Racists Are Openly Targeting Indian Americans
A new wave of open hostility toward Indian and South Asian Americans is spreading across far-right spaces—from Diwali backlash to attacks on Hindu visibility and immigrant workers. What once looked like isolated abuse is now part of a clearer, louder white Christian nationalist project that treats our communities as perpetual outsiders.
The same movements that once embraced Indian American conservatives now turn on them with slurs. Hindu presence in public life is painted as a threat. South Asian diversity is erased to feed a narrative of “foreign invasion.” And the ugly truth behind the model minority myth is cracking in real time.
This moment reveals far more than bigotry—it shows the changing shape of American nationalism and who it seeks to erase.
Read the full breakdown and what this moment demands from all of us: https://www.hindusforhumanrights.org/news/racists-are-openly-targeting-indian-americans-what-does-this-moment-ask-of-all-of-us
