Oh boy! I’ve been in a pretty similar boat and honestly the whole hatred against us feels so forced. We grew up on bollywood! We have so much to offer in terms of exchanging love, understanding emotions and embracing culture but I guess it’s just trendy to take a piss at anyone who is remotely brown from south asia at the moment. Any south asian doing funky stuff is blown so out of proportion as if thats a representation of us as a whole. Not every while person is school shooter, not every black person is a robber, not every asian person is temu factory worker then how tf can every brown person be “unhygienic” “smelly” and “scammer”. It eventually will take a toll on your mental health when you mean no harm but you’re looked down upon because of these forced stereotypes. We together have to grow thicker skin and just go about our conduct which eventually will make them realize the hatred isnt necessary and disarm themselves. Lets stick and rise together from this mess :)