The media demonisation of desi (south asian) men - an accepted form of discrimination?

In this episode I talk about the demonisation of Desi/south Asian men and how all sides of the political spectrum, and even those who ostensibly are for people like us in the age of diversity, have been complicit.

Desi men have been underrepresented and misrepresented far more egregiously as I see it than any other group, even desi women.

This is the fault of casting directors, editors etc who make these very deliberate choices (who are almost never desi men, not a coincidence). We are either in the news media an oppressed victim of racism or the problem with no in-between.

In TV and film, it is even more egregious. We are consistently desexualised; shown as socially awkward, misogynistic, nerdy, sexless IT nerds or the villain – terrorists, paedophiles etc.

Even Bend it Like Beckham, written by a desi woman, demonises brown men. It’s an acceptable form of discrimination.

It’s accepted and we aren’t even allowed or given an outlet to complain due to collective responsibility because we are classified as an oppressor group.

Apparently even as individuals we are responsible for other desi men or theoretical concepts such as patriarchy. I have no skeletons in my closet, I have every right to complain. How they can’t see this is blatant racism is laughable and shows how anti-racist and pro-diversity these fake liberals really are.

An even bigger taboo is how these stereotypes have applied to serious issues such as rape. Eleanor Williams made a false allegation about Asian grooming gangs; I am under no doubt they were more quickly assumed to be guilty due to their race. Why can’t we have a serious conversation about that?