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In the wake of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed at least 271 people, social media was flooded with racist comments mocking the victims.
Comment sections on news stories about the crash were filled with stereotypes and caricatures about the passengers being Uber drivers, delivering butter chicken and running 7-Elevens.
“It was the curry chicken to blame.”
“The pilot just had some Indian street food.”
In January, the Center For The Study Of Organized Hate (CSOH) in Washington DC published a study on anti-Indian hate on X.
It found that X, under the ownership of Elon Musk and following the administration of Donald Trump, saw an “unprecedented outpouring of anti-Indian racist hatred against Indians”.
The ABC contacted Meta and X for comment.