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Radical-right groups and political rhetoric have fueled a rise in anti-Indian harassment, with nearly 2,700 racist posts targeting Indian Americans recorded in October, researchers said.
- Right-Wing accounts and actors are targeting Indian immigrants and Indian Americans in the U.S., with local incidents in Palm Bay, Florida, and Irving, Texas, illustrating this harassment.
- Resentment over the H-1B visa program has driven anger, while platform changes under Elon Musk and immigration stances by President Donald Trump and Stephen Miller have amplified nativist rhetoric online.
- Ultraright actors deploy memes and AI ads to mock Indian origin people, with an AI-generated ad by an independent campaign targeting Zohran Mamdani and 4chan pushing insults.
- Community members report harassment outside temples and workplaces, notifying Stop AAPI Hate and police, while some prepare OCI cards amid rising safety concerns, Manjusha Kulkarni said.
- Nearly 2.700 anti-Indian posts on X in October underscore a trend of mainstreaming fringe ideas, researchers from the Center for the Study of Organized Hate warn.
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Last month, FBI director Kash Patel wished his followers in X a happy Diwali.
La derecha radical intensifica ataques contra estadounidenses de origen indio
Por Tal Shalev, CNN El mes pasado, el director del FBI, Kash Patel, les deseó a sus seguidores en X un feliz Diwali. No cayó bien. Cuentas nacionalistas cristianas de ultraderecha y nacionalistas blancas inundaron su publicación con memes y comentarios cargados de odio. “Regresa a casa a adorar a tus demonios de arena”, escribió un pastor de ultraderecha. Otro respondió: “Lárgate de mi país”. Y otro comentó: “Esto es Estados Unidos. Aquí no hace…
By Tal Shalev, CNN. Last month, FBI Director Kash Patel wished his followers on X a happy Diwali. It didn't go down well. Far-right Christian nationalist and white nationalist accounts flooded his post with memes and hateful comments. “Go back home and worship your sand demons,” one far-right pastor wrote. Another responded, “Get the hell out of my country.” And yet another commented, “This is America. We don't do this here.” These responses, so…
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