6 ms·
I’m seeing HUGE amounts of racism on YouTube and Twitter following the recent split on the right wing side of American politics. All of a sudden everyone feels
by SilverElfin 1y ago
I’m seeing HUGE amounts of racism on YouTube and Twitter following the recent split on the right wing side of American politics. All of a sudden everyone feels comfortable saying Indian Americans need to go back to their countries, that they aren’t good at their jobs, that they aren’t compatible with American culture, along with more racist stereotypes I won’t repeat here.
But it extends to even denying them constitutional rights. The right is quickly adopting a Christian supremacist stance too, and I’m seeing lots of people saying Indians shouldn’t be allowed to practice Hinduism, or that they shouldn’t be allowed to build temples in America, and so on.
The isolationist “America First, America Only” side - with people like Matt Walsh and Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG) repeating the slogan - is bringing this out. There’s a weird commonality between the push to stop H1B immigration programs, the push for secure borders against illegal immigration, the isolationist America Only people, the Nick Fuentes / Groyper people, and the anti Israel / anti Jewish people. I haven’t connected the dots but the comments on right wing content has become far worse in the last few weeks.
The article mentions of various Indian American political figures are shocked. Some may call them naive for ever thinking the right could be a home for them. But I personally don’t fault them. I don’t know how they feel or see the world but to me the recent surge in extremist racism on the right is shocking.