Any Harmful Stereotypes I Should Know To Avoid When Writing A Character Of Indian Decent?

Any harmful stereotypes I should know to avoid when writing a character of Indian decent?

anonymous 2 said: How would I go about describing an Indian male in a fantasy world is there any stereotypes I should avoid or anyways to not describe him?

Indian Character Stereotypes

Lots of ‘em.

The “smart” one. The Bollywood Nerd. 

The “smelling like curry” one.

The “really spiritual” one. The Sim Sim Salabim. 

The “only knows how to program and can’t talk to people” one.

The “heavy accent” one - which, of course, does not mean that your character cannot have an accent or that having a heavy accent is a bad thing. It just means that you need to be cognizant that it is a harmful trope that people use to otherize people of color, and that it can fall into tokenism.

The “7-11 cashier.”

The “really strict parents” one - we can definitely do with less of these. Going with that, having Indian characters that are ONLY engineers, or ONLY doctors is pretty harmful as well.

The “phone operator.” The Operator from India.

-Mod Satvika

I’d like to add that yes, there may be Indians and other PoC in the world who may fit some stereotypical roles, but people are not their stereotypes and shouldn’t be treated as caricatures due to their occupations or for any other reason, nor are these the only types of said people available.

So yes, create new images of PoC beyond stereotypes, but note that even as these people who fit stereotypes exist, they are more than just their labels and it says nothing about their worth when something does apply to them, as they are too complex human beings.

-Mod Colette

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𖣔 it was the easiest thing for me to manifest my desired friend group

𖣔 it makes me so happy to have my ideal friend group

𖣔 all my friends have my desired names

𖣔 i have my desired amount of friends in my friend group

𖣔 it’s crazy how my friends humor completely matches up to mine

𖣔 my friend group looks exactly how i desire them to look

𖣔 i have manifested a friend group that is full of my desired genders

𖣔 my friend group is so accepting

𖣔 i love how all my friends personalities are exactly how i desire them to be

𖣔everyone is my friend group in my desired age

𖣔 everyone in my friend group has my desired ethnicity and nationality

𖣔 i manifested a friend group with that has all my desired traits and characteristics

𖣔 i met my friend group in my desired way

𖣔 everyone in my friend group is incredibly loyal and trustworthy

𖣔 my desired friend group is exactly how imagined it to be

𖣔 my friend group literally cannot function without me

𖣔 my friend group is immune from excluding me

𖣔 i am immune from having my friend group be mad at me

𖣔 all my friends are incredibly supportive and sweet

𖣔 my friend group literally loves everything about me

𖣔 my friend group always sticks up for me, they are all very protective of me

𖣔 me and my friend group literally do everything together

𖣔 my friend group is free from toxicity

𖣔 my friend group have and always be there for me through thick and thin

𖣔 my friends are always there to defend me no matter what

𖣔 me and my friend group never run out of things to talk about

𖣔 me and my friend group always have fun places to hang out

𖣔 i love how im living my teenage dream life with my friend group

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Desired person affs

ఌ my dp loves being my best friend

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Sorry for the typos

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(you can also make your own and go through them when you feel down)

I made these self concept affs but in rule form so you can affirm authority over your subconcious and it helps build confidence as well as letting your subconcious know that you are the boss!

1. I get whatever I want

2. My manifestions come in a week MAXIMUM! nothing more than that

3. My self concept is perfect

4. Nothing can come in the way of my manifestations. They're mine.

5. Manifesting is the easiest thing to do

6. Breathing gives me my results

7. Whenever I think of what I want, it comes to me immediately

8. I never get doubts, only immediate results

9. I do not chase, I attract. Whatever belongs to me finds me

10. I always get full, visible ideal results no matter what. It was just meant to be that way

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Resources For Describing Characters

Resources For Describing Characters

Physical Appearance

Arms

Athletic Build

Back

Butts

Cheeks

Chest

Chins

Curvy Build

Ears

Eyebrows

Eyes

Faces

Facial Hair

Feet

Fingernails

Fingers

Hair

Hands

Head

Hips

Jaws

Knees

Legs

Lips

Muscular Build

Neck

Noses

Shoulders

Slender Build

Sickly Build

Skin

Stocky Build

Stomach

Teeth

Toenails

Toes

Underweight Build

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Bossy

Brave

Calm

Cautious

Charismatic

Clever

Conceited

Courageous

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Critical

Curious

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Diplomatic

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Eccentric

Excitable

Friendly

Funny

Generous

Glamorous

Guarded

Honest

Impulsive

Independent

Intelligent

Just

Kind

Loyal

Manipulative

Mature

Modest

Mysterious

Naïve

Optimistic

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Serious

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Reckless

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Stubborn

Talented

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Thrifty

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Witty

Worry Wart

Wounded

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A Knack for Making Money

A Way with Animals

Archery

Astral Projection

Astrological Divination

Baking

Basic First Aid

Blending In

Carpentry

Charm

ESP (Clairvoyance)

Empathy

Enhanced Hearing

Enhanced Sense of Smell

Enhanced Taste Buds

Farming

Fishing

Foraging

Gaining the Trust of Others

Gaming

Gardening

Good Listening Skills

Haggling

Herbalism

Hospitality

Hot-Wiring a Car

High Pain Tolerance

Knife Throwing

Knowledge of Explosives

Lip-Reading

Lying

Making People Laugh

Mechanically Inclined

Mentalism

Mimicking

Multitasking

Musicality

Organization

Parkour

Photographic Memory

Predicting the Weather

Promotion

Psychokinesis

Reading People

Regeneration

Repurposing

Sculpting

Self-Defense

Sewing

Sharpshooting

Sleight-of-Hand

Strategic Thinking

Strong Breath Control

Super Strength

Survival Skills

Swift-footedness

Talking With The Dead

Throwing One’s Voice

Whittling

Wilderness Navigation

Wrestling

Elemental Abilities

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Voice Types

Speech Patterns

Speech Impediment

List of Character Flaws

List of Archetypes

Hairstyles

Describing Body Types & How They Move Around

Secrets To Give Your Character

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INTELLIGENCE SKILLS AFFIRMATION
INTELLIGENCE SKILLS AFFIRMATION

INTELLIGENCE SKILLS AFFIRMATION

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Mike finding the body 

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Wills remembering Mike’s name

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