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Not seen here, but do social medias (namely and especially Reddit) seem to like to show "neutral" videos of India, that show it in a bad light? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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The only videos/pictures I mainly see of India don't explicitly try to show india in a negative light, but implicity do. Stuff like videos of people using their bare feet as tools to work on items, unsanitary restaurant conditions, etc.

I've never been to India (on my list), I love Indian people, their culture, and especially their food. Because of that, I'm relatively certain those videos are hand picked to go viral, but I don't have anything real to compare it to (my own experience). But also, the disgust seems very manufactured, with frequent racist comments as well in those posts.

Has anybody else noticed this?

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[โ€“] 5 points 10 months ago

To play devil's advocate, there are more videos that show these stereotypes than not. To quote racists everywhere, "stereotypes exist for a reason". But it's important to remember that humans everywhere are literally almost identical, and the reason stereotypes exist is worth looking into in order to acknowledge why we might have inherent biases. In OPs example, India is poor as fuck, and a lot of people just don't have shoes because of that history of wealth inequity

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