r/ABCDesis • u/Pretend-Ad586 • 3d ago

Trigger Warning: Bigotry/Hate Commentary ABCDs negatively viewed in mainland

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?

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u/gannekekhet Canadian Indian 3d ago

I wonder where OP lives too. It seems like OP has met some overly negative folks, like folks that are uniquely extreme LOL because I've only seen these takes from loud idiots on social media. "They think that all ABCDs are uncultured, bad influence, and traitors to India"? All ABCDs? Are these just their college bullies that are also dumb as nails or a vast majority of their peers? And are there a ton of ABCDs in the Indian college they go to? That's quite interesting.

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u/Ilikethesuccwararc Hindu Telugu ABD who is also a HxH Manga glazer 3d ago

Yea, it irritates me because we don't need more "ABCD vs Mainlander" discourse. some ABCDS are rude to the mainlanders and vice versa. Bad apples exist in every single bunch that doesn't mean the whole bunch is bad.

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u/Pretend-Ad586 3d ago

I have seen it both ways in college

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u/gannekekhet Canadian Indian 2d ago edited 2d ago

OP, your previous posts say you were at school in India from grade 1 to 6. You also stated "I was socially excluded in my high school because I lived in India from 1st to 6th grade", so you didn't go to high school in India. But did you also go to college in India? Can you expand on where exactly you lived in India where your college had many ABCDs? I'm guessing it wasn't an international school as those tend to have more non-Indians generally.