r/teenagers • u/sexypanini6 17 • 2d ago

Discussion Fr tho like why are so many immigrants racist

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So I'm Indian and some of my family in the US who are all first gen immigrants are all so racist and don't want immigrants coming in from other countries like why are you so hypocritical šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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u/No_Letterhead6010 14 2d ago

My south Asian dad is so fuckin racistšŸ˜­

A compilation of what heā€™s said:

ā€œDonā€™t date an Indian girl son. Why? They all smell like curry!ā€

ā€œThese fucking Mexicans are coming into this country and destroying the economy!ā€

ā€œLook! Chow mein!ā€ (He was pointing at a Chinese family)

ā€œSon, donā€™t panic but thereā€™s an Arab on this planeā€Ā 

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u/smackmyass321 3,000,000 Attendee! 2d ago

Which country from south Asia? I assume not India because well....you know. But people can always be racist towards their own people!

My parents (from Pakistan) hate on Jews and white immigrants lol. They adore Arabs though

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u/No_Letterhead6010 14 2d ago

Heā€™s Sri Lankan, but really heā€™s racist to everyone except white people.Ā 

Edit; Now that I think about it heā€™s said racist things about white prople too, but heā€™s really chill with my racist white granddad.Ā 

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u/smackmyass321 3,000,000 Attendee! 2d ago

Oh, thats stupid. The current indians alive have absolutely no control over that. And it was a civil war! The war itself had nothing to do with India....still though, I think India has awesome culture. And they don't deserve to be hated for something out of their control

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u/bad_gaming_chair_ 2d ago

Whaaaat? When I lived in Oman I knew a sri lankan family and was friends with them and they were really nice people, they were a bit close minded on religion but we're overall really nice people and the parents let me and my brother basically spend the entire day at their house when we were kids.

I get you don't mean all Sri Lankans are racist but in my eyes, it's much more likely for an Indian, Bangladeshi, or Pakistani to be racist than a Sri lankan

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u/RepublicCute8573 1d ago

I get you don't mean all Sri Lankans are racist but in my eyes, it's much more likely for an Indian, Bangladeshi, or Pakistani to be racist than a Sri lankan

The fucking irony of this statement.

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u/bad_gaming_chair_ 1d ago

I mean, I'm none of these, just an observation. I'm not calling any of the others inherently racist either, I met a lot of the and a lot of them were nice people. It just seems like the active conflicts between these countries promote some sort of negative education about each other to their children

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u/TheCrayTrain 9h ago

Why did your parents come to a western country if they hate white people?

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u/smackmyass321 3,000,000 Attendee! 9h ago

I don't really know. I think it mostly comes from a belief that they think their culture is superior. Actually, it might be more xenophobia towards a specific group of white people (probably Americans after they came to america) than racism towards the entirety of the white race. But their xenophobia or racism or whatever you wanna call it probably came after coming to america, or after having kids and realizing how "Americanized" they were instead of sticking to Pakistani cultural values.

Thats just my guess, but honestly I don't really know. They do have a lot of white friends, both american and non-american.

But even with a diverse friend group you can still be very bigoted and racist and whatnot (well, I wouldn't call theirs diverse. The friend group my mother has is mostly indians and Pakistanis and other Muslims. Meanwhile my father met a lot of his friends through business, so he has a more diverse friend group)

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u/Several-Customer7048 1d ago

The caste system still lives on in Indian customs and traditions depending on family and smell is one way the discrimination by caste and class is done fyi

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u/Temporary-Judge-7260 2d ago

Ooh chow mein yum (I'm Chinese)

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u/No_Letterhead6010 14 2d ago

Friendly fire will not be toleratedĀ 

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u/this_is_terrifying2 2d ago

the Arab quote was quite funny

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u/No_Letterhead6010 14 2d ago

It was a flight to New York toošŸ˜­

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u/Cactuspotion 1d ago

This is literally just Diane Nguyen's family in Bojack Horsemen. I mean tbh, they're a caricature of this exact problem lol šŸ˜­

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u/Rustynail9117 16 2d ago

Ignoring the racism, but curry smells fucking delicious?????

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u/CloudyBird_ 1d ago

Traditional curries tend to have pungent aromas, tho the Americanized curries tend to lack it

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u/Altruistic-Depth-852 1d ago

and they are delish

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u/Electronic-Coach7687 16 1d ago

Those look like tried & tested prompts for evading mandatory jury-duty.
LOL

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u/LJ487 1d ago

Asian Uncle Ruckus lmfao

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u/xxxlovelit 1d ago

The joke here is a while he thinks heā€™s above all these people, a racist white person sees him and says all of these things about him šŸ˜¬

Racism in America only serves white supremacy and every immigrant who gets in on it is just making it worse for all of us.