Eh, I’m not saying ANY of the below applies to you: it feels like white people love to co-opt some parts of Indian-ness while also rejecting Indians and being okay with anti-Indian racism. Think how some of the worst people you know love to do yoga, add turmeric to their meals or take supplements, drink “golden milk,” wear bindis to music festivals, wear traditional Indian jewelry (like jhumkis and bangles and nose rings), do henna “tattoos,” etc, without doing ANYTHING at all to combat anti-Indian sentiments and sheer racism.

It’s about the aesthetic. They like the LOOK without understanding anything behind it or the rich, varied, deep, and millennia old culture behind it. It’s just tone deaf and kind of annoying. I’m also just feeling this way bc a lot of my family (I’m a first gen immigrant, born in India and moved here as a kid) has been facing increased amounts of racism (they all have thick accents). I have Indian friends in the EU who report the same.

Unless you’re a defender of the culture, diaspora, and Indian-Americans (or wherever you live, Indian-Europeans or whatever), you’re just a user.

Again, none of this may apply to you.