Lots of north-east immigrants in metros are called 'chinese' or 'chinkys'. In the north, most south-indians are looked upon as 'madrasis'. Lower class marathis are called derogatively called 'ghatis' And the most racially taunted and ridiculed class are the 'baiyyas' from UP and Bihar. Are these all not forms of racism ?. So lets attend to Indian racism than one faced abroad
RE:Indian forms of racism
by Mohan Raj on Jul 10, 2007 05:35 PM Permalink
Very true sir ! But unfortunately it is all due to ignorance . India is a big country with so many races and most of the time we do not know other people so much as we know their stereotypes .
And I dont think exactly that taunting Biharis and UP people would be racism according to the definition of it but it surely is discrimination though .
I think people if they are educated about each other then we might handle it better .But the Indian government does not acknowledge race as a criterion in its working so it might be difficult for following up on this
