South Asian Stereotypes in Film and Television
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- UPDATE: Please disregard the Lion scene I inserted from 2:54 - 3:04. I had read one article speculating the narrative of Lion and went with it instead of further researching. I love Lion and Dev Patel is one of my favorite actors. I do not agree with the clip I included at the time of this video's editing. The question can still be applied to the scenes following Lion though! Thank you for watching this video and I hope you can take away something from it and do your own research as well.
I made this video essay for a film class I took. I wanted to compile clips that featured South Asians in stereotypical roles and contrast them with new voices that are emerging and combating those stereotypes. I highly recommend checking out Hari Kondabolu's documentary titled: The Problem With Apu. Let's create discourse about the types of roles we've seen and hope to see in the future!
If you're interested in more video essays about South Asian Representation, check out these other ones I made:
2020 A Year for South Asian Representation: • 2020: A Year for South...
Why Never Have I Ever Is a Big Deal to the South Asian Community: • Why is Never Have I Ev...
The biggest stereotype break will be to understand that south asia is more than India.
Imho, South Asia is undivided India.
@@krushna4181 Never has been
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@@krushna4181 😐
@@krushna4181 You need history and geography lessons ASAP.
so they can pronounce Arnold Schwarzenegger right but can't say Manmeet right? oh okay
Do i be seeing a slayy point refo here? XD
pronunciation depends on which vowels and consonants your tongue is trained in. Soft T, and using a for u is not what they are trained in. All Indian Americans struggle with pronunciation. Mindy Kaling cannot pronounce Indian words right in her own audio book.
@@theSpawnofChaoswashere ae #SlayyFam and Armyyyyyyyyyy
@@Any_Investigator_666 AEEE MATE!
A slayy point reference?
When Bollywood ain't representing us properly how can you expect Hollywood to represent us properly. Atleast Hollywood is showing dark Indians unlike Bollywood where you just need fair skin and being talent less is fine. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Bollywood is always taking a dump on South Indians and North East indians.
@@deeptig3972 true😔
Dark indians are not only one indian fair skin lived too and considerd to be indian not of any other race
@@aniketsingh419 With due respect I never said that Indians aren't fair, you're going into a different direction. I talked about representation let us stick with that. Also, majority of Indians are dark and it's funny how majority is not even properly represented in their own country and it's a matter of shame.
Thank you
the movie harold and kumar is amazing as it proves how stereotyping people can be wrong. its a good example.
And we don't eat anything called cury
@@raghavseth8480 I legit have spent 17 years of my life here and idk what curry is.
It's got that gross male gaze tho
I actually hate people who stereotype like they always eat curry. They have names no one can pronounce. Can anyone even try to pronounce Arnold Schwarzenegger. I just fumble there.
@@raghavseth8480 yes that is the main point
There is a reason why Lilly Singh being an Indian is not at all famous in India and no one will ever accept her here...🙄
Her lame jokes?
@@xfluffysoftsatanx5963 Those are not jokes... I don't know what are they 😐
@@rajlaxmiray9084 but wait, isn't she Canadian with Indian roots?
@@radhikachandwani6522 No she is Indian when she wants to earn money and fame and spread stereotypes and she is Canadian when she gets trolled and said to go back to her country.
@@studyok6509 beautifully explained
As myself being an Indian and a Wimpy kid fan, I felt bad whenever Chirag Gupta got bullied just because he belongs to a different ethinicity.
I feel u 😪
Sameeee
Me as in Indian living in india can say that what can we say to Hollywood when Bollywood and hindi tv serials portray every type of stereotypes present there.
On one hand, you're right but on the other, 2 wrongs don't make a right. Both Hollywood and Bollywood have a problem with representation and stereotyping. Instead of saying things like 'we do it too,' we should be saying things like 'we should try to change BOTH the Hollywood and Bollywood and call them out since they both are wrong.'
@Yoo Yoo source: bro trust me
@Yoo Yoo stop being an asshole infront of others.
2/3rd of our country is living in poverty.
I don't know why Indians on internet want to prove that there's nothin wrong in the country. It is, grow up man.
@R S bruh I'm an Indian too.
And sorry for the spelling mistake lol.
Anyways I agree with you that we are growing very rapidly.
I was just telling the yoo yoo guy. He was claiming that poverty in india is less than us, uk and france
@R S there's literally nothing to be ashamed of India also stands number 3 in no.of billionaires in a country and is growing rapidly.so yeah
both Hassan Minaj and Lilly Singh have done squat about representing the broad diversity of Indian culture.. They just pushed political ideology.. Only Mindy kaling actually brought real representation.. And she took big risks with never have I ever.. Representing abrasive Indian family dynamics but still showing how much we love unconditionally.. Which many in the west won't vibe with.. Fresh off the boat and Kim's convenience did similar things for east Asians
@Hoedatboi was going for brown vampire 😂
Just FYI Mindy Kaling is the edgiest of them all , u wld know if u watch her Kelly Kapoor and Mindy Lahiri character.
@@bonappetit7522 Edgy is fine, sincere is important, Aziz is another person I forgot to mention.,. Another great creator
@@Sticklemako Both Mindy and Aziz have parents who were from South India. South Indian culture and languages are grossly underrepresented in Hollywood media and I'm guessing they both know how painful it is to be a minority within a minority. Hence they're more sensitive to this.
I hate Lily. She portrays all Indians as Punjabis and Hassan just doesn't care about diversity among Indians. Never Have I Ever was great but the main reason I watched it was because the characters in it were Tamil. You have no idea how happy I was when I finally heard Tamil being spoken in an American sitcom. And I'm a Malayali. M Night Shyamalan has no interest in showing Indian culture so that's as close as I could see my culture represented in am American sitcom.
@@hittingyouoverthehead I agree we south and east Indians get almost no visibility in western discourse
If you aren't dark enough, you'd probably not even get casted as South Asian even though you are one
Edit: if you aren't dark enough or Mongolian looking
At least it's better than Indian subcontinent
Whr if you r dark, you will get casted as only villians
@@AyushK. not true, I have seen a lot light skin villains in our tv series.
@@rabiyaashraf950 bruh what he is saying is partly true
@@rabiyaashraf950 you missed the point.
@@AyushK. only in the north tho
This was posted a year ago and still underrated
Edit: happy to see more people r viewing it to break stereotypes
I guess not now bro
Dam
It is being picked by the algorithm
They are not viewing it to break stereotypes. If they did, they would start with real life and Indian films and TV.
A video wouldn't make any change besides a year ain't that long to see a "change" at all. Especially these cultural stuffs. But you shouldn't blame them entirely. Indians go there mostly for higher studies/high paying jobs and are really smart folks. Some they stereotype out of jealousy as well. Which is I'd say harmless if you're an indian. Much like marathi folks play the Mi marathi/amchi mumbai card because outsiders from other states take up good jobs in mumbai and they're have to compete. Expect that it would be there.
as a sri lankan, i rmbr as a kid I was so confused why my uncles don't have the same accents as the ones on TV. Until I realized indian accents like appu are heavily over-exaggerated and inaccurate. we're tired
Sinhalese accent is very different
To be fair shows like Harold and Kumar, Family Guy and The Simpsons made fun of all these stereotypes of not just Indians but literally everyone.
Actually, I don't really care about Hollywood. We have our own movie industries and I don't want some white approval in Hollywood. And I am not changing by culture for white approval. Examples shown here like Apu in Simpsons are actually not racist as Simpsons shows stereotypes of almost all cultures. Harold and Kumar were showing America. So the movie is not racist. Also, Hassan Minhaj and Lilly Singh are a bad representation of Indians. Both of them used the "Indian stereotypes" to gain popularity. The only movie that I felt racist was "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". Indians are represented badly in it and Americans believed that Indians are like that.
@@RoRZoro actually our industry is shit (Bollywood ) so it's either Hollywood/korean. Stfu
@@MatureMajorRonanShaju You STFU.😂😂 Bollywood is not the only Industry in India. I know Bollywood is shit. But politically woke Hollywood is worse. In reality, Bollywood is shit because Bollywood is trying to copy the politics of Hollywood.
@@RoRZoro how exactly is indian industry better than hollywood? Lol
@@MatureMajorRonanShaju How? 😂 Are you living In a cave ore something? Talking about politics, woke culture and virtue signalling honey. When it comes to that Hollywood is the worst industry in the world. Bollywood's woke culture is coiped from Hollywood.
Is no one going to point out the fact that the west thinks South Asia is equivalent to India and are completely ignorant about other countries that come under South Asia?????
They forgot South East Asia,Northern India and West side Indian man.
@@MrApoorvaSingh753so true, for them India is just South India, and they completely ignore the rest South Asian countries.
Even this video did it. It literally boils my blood when people do this.
@@abdullahishaq4174 EXACTLY 💯
@@rabiyaashraf950 bro I don’t think that’s the case given the fact that people stereotype Indians that they all can speak Hindi (the case in north) while in south India barely anyone knows hindi...so ig northern part of India is considered wayyy more
Say it with me guys, “religion isn’t an aesthetic”. This goes for all religions. As well as culture appropriation.
Yea...some atheist or non-Christians only celebrate Christmas, Valentines, Halloween, Easter, Good Friday, etc. As it seems aesthetic...honestly, I want there to be a new rule that if people aren't Christians. They can't Celebrate any of these. As it belongs to God and his people.
@@amalajames5116 honestly I didn’t think of that either but you’re right. People somehow find religions and holidays as aesthetic. I wish people were more sensitive about it.
@@mikasaplankton3509 yea..
@Althaf Ahamed and it’s completely fine. India is known for its spirituality which goes beyond just religion. And not everyone wants to be as soulless or superficial as west is.
nah, religion doesn't belong to anyone. People are free to do religious things, or engage in them as they see fit. No such thing as "disrespecting a religion" it's a bunch of ideas.
It's so shocking that even under "South-Asian" representation, there is so much overlaying of severe appropriations between Bangladeshis, Pakistanis and Brown Indians. When India has a completely different ethnic background in their North east geography. 😭😭😭
yess it genuinly makes me sad
you lost me when you gave lilly singh as an example
Same here. She stereotyped us even more.
@@shivanshnegi9838 she went after white show hosts for no frikin reason and embarassed all of us
@@premanandh7019 yeah. And I can feel her hatred towards South Asians
And she never made me laugh at all
Lilly Singh made money off our stereotypes and then when it came to actually representing us beyond stereotypes she just fell into them further and become the typical unfunny late night comedian
I'm the descendant of Indian indentured workers here in the Caribbean so I have an interesting point of view since I'm not intimately linked to my "motherland" but yet still feel the effects of these portrayals (also not only Western vs Eastern but within Bollywood itself). Growing up, I harbored distasteful notions of myself based on what was portrayed in popular media: for instance my darker skin was always seen as villainous or the Indian accent being the butt of jokes. Thank you for your work! Videos such as these truly help in the sense of waking us up to the disgusting stereotypes that have gone on for too long in popular media and get the conversations started
Hi Heera! Thank you so much for sharing your story and being a part of an important conversation! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
SAMEEEEEE
I have seen great people from your community in West Indies cricket team...ramnaresh sarwan,Shivnarine chanderpaul,ravi rampaul,sunil narine all these names are very indian
@@JoHNWICKKK We're proud of them. Another favourite of mine is Rohan Kanhai 😌😌 What a story it is that both our countries/regions shaped the face of cricket in very different eras.
@@heeranevalrampaul6891 Caribbean Indians are a community people hardly ever talk about. As a kid, I used to watch cricketers like Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Sarwan etc and cheer for them (and sometimes boo them when playing against India, lol) but I didn't think much about how they have very Indian sounding names. Then I learned about the twisted, dark history of what the British did which led to the creation of Caribbean Indians and I was shocked.
I'm just glad there are enough of you out there to give each other a community. Love from India.
I hope people of USA sees this and stops stereotyping Asian communities.
Not goona happen.
how about you sensitive snowflakes learn to take a joke
@@zeuxlaught2797 Im fine with some stereotypical jokes but I don't think that a whole race of people should be only represented by those jokes in media.
@@zeuxlaught2797 how about you stop seeing yourself to be superior to criticize other community taking every thing as a joke and grow your dumb brain to respect other culture as you don't have yours!
@@zeuxlaught2797 the real joke is ur race people divorcing like eating a burger
everytime my mom and i watch the big bang theory, we cringe at how they've represented India as a "snake charmer's nation" and a country where everyone works in a call centre... I'm kind of mad at Kunal Nayyar for continuing the role throughout the show without raising any issues in the script and how it so heavily stereotypes us.
This is honestly great, and movies Blinded by the Light and Yesterday are amazing. It's nice to see diversity in shows where the character's whole role is not based on their race and stereotypes, and their race has nothing to do with the character.
I love both of those movies!!!! I totally agree, that’s one of the reasons why I lived Yesterday so much. Can’t believe I forgot to add them in :))
It's kinda weird but, shouldn't race have something to do? I used to think that traits like these shouldn't have anything to do with them but these traits are what make a character. If you have two characters of opposite race, then that alone differentiates them by a lot, their circumstances, standard of living, etc.
I think that what you mean to say is that race shouldn't be entirely what their character identity is, but it will always play a role in who they are.
@@adwaitgharpure3836 exactly, I think a person's race and nationality will be part of their personality/traits. But in some movies and tv shows, if a character is non-white, then they often have based that entire character's personality or role because of stereotypes of their race, which is pretty questionable.
@@adwaitgharpure3836 the director of blinded by the light is Ghurinda Chanda though, she has made a few British Asian films ie bend it like beckham which I think have a more realistic representation of Asians, seeing as she is one herself :)
yh, it's a shame, BBTL had some of the best rep i'd seen in a while and was SOO relatable for my cultural experiences, but the people i was watching it with (majority white), all didn't like it and that kinda made me feel like I had to repress how i felt about the film
I have only three worlds to say to the directors and writers.. 'Lack of imagination'.
They are not trying to imagine, they are trying to create characters seen most often in real life.
And ignorance. And lack of creativity. And lack of any cultural knowledge. They're just sad Caucasians.
@@rairadio7119 how many awkward Indians do you know that are losers? If you know a lot of them, you're in the wrong friend group buddy.
Wondering why only movies like 'Slumdog Millionaire' or 'The white tiger' make it to Oscars?! As if all that west wants to acknowledge abt India is its berozgaari n slums. Also, kinda got reminded of Coldplay song where India was all about snake charmers
This wont change for next 20 years untill our economy will be above 15 trillion dollars. Just like china where they stereotyped Chinese for so long noe that they earn more money from china now they gone straight from stereotyping to praising them. Money rules the world. Once they think they can earn enough money from india they will stop stereotyping india.
@@hj-bf1os hmm. Could be the reason. Bt then I wonder if at all, our very Indian bosses sitting at some of the world's top tech companies in US, have any impact on the culture there and how their native country is being perceived.. Just a thought. Bt yes, they might not be able to change the overall perception of their country as a whole on their own (Or maybe they can given the power they hold..idk)
30th May 2021 11:13 AM (IST)
Why Blame the Americans. Even Bollywood Movies Stereotype South-Indians, East-Indians, North-East Indians and other Indians like Hell. To be more Precise, Bollywood is Stereotyping their Own Country Men 😂😂😂
People do hate bollywood too.They are no exceptions! Personally i dont even give a shit about movies that are produced in bollywood (and thats the reason i end up leaving some of the good movies from bollywood).
Its great that Indians are really acknowledging these, hope we see a positive change in near future. We will understand more about all the Indian cultures soon.
but the thing is many north indians hate bollywood , including ppl from hindi speaking states.
And bollywood doesnt only stereotype , south-indians , NE indians etc , they stereotype north indians too especially for their political goals .
I am from maharshtra and i personally like watching Tollywood more .
@@shivamzr6339 bro truth to be told we all discriminate each other nobody can claim people of their region don't stereotype others.
True that
we take revenge by employing white girls as background dancers in our music video
So damn true😂
Those girls are from Ukraine or other eastern European countries. Those countries really like and respect India.
India and The USSR had a good cultural relationship.
A good example of revenge is actually the IPL cheerleaders. They are mostly American.
LOL
white girls are preferred because we're colourists lol. Brown skin is hated here.
😂
I'm not south Asian but stand by you guys, those dumb sterotypes never seemed quite right as a kid watching telly, looking back
You shouldn't be these aren't stereotypes they are how real indian people act
@@ShadowOfNexxus Uhhh no….?
Am i the only one who thought raj's accent (big bang theory) was actually very close to indian accent.
It is
It is. The admin took that one wrong.
@@Huuuuuuuuuuuu107 yes its his real accent.
I don't think it is....I think the heaviness of the accent is still a bit exaggerated....it is closer than other Indian characters atleast that I hv seen in foreign shows, but not TOO close....😅😅and I think it's not Raj's fault...maybe in an attempt sake of Not dive into his American accent, he ended up making his Indian accent a bit thicker....lyk js to maintain it on the show....but still....
@@ishasalvi1829 Kumal Nayyar, the actor who played Raj in the big bang theory, actually claims that his accent his real, and has even wrote a book about it literally called "Yes, my accent is real". So, yes, his accent is real.
Why the everyone want to disrespect bhagwan Ganesha I'm so done with this 🙄🙄🙄
The think we are uncivilized and live in slum extermely poor they also think our food culture is like chinese and korean of eating snakes even though we are the world most vegetarian country and they think bhagwan ganesha is elephant they dont know that he had a head of elephant nothing else
Same..even i dont like
@Jung QWheein is the Ace of Kpop, yk!? exactly even the asians and the black people I thought they knew better they are the ones always demanding for equality and cultural respect never expected such treatment from them highly disappointed
I'm a person who loves and respect every culture at times I've even stood up for them but after getting such treatment from those same people I just don't care about them anymore no one's gonna stand up for my cultural anyway it's just so against my nature I'm really hurt by these CAs
@@ayushsinghshekhawat7100 Did you just try to act like a victim of racism while being racist yourself? lmao
@@pd6805 hey just a correction,, please acknowledge them as "black people" and not just "blacks" because it is seen as dehumanizing. You probably didn't have an ill intention but just putting it out there.
You missed Mindy Project , they did a great job in tackling the stereotypes.
Oh my god!!! I love the Mindy Project!!! I’ve watched it two times through and through now! Unfortunately, at the time I made this video, I hadn’t started watching it yet so I couldn’t include it in the video, but yes, love Mindy and love that show 💜
@@sruchipatel1741 periodt
It's more funny that this video uses this particular music 😂
Thank you for commenting about the music! I forgot to link the musicians, IndianRaga! They make beautiful Carnatic fusion music, definitely check them out!
Here’s their UA-cam channel!
ua-cam.com/users/Indianraga
What's wrong with the music?
Dude Harold and Kumar was a great movie bringing down the stereotypes. The scenes are a set of satire against the common norms.
i hope the day comes where people understand the nuances of south asian culture and the fact that it comprises of different cultures and people (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan etc). Great work, Need more essays on discourse related to south asian representation.
Bangladesh, India and Pakistan lol what about the other SA countries
@@joe-mama94 those are just the ones that came to mind for me. Of course imean the nuances between all of them should be explored.
This should be having millions of views?
India is too underrated, but in reality it is one of the greatest countries with the biggest cultures. My dream is to visit it one day ♥️💗💝
@@abdulkuthus8548 why would she car of herself when she visits India
@@abdulkuthus8548 change your name to 'spread negativity'
@@sreenathjimmy245 Visiting a foreign country is dangerous and more dangerous if your a women.
This video is the mirror for western perception about South asians
Kunal Nayyar has actually written a book called "Yes, my accent is real; and some other things I haven't told you" claiming that the thick accent he played in the show is real, so, you're literally criticizing a person's accent for no apparent reason other than to hate on him. (Also, if you haven't noticed, the show is literally about 4 geeks. Every main male character is a geek regardless of their colour. At least he was also shown as an astrophysicist from a rich family, which you would rarely see in both Bollywood and Hollywood. He wasn't geeky because he was Indian, he just happened to be a geek with an Indian origin. Apart from that, please pay attention to Raj's sister.)
Furthermore, we Indians would very much like to disown Lilly Singh as an Indian, because well, her content is cringe, and all she does is stereotype us even more than any of the shows and movies you have mentioned.
That episode of Master of None was an actual masterpiece. Perfectly depicts the situation.
Damn it's so underrated!!
Seriously so true...literally I don't know what stereotypes they are about to show in the upcoming season 2 of Brigerton and I just hope they won't.
You mean the actors?
@@krushna4181 no no not the actors
@@susmitabarat2395 anything indian ?? in Brigerton ?
@@Womenturnmedown wait for season 2 you will get to know
Everything was ok until they make fun of lord ganesha
My family is South Asian , My grandma's brother was a flim director in our country. ❤️ To all
The only way to fight back is to start stereotyping Americans in desi movies.🤣🤣
Par wo to hum log already karte hai.
We already do. We also potray women who wear western clothes in serials as dumb and mannerless. Fire cant extinguish fire
The thing with representation is that when we see any 'Indian' in non- Indian movies, there is something jarring about them that takes you away from the movie. It almost like you know this is an actor playing a character because they do not look, dress, speak or behave like any Indians you will find off the street.
Case in point Priyanka Chopra; in Hollywood movies, I cannot connect to her character and she always remains the actor which is not the case with her Hindi movie roles.
Captain David Singh from the flash is an example of non stereotypical character but no one noticed him
Actually Singh
Is half American half Indian
Thats what I think
He don't even look like south Asian
The most stereotypical thing is the background music used in this video ....just my opinion
No you're right lmfao
👏👏👍👍...
I mean, that's debatable because that is actually Carnatic music, but it's being used in a western song to "appeal to the Indians", which- yeah you're right.
truth
It's not that we should be bothered by such stereotypes as we are not looking for any validations. We know who we are, the country of warriors and smart people, the oldest civilization which produced chads and queens never seen anywhere else. It's true our nation was broke few decades back but everyone knows (if someone does not know then you should know too) that we will be back. We youth will leave no stone unturned. Jay Maa.
When you say WE ARE you have to mention what we have TODAY. Which is the biggest export of science grads and IT professionals most of whom come from Andhra and have heavy accents.
@@rairadio7119 I did not mention that because that is not a plus point. What's the point of our education if we don't use it for our country. For how long will we just serve and not own. We need to stay in India and build things. It will be tough but worth it.
And boy, does not matter Andhra or arunachal..only thing that matters is Indian or not.
There is a scene in gilmore girls when a character says they got a takeaway from 'Sandeeps'. To which the other character suggests they burn the house down, to get rid of the smell... Its always just disappointing, and frankly sad
I think the Apu part was a reference to the rooftop Koreans, not Asians being terrorist. Nevertheless, great video!
man, you even gave a bibliography. cool stuff.
Great video man love really explained very cleverly about stereotypes
Das racist will always be my favorite hiphop group. Them blowing up would have been great for our representation. Too bad they didn't get the recognition they deserved.
I love Heems! Have you heard Swet Shop Boys’ music?!
The Raj reference from Big Bang was not accurate for this message. After all, they did depict all the characters as having difficulty in their love life. It was not a trait exclusively of the Indian guy.
But they did make him stoogish with his indianness
@@shreyajags3008 but the white guys were also geeks in the series.
(However, it is Raj who does not end up with a girl)
@@shreyajags3008 ya I'm actually from India where the racism is different. I haven't lived white ppl racism
@@shreyajags3008 lol...even I thought it was a compliment.
Oh now I get what they did there...they also made him rich! That's typical stereotypical for Asians/Indians
@@shreyajags3008 They made Howard a creep, Sheldon a narcissist and Leonard a simp. If Raj would have been a popular model or something, would he be in a group with them? Even in friends, Joey didn't get a life partner at the end. Similarly, Raj didn't either. I agree there were stereotypes but it wasn't limited to Raj only. Other characters were stereotyped too.
@@maha_sage Raj being rich was understandable. Us South Asians need to be extremely smart and wealthy to afford Ivy League schools in the west. At least they didn't show him from slums and dirt poor like Hollywood likes to show India and Mexico.
No comments after a year
That's a bad medal
Watching After 1 Year😬...Great Work Though
be happy atlest you are represented. rest of south Asian countries like bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, nepal , Pakistan are yet to get any representation
It’s better to not be represented than being wrongly represented. It’s humiliating!
@@aaryakulkarni2222 exactly.
As a Bangladeshi I do agree that we don't even get representation. But don't you think misrepresentation makes it worse???
@@kashfiii990 no Matter what there will always be a misrepresation because obviously stereotypes come from a generalization so? Don't you all in Bangladesh think all whites are rich lol
I don't know about Bangladesh but a lot of Pakistani characters are used (sometimes even more than Indian) .
Hey great video I believe south Asians in the film I dustry definitely deserve representation properly. I recently made a video about helping bring south Asian Filmmakers' together as I make my own films.
Keep up the good work.
Loved this content. I'm always so intrigued to know about the origin of South Asian characters and wish for their longer screen timings rather than just cameos.
Grt work ✨
As a south Asian born and raised in India,I can confirm we all live in slums and srrive to not die from cholera each day.
When everything says south Asian but forgets all the other 7 countries and only includes India -_-
There is also Pakistani scene
i know right ngl thats a bit ( a lot) disappointing
I'm here for the bibliography.
Well we don't have no problem with that we will like to be the underdogs
Aren't you also stereotyping us by playing that classical music track
Good point
Thank you for your comment about the music, feel free to check out the original creators: ua-cam.com/video/T-pUR5T1RLo/v-deo.html ! IndianRaga creates amazing Carnatic fusion music! :)
although it’s a very short video, i couldn’t get through it
as a south asian immigrant living in london, it’s disgusting to see how people here view us even irl
Pls watch this video- 'WTF is South Asia' on youtube and for the love of God pls never label Indians as 'South Asians' again, especially if you're abroad.
Video: Stereotypes about Indians
*Contains Stereotypical Indian tabla music*
Everyone has a stereotype for other community and has sometimes in life passed racist comments. All these are more hurtful when people who u consider ur own starts being racist to u. I mean like other Indian being racist to northeast Indian or others. We can get away with western people not knowing about Indian culture but what about Indians not knowing and understanding the feel of racism comments outcome on their fellow Indians. If these aren't stopped today, dont blame in future if country bifurcate....
valid point. High time we should start talking about it, What Indian diaspora in these films are creating is stereotype themselves of some homogeneous group of dark skined, shari/sherwani wearing heavy accent Indians. Blame goes on Bollywood too but again I don't have much expectations from them. There is a High rise in hate and violence against "Asian Americans" in america but none of "South-Asian" Indian are talking about own North East people that maybe facing similar incidents in US, here atleast people have starting talking for NE against racism. These "South-Asian" South Indian-American diaspora have completely isolated the NE.
Bro both things are wrong u are coming two wrong things as a Bihari I face lots of racism and still facing suppose bro if I face racism outside country than what will u say bro don't take any action because Indian are also racist we are 1.3 billions and lots of people are bad and good but if I face racism in my country I just want people Stand with me this is unity bro racism is everywhere in south, north east, west but we need to solve it this country will never bifurcate if we focus on our problem instead of taking nonsense in comment section.
@@jairajput1352 bihari is not a race!, bihari face prejuidice because they really take jobs from local laborers from kashmir to kerala,gujrat to nagaland doing work at below market price, and they are don't live in very hygiene condition often and their involvement in constant criminal activities have given them these. Biharis are not a role model for the country in first place let's be clear. What bihari face in India is called Xenophobia because of many prejuidice attached to them.
@@Dhirajkumar-ls1ws how dumb are u?? It's same when a foreigner. pass racist comment on Indian u are taking our jobs u are so smelly u don't live in hygiene 🤦🤦just shut up your filthy mouth .c'mon u guys stop racism hypocrite sale
@@jairajput1352 abey chirkut. I am from East Up and I know what our people are upto, stop defending people living a slave life unhygienically POS. Biharis have made this image by doing everything they were not supposed to do as a decent civil society at home and in other states.
I think what’s really sad is how other Asian communities (EA’s, SEA’s WA’s) just don’t seem or want to unite under the, ‘Asian American’ identity. In other words, if we are really going to make the issues and struggles of each of these different Asian groups (eg: EA, SA etc.) the very and only thing that divides the, ‘Asian American’ identity- well we might as well ban the term, “Asian” and address ourselves by which Asian country we ethnically come from.
(P.S : I am genuinely thankful for the person who read this all the way through cuz its stuff i’ve been dwelling on about for some time :)
And how they think that South Asia is only India
Might want to tell that to all the Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Nepali people selling Indian food to make money off Indians.. Let's see them sustain a business selling only their regions food.. 😂
@@Sticklemako what has this got anything to do with my comment?
@@cyanscrewdriver2092 Cause South Asian IS india.. The rest is just nation state definitions put for administration.. My point is that the punjabi food you eat is still Indian whether its made by a person whose grandparents came from the punjab in the Indian state or the pakistani state.. The culture is still the same, the genetic history is the same
@@Sticklemako again has nothing to do with my comment. Why don’t you just accept that there a different countries in South Asia instead of being so narrow minded thinking that whatever comes from India should stay in India. That’s like me saying “you’re not allowed to speak English because the language is from England only, I bet you wouldn’t get anywhere without English lol”
@@cyanscrewdriver2092 So there are different countries in South Asia.. SO? That has NO bearing to ethnic representation in America, ie. different country != different ethnicity.. You clearly are too dumb to understand that..
Thank you so much for this
Well, before accusing the West fir Stereotyping Indians, let's have a look on ourselves, especially the North Side, as Because it's more mainstream (yup, i said that, don't ask for reasons, cause i have one) and our Beloved, Bollywood, whom for the Last 2 Decade, successfully Kept Alive the Ritual of Stereotyping almost every Group of peeps Around the country, and completely ignoring the North Eastern part, cause at the time they were not even sure, whether we are Indians or not, for them we were either Chinese or Bangladeshis (And im just saying just for North Eastern peeps, others, im not so sure)...........so if you wanna get woke like life less Ghoul, atleast do it by not being a Hypocrite, and also work on the feelings. 🙂
Hi! Maybe I should have been more explicit on my perspective during the editing process. I unfortunately don't have a rich understanding of Bollywood films and the culture surrounding that industry as this video was made from a "western" perspective. I can only analyze these stereotypes from a South Asian American lense because I have grown up as a South Asian American with a lack of authentic representation during childhood. I am grateful for the progress that is being made currently and can't wait to see better strides in the future not just in Hollywood but also Bollywood. Thank you for sharing your perspective :)
American film industry is dominant with south Indian diaspora and bollywood with north west population, these industries are just setting their own dominant narrative. Unfortunately India has many traditional dresses and population is not homogenous and these south Indians just promote their own narrative abroad but again even in India we have totally marginalized our vibrant North east people.
People in west are known to create stereotypes and Indian diaspora is known to accept it to look more whiter than white to be accepted in their society. This term South-Asian is very problematic as it diminish the importance of culturally and ethincally vibrant place like India and put them together with pakistan/afghanistan&bangladesh. Just saying South-Asian create a stereotype that all Indians are dark skin and India is just present in south and doesn't extends into what West call "East" and it effectively alienate North-East who happens to have mongoloid facial features.
Just note one thing Indian diaspora celebrating any festival in these films don't really have ethnic and cultural diversity India is known for and forget about they would show a north-east Indian women wearing shari or her local traditional dress and celebrating any festival with them , I am sure US definitely has NorthEast Indian population. Again we can't blame them as we have ourself isolated NE for long and that is the reason why Kpop is popular there because they see themselves similar to kpop actors.
@@shreyajags3008 It is not about North/South but giving a real perspective of what makes India all round vibrant, so many thought process and cultures,dresses coexist with each other for centuries and such diversity should be shown to the world otherwise it gives an Impression of segregation, there is a rise in hate crimes against "Asian Americans" in america and atleast there should be some effort to include NE in our story tellings and this term "South Asian" is shallow and problematic because it includes nations like pakistan/bangladesh with us but tends to seperate NE as "Asians" . We should show what make India unique , what an ignorant westerner can mistook for Arab/Persian/african/"Asian" could verywell be an Indian, films should be melting pot of all these otherwise lots of people would feel isolated, point is all about inclusion and simultaneously breaking stereotypes what west has created and what we have created ourself.
Come on, we run the Silicon Valley, we run MNC's indirectly, we run NASA indirectly, we rock in MIT
still your country is not developed 💀💀. Its not like USA needs Indians its like indians need USA
Yeah you are just employees or slaves whos the real founder ? Its up to him he can remove you out of the company whenever he wants!!
@@socrates5779 Boi our country was already developed more than 5k years ago, just research. Everything was destroyed and looted by vultures, 10 million bookd were burnt, the worlds largest and oldest universities Nalanda, Takshila etc were burnt and destroyed.
@@socrates5779 Our currency was Asharfi (pure gold coin) before Rupees.
@@socrates5779 Read it
Oh at last.
Some used " South Asia " for India,pakistan and Bangladesh.
Now, this is something worth watching!
As an Indian, I really appreciate the idea this video is coming from (so kudos for that) but i feel like it also needs to be acknowledged that:
1. By "South Asia" it means the *entirety* of Southern Asia and not *just* India (as represented in this video if say so)
2. I would rather prefer (& support) people like Liza Koshy over Lily and Hasan for not basing off of the 'stereotypes' for their fame over media. No hate.
3. Not really related to the very topic but if discussing India itself, acknowledgement & representation of diversities is an extremely rare occurrence on its own. As diverse as the land is, when it comes to its media, it only ever sticks to the Western, the Mainland & the Northwest (for example, just how often do you come across news about states like Mizoram, Odisha or Telengana).
I know I am in no position to be saying any of this behind my keyboard but I just find it funny when I see just how long of a way there is to go.
Pls watch this video- 'WTF is South Asia?' and you'll never call Indians South Asians again. Do watch it!
Yeah South Asians face tough, rough, hard, blunt, harsh, or and blank treatments almost everywhere
They still don't know a damn about South India
You were kind to use South Asia and not India. Kewll
South Asian means only Indians? Then what about other countries of south Asia? Are they disappeared or vanished? What about Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, etc.? There are lot of talented actors in other South Asian countries but one cares and having expectation from Hollywood is like coming out of alive from blackhole. At least, Indians are being showed in movies and television shows but others they don't even get chance. but stereotyping is the worst and major problem which has been repeated day by day by these hollywood movies and television shows.
Americans might find Indian accents funny, but Indians can at least pronounce every English phoneme.
Tom and jerry live action movie shows the indian in a very good manners
*Bollywood is no better than this when it comes to labelling their own people and people from neighboring countries .There is a scene in Masaan where the policeman labels Richa Chadda’s character saying “kya Nepal se hai” as instantly stereotyping her as sex worker . Also in chup chup ke, character of paresh rawal says to a watchman “ Wo sala muchhad gujrat mei reh ke Nepal ki jagah gujrati ko chaukidaar rakha hein” like nepalis are destined to no more than their chowkidaar and their momo wala . And the web series “ Pataal lok “ where the North Indian girl is called nepali randi. People will just laugh and forget everything when it’s their movie but when it comes to Hollywood they will get offended even by the tiniest thing.*
0:57 do they think we got no schools in India?
From where was the baseball scene ?
Million Dollar Arm! It’s a Disney film from 2014 :)
Hassan Minhaj, lily Singh has never been Indians. Hassan Minhaj made fun of yoga, Hindu sentiments and Hindu gods to further his political agenda and Lilly Singh is an hardcore supporter of Khalistani movement.
They both don't deserve to even take the name of India.
P.S: Bollywood is the root of many of those stereotypes. Before blaming Hollywood for their racism we need to get rid of the distasteful representation of Indians in Bollywood itself.
When did he make fun of hindu gods? Also how is bollywood showing bad representation of indians?
@@rohang8246 If you're on Twitter then follow Hassan Minhaj's and 'gems of Bollywood' accounts. You'll get the answer to both your questions.
If you're not on Twitter then please continue living in your blissful ignorance.
Hassan Minhaj is an Islamist. Who hates Hinduism. You can clearly see it in all his comedy videos.
Late to this by a year but thanks for making this video. As an south asian I am so embarrased by these exaggerrated OTT stereotypes.
Yes ..even Goans get stereotyped in a negative way like showing that all goans are alcoholics n Catholics..which is not true there are Goans who dont dint al alcohol.. there are goans whoo are hindu ,and muslims and Goans speak a language called konkani ..a lot of ppl dont know about this lang
Okay, but why is he (1:01) wearing a very formal attire which is worn on weddings and stuff😂
Further down South in India you'll find beings called 'South Indians'. A stereotype about them, that is actually true, is that they are obsessed with belly buttons😂😂😂
LOL😂😂😂😂😂
Is that true, to some extent?
@@seradginasuioloer8727 ua-cam.com/video/_3JW-my4LTE/v-deo.html
This deserves more views
Dont use south Asian Please .. use People from Indian Subcontinent.
This was a good compilation
Just note one thing Indian diaspora celebrating any festival in these films don't really have ethnic and cultural diversity India is known for and forget about they would show a north-east Indian women wearing shari or her local traditional dress and celebrating any festival with them , I am sure US definitely has NorthEast Indian population. Again we can't blame them as we have ourself isolated NE for long and that is the reason why Kpop is popular there because they see themselves similar to kpop actors.
Abee who are you to tell everyone. ..first of all chutiye..northeast wale hamesha se hi khud ko alag rkhe h sb se...avi bhi nagaland aur arunachal pradesh me jane ke lye extra permit lgta h...wha ghar ngi khareed skte wha job nhi kr skte ....hdd agyani ho tm....
@@kanishkkumar5431 that's probably because of the border disputes with China like how things are in Kashmir because of Pakistan. We can't blame them for anything when we were the ones who first alienated them and keep stripping them of their identity.
Another WONDERFUL example of good Indian representation is owen from haunting of bly manor! He is a sweetheart, and has a charming well rounded personality instead of just being a caricature full of Indian stereotypes. The character feels real, human and memorable and not just 'that indian dude'
How come no 'the office' scenes ?
At the time that I made this video, I wasn’t super familiar with the office and the characters from that show hence it’s not in the video but I did watch the office later on during quarantine and thought Mindy Kaling’s character was funny! I recently learned that she was the only female writer and only person of color writing for the show which is very commendable but shows how much progress needed to be made! 👏🏾
@@sruchipatel1741 well, funny indeed but,
idk it could be me only that, wherever she goes there's always a White Man to fall in Love, just White
@@sruchipatel1741 I wouldn't exactly praise Mindy since also worships white people. She always writes her character that always dates the white guy. She even had a kid with a wyte dude and divorced him.
@@MrALenCar321 maybe because she lives in a country where there are more white people than other.
The idea that NRI's have about India and Indians are themselves skewed on many levels. Bollywood is insanely problematic, but I'm really not sure whether they have seen any Indian films beyond Karan Johar and Yash Raj Studios!
Danny Boyle has done justice in representing South Asian communities, even with Slumdog Millionaire. You saw "Poverty Porn" in it I saw an energetic and positive take on developing India.
It was a third class movie with bad acting and stereotypes about India. It was made to malign Indias image in the world. British have been playing this game for a long time. But karma is a bitch.
Can someone please tell me what the song is at the very start of the video? I love it!
How many days they portray india as slums , filthy and weird
Just wait to see the glory of" Golden Bird "
Where is Diwali scenes from THE OFFICE . whereeeee are those??????
And the software Sikh scenes tooooo
I think there's nothing WRONG,every indian I met abroad sound like that.
yeah but not every desi will have a thick accent, i dont :/
@@eatdetergent Most of em do.
Did you watch the video, Hatim? It's not just about the accent. Also, I've never met one person who talks like Apu. I mean what the fuck even is that accent?
the whole 1billion population?
Those few indians you met don't represent 1.4billion indians. I'm an indian myself and honestly we don't speak like that it's way too exaggerated.
Watching this makes me think how the video maker confused Jokes and stereotypes .. I mean a lil