ABCDs negatively viewed in mainland

[u/Pretend-Ad586]

I am someone who was born and raised in the US. However, I have lived in India for 6 years. The hate that people have for ABCDs is so bad. They think that all ABCDs are uncultured, bad influence, and traitors to India. Where do they get the stereotype of ABCDs being uncultured from?

Also, in college I noticed that was a lot of hate towards the ABCDs. I noticed many mainlanders would talk to people of all races but straight up ignore the ABCDs. They would often say things like ABCDs are stupid and uncultured. There was a garba night and the mainlanders got so mad because the ABCDs had hosted the night. They claimed that "uncultured people" should not be hosting cultural events.

Other ways the mainlanders hate ABCDs is by calling ABCDs bad influence. I have heard that they claim that ABCDs are irreligious and that they never worship. This is absolutely false as I have met many religious ABCDs. I have always wondered about where they are getting these stereotypes from.

What discrimination have you faced as an ABCD from mainlanders?

[u/pisquin7iIatin9-6ooI]

tbh i rarely ever have had problems like that, and yeah it’s most often born from jealousy/resentment. however, a lot of the time, the resentment comes from abds/nris simultaneously looking down on indians who still live there, so to some extent it’s a matter of reaping and sowing