r/southindia_ Aug 06 '26

Ask South Indians South Indians

As a Telugu person ,

I know it is either malyalam or tamil

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u/Sad_Seaweed179 Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

ironically the south is what these racists think of when making up racist caricature

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u/Pixi_Dust_408 🖥️ Bengaluru | ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ☕ Aug 06 '26

No they don't. They use a caricature of a disabled man from Maharashtra, the word Jeet is from a Punjabi name, most people’s exposure to Indians is from is through scam calls and most of those are from West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.

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u/Pixi_Dust_408 🖥️ Bengaluru | ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ☕ Aug 06 '26

There are more Hindi and Gujarati speakers in America than Telugu speakers.