Last month, FBI Director Kash Patel wished his followers on X a happy Diwali. It did not go over well.
Far-right Christian nationalist and white nationalist accounts flooded his post with bigoted memes and rhetoric. “Go back home and worship your sand demons,” a far-right pastor wrote. “Get the f**k out of my country,” read another reply. Said another, “This is America. We don’t do this.” These responses, some of which were seen millions of times, were on the tamer end of the spectrum.
Similar hostility followed Diwali greetings on X from former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, as well as posts about the holiday from the White House, the State Department, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Some Indian American conservatives seem shocked that segments of the political right are now taking aim at them.
Yeah they dont want to integrate at all tho, they want little india over here, they dont mesh with the youth or the elders, last couple immigrant waves of indians arent like pre 9/11 ones, the whole shunning comes because they act like they’re above everyone else and more “advanced” or whatever the fk, the superiority complex they got is wild, they are out here talking sht because you let your daughters wear shorts or do sports, obv you’re gonna hate on them and act like they are weird for not integrating like you have.
Idk why yall are so against immigrants not liking others who dont adapt, we came here for america, they came to do india 2.0 with all the wrong lessons learned
How is this like the third outright racist comment I’ve seen on Lemmy this morning? Fuck off.
Yeaaaaah, no, that’s a tired, old argument that’s been used by xenophobes at least since Irish and Italian immigrants started coming over (and almost certainly has been used long before that. But I’m not a historian.) Just because people prefer being around those who understand them doesn’t mean they’re “shunning” everyone else.
The entire idea that it’s somehow “wrong” for people to hold onto the way of life they’ve always known is really messed up. Nobody needs to do things the way you do, just because you’re their neighbor. My lifestyle is probably vastly different from yours, and if I were to find a community filled with others like me, that wouldn’t mean we’re “shunning” you or trying to change what you’re doing.
Also don’t forget, integration becomes easier with younger generations. You might think the “old waves” of immigrants integrated “better,” but that’s just what happens when you’re immersed in a culture for a longer period of time. Did the Irish and Italians turn the country into Ireland 2.0 and Italy 2.0? Of course they didn’t. They may develop centers rich in another culture, like “Little Italy” in NYC, but I fail to see what’s wrong with that.
I promise the immigrants other immigrants hate on likely aren’t saints and were actively hating them for assimilating first
My parents get heated when they see them using soap at beaches and sht, they know they arent supposed to, they ignore the rules because they think they are above them, theyll say as much
I know tons of white, US-born people who think it’s okay to throw trash out on the street. They know they aren’t supposed to, they ignore the rules because they think they are above them.