tbh but it’s spread to open vitriol.
It’s quite depressing and I think “touch grass” doesn’t quite cut it any more given the rising rate of attacks in the real world as well.
It’s honestly quite disheartening tbh.
1800s style racism towards Indians is back everywhere in the West