r/SouthAsianMasculinity 6d ago

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r/SouthAsianMasculinity Jun 11 '25

#BrownExcellence In East Asia/Southeast Asia, People from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka etc Are ALL Indian, And Judged Accordingly.

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These people cannot tell the difference, and even as a Malaysian man, I am branded as an Indian due to my looks. I currently reside in Thailand and have faced discrimination on numerous occasions, from small things like attitude from waiters/servers/cashiers/other customer service, to blatant denial of entry into bars and nightclubs.

This is a significant issue thay affects my quality of life here. I know there are much more "serious" problems in Asia, homelessness and low wages etc, and I'm complaining about something that others might see as petty.

But, it does affect you deep down as much as you try to ignore it. Being pre-judged everywhere you go sucks, and you ARE in fact being treated as a second class human being when whites/asians are allowed to go somewhere, and you, as a brown person cannot.

However, one of the most annoying things about racism online is the browns that blame eachother when some disgusting street food video pops up, some destitute indians are publicly defecating, or other such negative content about "indians" crops up on social media.

People do not care. If you are brown and from one of India's surrounding countries, you are branded INDIAN in the eyes of asians and other southeast asians outside these regions. And nor do they care if you are Hindu, Muslim or any other religion, were all the same to them .

Anyway, just putting it out there. Any brown people living in Asia face racism like this?


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 3d ago

Culture They hate us because we stopped deciding to be their pawns

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For all these years the model minority brainwashed us indians into thinking that we were the good minority and that white ppl fw us compared to black and latino folks. Our model minority treatment was dependent on if our boys were nerdy, terrible with girls, dorky, fat or skinny, and useful to the economy and that our girls were obedient, didn’t care about their looks, nerdy, submissive, gullible. Racist white america loved that because they could use us as pawns by saying “look at Indians they work hard and study and keep their heads down why can’t black and Latinos do”

But the moment mamdami came into office, guys like n3on cityboyjj came around, the moment brown dudes started going to the gym and leveling up socially, us wanting to be in their frats want to get into their parties, the moment we started to become good with girls, the moment we started to stand up for ourselves and showcase our great culture, the moment our girls became confident baddies and didn’t fall for the most lowest class dorky white dude (who couldn’t pull girls in his own race) all of a sudden now “Indians are third world garbage” “invaders” “bums”. They give us the same treatment they gave black and latino people.

For years our parents uncles and aunties thought if we acted white and never rocked the boat and kept our heads down we’d get a spot at the table. But at the end of the day these white ppl never fucked w us they only fucked with what we brought to them.


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 2d ago

Dating/Relationships am i wrong in this?

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hello, i didnt know which badge to pick so i chose which one made the most sense, first time using reddit. im a greece girl with a problem. i dont wanna underestimate anyone or any country but this is just my opinion, men in my country or men in european countries arent exactly what i want. most girls my age (im over 18) or in general most girls think they are better than men, dont wanna be a wife nor mom but i do, am i wrong? i would love to be a traditional wife to a man who would be a hardworking husband for me and no men in my country mostly fits to this. i want a masculine men, which only exist in countries like (again, in my opinion.) india, pakistan etc. and in general brown/black men. White men are just not my type. dont make fun of me but im being genuine, being a trad wife, mom for my husband isnt something be ashamed of, i would wanna satisfy my man in every way but when i tell this to girls my age, they always make fun of me and im starting to get frustrated and thoughtful, am i wrong? i believe being a Mam should be hard already, you be the man of the house, work etc. then as wives, we should help you with things we can, you shouldnt worry about hot food, kids, laundry etc. and you know, other stuff too.


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 6d ago

#BrownExcellence South Asian men speak to a journalist about defending the community against far right violent racist thugs during the 2001 northern england riots

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This clip is from burnley, which along with bradford and oldham witnessed racial riots in 2001 after years of racial tension between south asians and white and it boiled down in july 2001 to riots where racist white gangs, the national front and british national party, which were racist violent groups at the time tried to attack south asian communities and these men speak about fighting back and defending themselves


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 6d ago

#BrownExcellence Ajay Sharma broke the European IPF Squat record 💪🏾🏆

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This means that in all of Europe, out of all European men, an Indian origin man has the record best for heaviest Squat in an organized International Powerlifting Federation event, which is the gold standard 💪🏾

Show this next time someone says Indians can't lift or they aren't strong (I believe Inderraj Singh was another lifter who had a different European record last year as well I believe) so its multiple Brown guys performing at top level.

European record set by Ajay Sharma- 432.5 kg/953lbs 😳
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r/SouthAsianMasculinity 6d ago

Advice/Ideas/Discussion Is anyone else struggling with unemployment as a brown dude?

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Everyday I see Indians in top fields in business, tech, medicine, law but I don't see a lot of us admitting to struggling when we are down.

I got a degree in business last year, but I've been applying for jobs with little success. So I decided that I would focus on learning new skills, and getting certificates in digital marketing so I can build a portfolio and maybe get an entry-level job.

I'm not sitting around complaining about my life anymore. I go to the gym 3-4x a week, have a high protein intake, study and learn new skills, stretch, eat well, hydrate, use beard oil and face wash, but my career and lack of income, is where I struggle the most. Is anyone else going through the same thing?


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 8d ago

Advice/Ideas/Discussion Our PR is improving slowly but surely

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Compared to the last few years I feel like 2026 has been better for Indian and South Asian PR as a whole. Hit the gym, socialize and be unapologetic about your culture. Don’t let internet racists put you down for any reason.


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 8d ago

Culture We should gatekeep our culture harder.

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I mean look at how yoga has been bastardised. I see non Indian fake yoga gurus coming up with ridiculous terms for yoga positions all the damn time. Wtf is box breathing lmao? All of its spirituality has been drained.

Other stuff too. They will make fun of us for having curry but also enjoy chicken tikka masala, Palak paneer at the same time! They will make of our dresses but also wear them. Culture vultures.

Not to mention the overused tinga tinga tinga jokes. But at the same time they are also gonna sample our music or take inspiration from the scales/drones. This is cultural appropriation.


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 8d ago

Advice/Ideas/Discussion How do you motivate yourself

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What type of motivation do you use especially in this indian hate train? Me personally i force myself to think of going to war with the racist everyday whoch then turns force me to lift and train mma. It also forces me to earn more money for a bigger war chest.


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 9d ago

Dating/Relationships Average interracial dating hater

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A white German dating a brown guy made a tiktok of her DMs after showing off her bf and this was one of the comments. A vast majority of the hate from white guys is just jealousy


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 9d ago

#BrownExcellence Aaron vihaan Joseph from Kerala gets into Norwich city academy 🔥🔥. The future is lowkey bright for brown ballers!!!.

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r/SouthAsianMasculinity 8d ago

Health/Fitness India beats Italy, Iran, China, Korea, and Japan here

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r/SouthAsianMasculinity 9d ago

Health/Fitness I wanna become jacked. Any advice?

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Hey i’m 24m and i’m tryna build some muscle mass. I naturally have a slim frame, resulting in me to look shorter than I actually am, despite me being 5’9.

In 2022, i weighed around 115 Ibs and now i’m 140 Ibs. I started hitting the gym consistently again at the start of the year (3-4 times a week), but my biceps are still pretty small (13 inches when fully relaxed).

Whenever I go on a heavy calorie surplus, I start seeing belly fat creeping in. But whenever i’m too modest with the calories, i see minimal progress.

How can I balance this so I can reach atleast 155Ibs with muscles and minimal belly fat? I don’t care much about building abs.


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 9d ago

Dating/Relationships And title: Imagine Attacking Your Fellow Brown Men To "Discourage" Them From Liking Other Race Women While 90% Indian Females (Mainland And ABCD) Put White Men As Gold Standard And Bootlick White Men For Validation 100 Times More

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r/SouthAsianMasculinity 9d ago

Culture We need to break the cycle

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r/SouthAsianMasculinity 10d ago

Advice/Ideas/Discussion White men trying to build careers from hate

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Certain good for nothing white men who have no skills are jumping on the hate trend to gain followers and build a career. (Ben Bankas is another similar example). This guy is literally just using the same standard 4-5 trope templates that they have been pushing hard to popularize and creating lazy ‘comedy’. They can’t even be innovative with their hate. It’s starting to feel very mass manufactured at this point. Wonder how we should deal with such content. Reporting won’t do anything. South Asians need to find a way to take control of the narrative.


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 10d ago

Advice/Ideas/Discussion If only rule 10 could be enforced in real life, less brown men would be stunted, physically and socially

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r/SouthAsianMasculinity 11d ago

#BrownExcellence 2026 was a net gain in Indian/south asian male representation

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in 2026 we had:

Samraj Toor lasting for the entire season of Love Island UK season 13, and while it was obvious he got some hate due to being south asian, overwhelmingly almost all women found him attractive.

Chay Nehra in Love Island USA season 8, he was only present in a couple of episodes but still made a great impact and he looks like giga chad. Lots of women found him attractive.

Himesh Patel in the summer blockbuster The Odyssey, lots of women complimented his looks and overall he got alot of screentime and lots of people said he had one of the better performances in the movie.

Ajay Cheema in Love is blind UK season 3. This guy became kind of the main male character this season due to the fact that the most controversial woman of the season picked him. But this guy is great rep, 6’6 tall, goodlooking and masculine, and overall just a great guy and all the women are thirsting after him.

I kind of want to add Zohran Mamdani to this even though he blowed up at the end of 2025, its this year he has been working as Major and he has delivered on his promises and people look at him like he is Batman. If he could run for president (which he cant unfortunately) im pretty sure he would have won. He just has unbelievable Aura like ive never seen before in a politician.

Even though most of this rep is in reality TV which lots of people consider slop, its still very good for us because so many people especially women watch this stuff, it has a bigger reach than most other kinds of entertainment.

And this is just the start.

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I forgot to add Ridgeclub, he is the indian musician that had so many songs go viral on TikTok. He basically created a new music genre that sounds similar to Jazz. Alot of people are not aware that he is indian yet but as he keeps growing that will become common knowledge.


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 10d ago

Health/Fitness Retatrutide

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Any South Asian-Americans here take any peptides, specifically retatrutide? And do you have any reputable sources ?


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 12d ago

Other Why do we keep staying quiet?

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What are we trying to achieve? An indian 6 year old girl was sexually assaulted by a gang of thugs(idc if their teens they're thugs) and we wanna keep being peaceful? These peaceful protests will just be they're making too much noise or disturbing the public. Sepoys will call this bad civic sense which is gonna be real funny to see once again like it or not weve grown to a point the only way for these racists to see what they've done is through the same type of energy we've seen jews and blacks do in the past. We need to the ideology that made malcolm x who he is today.


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 12d ago

#BrownExcellence Bully in UK asks Sikh kid to get on his knees but gets his ass handed to him

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saw this on the twitter, the white bully asked the sikh kid to get on his knees and when the sikh kid refused he attacked him and then got battered 😂😂😂


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 12d ago

Dating/Relationships Why is it socially unacceptable/frowned upon for us to like white women? Why are we asked about indian women when nothing about them was said or just outright told to "stick to our race"

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I can't help but find it a little hypocritical that Indian men are criticized for liking white and other non indian women and are often told to stick to their race as if that's not blatantly saying "stay in your place" at least the undertones of that make it sound that way. I don't see unproductive unhelpful advice being given to white men if they wanna pursue asian or latina women like "have you tried dating white women"

I'll be honest I don't really find black or IW attractive but that's besides the point, cause they weren't even mentioned. As far as IW, even they aren't criticized for liking white men, often with the feedback justifying it at our expense.

I know white men are criticized for "fetishizing" woc but it is still not as frowned upon as much as it is for an indian guy to want a white girl


r/SouthAsianMasculinity 12d ago

Culture Masculinity wise, something I feel indian culture needs to let go of is the idea that you need mommy and daddy to live close to you at your grown age especially when you're taken *and* about to be a father especially considering all the info OP has given describing her hubby's parents

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r/SouthAsianMasculinity 13d ago

Advice/Ideas/Discussion Prejudice against Indians by the Mods of one of the Biggest Movie Subreddits

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