A British tourist has called out the racist stereotypes about India. In an Instagram post, he highlighted how creators with vested interests intentionally film backward areas to portray the country as dirty and poor.
In an Instagram post, Richard La Ruina, a former author, visiting India for the second time, said it was ‘sad to see’ the kind of content that was being propagated online.
“Amazing perspective. Funnily, even though I am Indian, I actually haven’t travelled much or been curious about things much. But seeing and reading your post, now I am curious to travel and try good places here someday.”
“It is sad to see that pretty much *every single* post on social media, and every single video on YouTube about India is something negative and I’d say usually racist too,” said La Ruina. La Ruina said people believed these narratives as well because the entirety of India received about half the number of tourists that visit “just one kind-of-boring Japanese city, Osaka”. “I assume that we could have asked to go to slums or to the “worst and most unhygienic Indian street food” to make some content, but instead we went to all these lovely places,” he said. Hope you enjoyed your stay in India,” said one user, while another added: “Richard, I totally agree with you, this year will be my second visit to India. A fourth said: “Hope you enjoyed your visit.
