Most Indians may not know this, but Indians have, for decades, been special targets of racist movements which are now resurgent across much of the Western world. In light of this, it is necessary to understand the most significant and unifying framework animating white nationalist movements: the Great Replacement Theory.
It claims that white populations are being deliberately “replaced” by nonwhite people through immigration and differential birth rates. Which country currently has the most emigrants abroad (18 million as of 2020; the next highest is Mexico at 11 million) and which produces the most children every year (22 million-23 million)? India. This fact is not lost on white nationalists.
A September study by the Center for the Study of Organized Hate on anti-Indian racism on X found that over just two months from July, high-engagement posts garnered more than 281 million views. The US was the epicentre of this hate, with 65% of the posts originating there.
One incident alone drew 97 million views: a truck accident involving a Sikh driver in Florida on August 12. Posts proliferated targeting Indians – and Sikhs in particular – as being careless drivers who endanger Americans.
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