Thread by @CoHNAOfficial

THREAD: @TheEconomist begins New Year w/ a dose of #Hinduphobia. Notice the crass image- a "Brahmin" wearing pearls, money in his crown, w/ tiny humans carrying him on a pedestal- depicting "greed" &"tyranny" in ways eerily similar to depictions of Jews in Nazi propaganda. 1/n

Falsely accusing #HinduAmericans of exporting "caste problems", @TheEconomist calls India “troubling.” Never mind that this assertion is based on ONE lawsuit that is still on trial. Or that the 2021 @CarnegieEndow survey showed NO evidence of widespread "caste discrimination."2/n

European literature and art similarly caricatured Jews, Roma and other minority groups. A 1937 anti-Semitic art exhibition, called "The Eternal Jew," shows an "eastern" Jew wearing a kaftan, holding gold coins in one hand and a whip in the other. 3/n historyhit.com/anti-jewish-pr…

According to @TheEconomist, a major reason Brahmins succeed is due to their "bookishness"- feeding into the stereotype of Hindus (and #Asians in general) as "nerds" and "goofy," completely discounting any hard work & business acumen. This in a time of rising anti-Asian hate. 3/n

@TheEconomist also fails to appreciate the fact that at least some of the CEOs come from very humble backgrounds and have risen to the top with hard work, not "privilege." 4/n britannica.com/biography/Sund…

In addition, the boards and senior management of these companies didn't pick these Hindu CEOs because of their "caste" but because of their business skills and intelligence. So, their "caste" had NO role in their success in America. 5/n

@TheEconomist discusses how the Nadars have risen up by shedding their traditional "caste occupation" but fails to apply the same argument to Brahmins. Many of today's Brahmins also do not follow the traditional "caste occupations" of their ancestors. 6/n

@TheEconomist also indulges in its favorite game of creating/exaggerating fault lines, stereotyping Indians and reducing them - especially Hindus - to nothing more than “caste”. 7/n

So if Parsis are “over-represented” in a list of successful Indians, @TheEconomist has no problem. But an “over-representation” by one Hindu jati vs another is deemed problematic. Having different standards for different groups is discrimination. 8/n

Sadly, such #Hinduphobia is not new at @TheEconomist. In 2020, it featured the Indian PM as a "Hindu deity" while discussing economic reforms, stating that he has not only kept "his Janus face" but has "sprouted the extra arms of a Hindu deity." 9/n

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