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Some days back, a video went viral about Koreans BANNING Indians by @nikitaksthakur where she exposed a very important point about microaggression against Indians & Pakistanis in Korea. We reached out to @SubtleCrazykorea and asked him about the whole story. About situation of Indians in Korea and how we are treated. Checkout SubtleCrazyKorea on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCHDzplJGsWyRXmEffLX35Cw Checkout Nikita Thakur on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC5n-0ihUiOuuvZSSUnMNZLw This video is not to incite you against Koreans or to portray Koreans in a bad light. In every society there are good apples and bad ones too. We must strive to improve the society we live in. And take corrective measures accordingly. That's why we have given the example of Dr Ambedkar who inspired us to use education, knowledge, and power to change the world. #korea #india #abhiandniyu A video by Abhiraj Rajadhyaksha & Niyati Mavinkurve Get our equipment: My favourite camera: https://amzn.to/3hYR3ZT Budget camera to shoot videos: https://amzn.to/3vmcHtZ Best Tripod to shoot videos: https://amzn.to/3VtVY2D Best Mic for YouTube: https://amzn.to/3C9OOtH Best light for background lighting: https://amzn.to/3WM1CyN Phone to shoot Reels: https://amzn.to/3GrhAZp Best laptop to edit on: https://amzn.to/3juJIS5 Cheapest laptop to edit 4K videos: https://amzn.to/3vkSOUm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abhiandniyu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abhiandniyu Twitter: https://twitter.com/abhiandniyu About Us: Abhi and Niyu is the fastest growing Indian educational YouTube channel. Abhi and Niyu are a husband-wife couple who believe in the power of our youth. Abhi and Niyu started their page to talk about positive, impactful ideas and to inspire offline action from online content. It was a way to change the way our negative feeds operated and replace negative news with positive, action-oriented news that made some change. They decode and simplify issues for Millenials and believe small steps lead to big outcomes in the future. Their videos span different genres like history, environment, and sustainability, policy discussions, social commentary, economics, personal finance, among others.

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Koreans hate Indians because such boards are becoming common in many restaurants or clubs in Korea. Hindu is written on it, brother. Racist I will sue you! We contacted them with whom this incident happened and tried to understand the truth from them itself Are all Koreans villains? or the story has more depth? Being in Korea, he gave a fight against this incident and he also won Forget about Korea! Such boards are installed in the restaurants around Kia Motors in Andhra Pradesh. Despite this re
staurant being in India, Indians are not allowed entry here. Even the staff here is Nepali. We came to know this in a sting operation. Kia Motors has set up a big plant here. There are some 4-5 restaurants inside where only Koreans are allowed to go, Indians are not allowed to go. Only for Koreans! But you are an Indian?! No, I'm Nepali. Brother, but what harm did the Indians do to the Koreans? We watch K-dramas with great interest. We are fans of BTS, we get excited whenever their new song come
s. And we not only watch Squid Games but also imitate it. So why do we have to face racism in a highly educated country like Korea? Let us find out in today's video. Understand the point of this video, understand our opinion, and if you agree with the solutions we've discussed at the end of this video, then do not forget to subscribe or follow the channel because this will help us a lot in reaching this message to more people. A few days ago, Nikita Thakur uploaded this video on her YouTube chan
nel. Many experiences and examples have been shared here which are eye-openers for us. You must have seen on Subtle Crazy Korea's YouTube channel, 'Indians and Pakistanis not allowed'. On seeing such a board, they asked the guard, why such discrimination? But let's understand the further story. Foreigners Not Allowed in Korea, you can see this in clubs at many places. We often see 'Koreans only' clubs. There are also clubs where Koreans are not allowed. I've never faced this much racism to date,
neither in Korea nor in India. So I uploaded the video. I was a little shy but my wife told me that you should upload this. My wife is Korean but she said the world should know. Is your wife Korean? My wife is Korean, yes. Ok. Then I sent an official email to my embassy that I had seen such a board, and I also tweeted. So the embassy was very proactive. Within a few minutes, I got a call from the ambassador, not the ambassador, maybe the deputy ambassador or something. So he said that as soon a
s your video came, we took action. We have sent this report to the Korean authorities. So after three months, I went back to look outside the club. I was live and I was also making a video, doing both. That board was not there. In 2017, a Korean student shared in a Facebook post how his Indian friends were treated, in which discrimination was done only on the basis of nationality and skin color, and that Indian student was denied entry into a hotel. The United Nations had also asked Korea in 201
4 to enact an anti-discrimination law. If there is no anti-discrimination law, there is no one to stop denying entry to any business from providing service to people from any other country, or from practicing racism. Let us understand the history. Korean people believe that their national identity is due to their 1,000 years old pure blood. A nation is made up of a common language, common culture, and common heritage, that is, for them, nation is the common culture that connects them. An interes
ting fact is that Korea's Independence Day is on the 15th of August. But from whom did they get independence? From Japan. When Japan ruled Korea, they tried their best to destroy Korean culture. That is why after getting independence from Japan, the feeling of nationalism arose in them. And this feeling became stronger in 1997. The Asian Financial Crisis happened in 1997, after which the IMF gave them a bailout but they had to accept a lot of conditions. Because of these conditions, local busine
sses in Korea suffered. This strengthened their feeling that as foreign interference increases, they will suffer losses. And gradually, cases of microaggression towards other cultures increased. After the year 2000, the people of South Korea started meeting with other cultures, but this feeling of 'Korea First' did not dilute. There was a survey conducted between 2010 and 2014 where 22% of Koreans said that they did not like non-Korean neighbors. They would prefer to live in a Korean-exclusive n
eighborhood. For this reason, anti-discrimination law is not made in Korea because even if any government makes such a law, people will not support it. The government has no incentive to make such laws. Their loyalty is towards the Korean people. But are all Koreans racist? And Korea has been in a lot of controversy This is slowly changing because when I ask Koreans about racism, it is good that they accept that yes, there is racism in Korea, but it is slowly changing. So we are seeing that chan
ge in Korea. Whenever Holi is celebrated here, the Korean government organizes it by paying its own money. Wow! Ok. When someone uploads that discrimination is happening in Korea, many people say that the entire country is racist. I cannot agree with it! I have so many good friends, so many old friends, they can even die for you! They don't care about the nationality. So there should be a constructive approach. I think India and Korea should be friends. Korea and China do not like each other. If
I ask a Korean about India or China, they will not speak ill about India. They will say that we want to go to India. I mean they consider India a country they would want to visit. They like the Indian food, culture, and diversity. And if you ask them about China, they would bluntly say, I hate China! Ok, so do we as Indians ever make mistakes? The line written there was that Indians and Pakistanis are not allowed because they don't follow rules. So how true is it that we do not follow the rules
? People in the club had told me that Indians and Pakistanis fight. The second reason was that they came from outside after drinking alcohol. They don't spend money here. Because of this, our crowd, the Korean crowd does not come. They don't tell us the reason because it would be an insult to us. Bad people are here too. Here also an Indian tried to wrong a Korean. And an Indian in Australia had done wrong to a Korean. Raj told us that his wife is Korean. It was our Indian brothers only who star
ted abusing his wife, whereas the truth is that it was his Korean wife who helped him in this fight. I feel that whatever reaction Nikita Thakur has given in this video, it is okay, it was a little biased but okay. But people who are making Reels of her video and posting them as per their wishes, that's not stopping! Correct. So now I have to say, nothing will happen to me, I am here and I am married to a Korean, and I am good. But for the Indian students here, I sometimes feel that something mi
ght happen to them. That pushback cycle will start from both sides. This only! The people here are also not like this. Meaning, that if they don't say anything, they don't even want to hear anything. If you break a law here, you go back to your country. There is a big issue of safety. There is a big issue of the safety of Indians here. There is a big issue of Koreans' safety in India. I mean so many people have gone mad. They don't know what to do How many people ask me, Brother, should we come
to study in Korea or not? Meaning, they had a complete future plan, now they just don't know about it. But there should be a side. No friend, this was a video, now see the other side of it also. Ok, you are never going to go to Korea, but Korea will definitely come to your home. Hyundai, Samsung, LG, these are all Korean companies that have become household names for us today. There are more than 500 Korean companies in India, big and small, which means we have liked these companies, bought thei
r products, made them a part of our lives. Similarly, there is a car company, Kia Motors. The next incident is not an attack on Kia Motors, it is an incident, so take it as an incident. Kia Motors came to India in 2017. They opened a 536-acre manufacturing facility in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, on the basis that 20,000 new jobs will be generated and employment will increase. But whenever a foreign company comes to India, sometimes their foreign officials and top-level management a
lso come here. And this top-level management is Korean only. And when they come to India from there, arrangements have to be made for their food and accommodation. For this, many Korean restaurants opened around this factory. And one of those restaurants caused a big controversy. The Wire did a sting operation here where it was found that Indians are not allowed here. The staff here is also Nepali. This incident reminds us of the times when the British used to put up boards saying 'Dogs and Indi
ans not allowed'. The point is simple. Article 15 of our Constitution prevents us from discriminating, be it based on religion, race, caste, gender, or place of birth. This means that you cannot be stopped from entering a public restaurant or cinema just because of your religion or your skin color, they cannot deny you entry. This is a very strong statement, and it also has a big history. It is an important reason. Whenever we talk about Satyagraha, we remember Gandhiji's Salt Satyagraha. But th
ere was another great man who fought a revolutionary battle before the Salt Satyagraha, and his weapon was a pen. We are talking about Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar who played a big role in writing our Constitution. There is a village in Maharashtra, Mahad, where there is a lake named Savdar, whose water was available only to the respected people of the society. People from backward classes were not allowed to even touch this water because of casteism. It was believed that if Dalit people drank the wat
er from there, it would contaminate the water, and diseases would spread. So what did Babasaheb do? He went there with 5,000 people, and he drank water from the Savdar lake. Later, a case continued on this matter for many years. And this is the foundation of Article 15 because even then the argument was that this is private property, and the owners have the right to make rules here. But Ambedkar Ji brought revolution, and won the rights for the Dalits. Here we have to focus not on caste but on d
iscrimination, on right and wrong. The hero of this story is Dr. Ambedkar. Why? Because he talked about basic rights. By stopping thirsty people from drinking water, an idea was propagated that these people are inferior, smaller, and different from us. When there was a famine, they were not allowed to touch water, even if they died. This is classic discrimination. The law has been made. We all decided that yes, everyone should get basic rights. Of course, the implementation of this law is not pe
rfect. But our Constitution has told us once and for all what is right and what is wrong. Racism occurs in India too but there is no institutional support for racism. Of course, these rules do not apply to other countries. Why will Korea accept the Constitution of India? They will look for their own. But that's why when I saw this video, I felt very bad. It started to seem that Indians are inferior human beings, they are treated like that in foreign countries. Because if a person leaves their ho
me and makes another country their home, then it would be a big deal for them. They leave their whole world behind, their family, and go somewhere else. And not for free or by becoming refugees, we Indians go to other countries properly by paying our money, and taking visas, at least most of them. We go there to study, stay in hotels, work, and pay taxes there, and I think we deserve better. So what can we do to stop this racism? Solutions need to be implemented at three levels. The first level
is for the government. Things change in other countries only when there is international pressure. South Africa had apartheid till 1990, Nelson Mandela was in jail, but change came only when international pressure increased. The question is not with Korea but with the Indian government. Our embassies are attacked in other countries, temples are vandalized, and such stories keep coming to light every month from different countries. We say that we want to become Vishwa Guru but why don't we take s
ome action on this? It is not just about Korea. To build a football stadium in Qatar, the passports of laborers are snatched. Where do these laborers come from? Why don't we raise our voices for them? Big malls and tall buildings are built in Gulf countries, who makes their bricks? People from the Indian subcontinent, who are kept in labor camps outside the city. They are told to work, board the bus, go home, and do not interact with anyone. Three tomatoes, four chilies, and one onion are given
in the food. And these people cannot even complain because their passports have been confiscated. All these things are a truth that our brothers and sisters face. The second step to stop racism is for Indian businesses. What is the point of this video? What should we do? Should we get angry, become bitter, or close our borders to all foreign products? No, nothing like that. We just need to take inspiration. Same as Jamshedji Tata had taken. When despite having money, he was not given admission t
o a hotel in Mumbai just on the basis that he was an Indian, he built a hotel next to this hotel which was bigger than that hotel, where there would be no discrimination against anyone. Today we know that hotel as The Taj. We have to understand that only the one who has power gets respect. Today there are 500 Korean companies in India. They also sell products here and generate employment. We need them, they don't need us. They just see us as a market. We have to change this fact. We have to buil
d international companies and create brands that are respected not only in Korea but throughout the world. And the third level is for us Indians. What can we as Indians do to get global respect? Wherever you go, I think, if they aren't an English speaking country then the first thing is to learn their language, understand them, and tell them about your country. I show India to Koreans in my videos. A dirty picture of India and a clean picture of India. I ask them, please tell me which countries
are these? But I just want to tell them that this is also an India. They don't know much about Buddhism, Buddha, where he was from, and they don't know many things about India. There is intent from their side, there is a desire to learn from their side. We need to show intent from our side. Often we Indians ourselves misbehave with our Indian brothers and sisters. Despite the laws, discrimination still exists here. We ourselves do not respect Indians and India. We ourselves spit on this country
openly. So why should the world respect such a country? When foreigners come to India, they have to face harassment. Who gets harmed by this in the long term? We. Whose image gets spoiled? Ours. When our shortcomings are highlighted by movies like Slumdog Millionaire, we feel bad and should feel bad because our country is not just the country shown in Slumdog Millionaire. But today an international image has been created. Only you and I have to do the work of changing this. We have to look in th
e mirror. We have to understand whether there is any truth in these hurtful things. Is there a need for change in our behavior? Be the change you want to see. We are greatly inspired by the journey of Babasaheb Ambedkar because he chose a very powerful weapon, a pen. He did not ask for respect, he made himself deserving to earn respect. He became capable of getting respect by fighting the problem himself. That is why he is respected not only in India but also outside. In 2004, Columbia Universit
y made a list of 100 Top Scholars of the world in which Babasaheb Ambedkar's name came on top. He was a master of 64 subjects and could speak 9 languages, these things brought glory not only to him but to India. Why can't we take this inspiration today? Why can't we make ourselves deserving? Let our actions bring glory not only to ourselves but also to the country. Prevent ourselves from discriminating. But if it happens to us then fight it properly. We learn self-respect so that the world respe
cts us. If you understand the point of this video, then help us reach more people. Because the issue is not about Korea, it is about the image of India, because even if you forget that you are an Indian, give up your citizenship, settle in a foreign country, and break all ties with your home, but the world will not let you forget where have you come from? The world is going to judge you by the color of your skin. Therefore, it is our responsibility to take the right inspiration. Convert anger in
to achievement, and increase the pride not only in yourself but of the country so that one day, not only Korean restaurants, but every restaurant has a board outside that says we welcome Indians. And conveying these important things to you matters to me.

Comments

@AbhiandNiyu

What should Indians do to get the respect we deserve in the world? Comment below 👇🏽

@shikoo7907

Problem is not that we are liking korean culture, it's that we aren't promoting OUR CULTURE 🇮🇳🇮🇳

@chhawipanwar

please my request to all the Indians, always and always keep your country at first don't get influenced by any country and don't need to get validation that we are the nice cause we are the best focus on your family, work/study , country and bhakti 🙏🙏

@meenakshi2599

As an Indian student in South Korea I totally agree with the everything said in this video. Thank you so much for making people aware about the situation. I really like the way you represent the content and talk about the solutions when others are just exaggerating the problems. Just because of some people whole country can't be blamed. It's been 4 months since I have come to the korea and what I have noticed here is even our Indian people are discriminating each other on the basis of the place they have come from. They don't call themselves Indian instead they divide india on the basis of North India and South India. Telling about your state is not wrong but be proud of just your state and looking low at your own Indian people is morally wrong. Being a student in a different country I believe that it's our responsibility to take care of our behaviour because whatever we do is directly linked to our own country's image. And I agree discrimination exists in korea. But they are also trying best from their side to welcome foreigners in their country and their hearts. So before blaming others we should first improve ourselves.

@tomriddle1195

I am flattered when mainland Indians lecture about racism, as a Northeast boy which have been living in Delhi and Haryana for the past10 years we have experience all that kinds of toxicity. Please first learn to respect others. Now you know how does does it feel when others treat you like that, yes our heart' breaks too when we face racism in our own country. Jai Hind 🙏

@themusicguy616

THIS TRULY SHOWS THAT WE INDIANS HAVE TO IMPROVE OUR GLOBAL IMAGE AND THINK OF ONE SELF AS A PROUD COUNTRYMEN APART FROM THE ISSUES WE HAVE AMONG SELVES WE AS COUNTRYMEN SHOULD UNITE AND SPREAD UNITY AND BROTHERHOOD AND PULL OURSELVES UP

@manjirijadhav2883

We are indians , firstly and. Lastly . ❤🇮🇳 - B.R.Ambedkar -

@user-ih9xu7fq5w

People who are outside India, remember you are representing a country and millions of people. Be proud of your country and make your country proud of you by doing the right things

@ajointfamilyofindia7691

I lived in South Korea from 2002 to 2007, my husband worked in Samsung and I lived in 3 cities of Korea,  Daejeon, Busan and Seoul.....And at that time very few Indians lived there but in those years I never faced racism, in fact when I would go to buy groceries, the ajuma who worked there would start giving me extra fruits and vegetables And when I said no, she said, "I'm giving it to you because you come from the country where Buddha was born." Then all I can say is...there are good and bad people everywhere, try to be nice to everyone wherever you are, impress people with your values and culture.

@gamingarghya7436

We should promote and be proud of our culture, but not adapting foreign culture. We Indians have enough things to be proud of, so love India and be proud to be an Indian ❤🇮🇳

@fr_tricky

I don't understand why some people get so obsessed with anyone that they even neglect the respect for their own country...

@mohit__gautam

Jai Hind❤

@lakshminarayana2991

Hi Abhi&Niyu as an Indian living in korea, I really appreciate the efforts you put into making this video. I faced the discrimination myself and it's a common practice even in famous neighborhoods of seoul. When I was denied entry in places citing my nationality as reason, I felt so helpless. I reached out to the korean police and explained the situation to them ("in korean") and asked them that I pay for their taxes too so why they're not fighting for me. Their response was just to just go and talk to the club manager. I felt so helpless, and furious especially when everyone credits (on internet) korea as a heaven to settle in. So I'm more than happy that you helped people to get a better idea of the situation.

@ephemeris9432

So many cool quotes in this video: 1. "izzat usse hi milti hai jiska sikka chalta hai" 2. " Be the change you want to see" 3. " Dont ask for respect, make yourself deserving of receiving respect." 4. "Learn self respect so that the world respects us" ⭐5. " Even if you forget that you are indian, and give up your indian citizenship, settle in a foreign country, and break all ties with your home, But the world will not let you forget where you came from. The world will continue to judge you by the color of your skin." 6. "Convert anger into achievement" India needs to be the sun. As indians we need to improve india and indian standard of living. @AbhiandNiyu really liked your video.

@sansxverse

Thank you bhai for making a video on this topic with valid solutions too I'm one of the people who has lived in S.Korea for the last 6+ years and created a video sharing my experience of racism/discrimination/pretty privilege in Korea sharing my experiences honestly (as real as I could be while still trying to keep it light despite it being a heavy topic) Took some notes on the solutions you offered: 1. on a governmental level: creating international pressure (example of apartheid in S.Africa) - involving government officials - raising awareness through social media - non-violent approach, no hate, facts + implementation of vision of an ideal future 2. for indian businesses take inspiration from the situation (example of Jamsethji Tata) - create indian international companies or brands providing value to millions globally 3. for individuals - spreading awareness in Korea about India (for this purpose, I'm a part of the unesco cross cultural awareness program (CCAP) in Korea) - show the great parts of India to other countries, amazing parts of india: festivals, music, dance, diversity - as an indian, don't be prejudiced against other indians who are probably less educated, from different villages, different religions, etc (on a spiritual level) - find the part of you that discriminates against others and integrate it Take inspiration from the greats in India: Babasaheb Ambedkar, Gandhi (and omg thank you for saying my favorite quote ever) BE THE CHANGE YOU WANNA SEE IN THE WORLD

@swathi6728

This is what happens if we are obsessed with other culture and completely ignore our own. Be it cousine, costumes, morals or entertainment.

@priyankabarde9358

As an Indian we really have to work on our social habits. . It's our nature to take things for granted... We must work on our manners to overcome such kind of things.

@chhawipanwar

you said everything correct .......we should develop our own country and make it like that we don't need to leave our country

@bretwalda.3536

We INDIAN's have to uplift ourselves in every way of life be it education, infrastructure, environment,(cleanliness and hygiene), security and fraternity based on mutual respect among region, caste and colour). Vandematram 🇮🇳 Rise above

@aditichoudhury6164

Thank you for addressing our own shortcomings. People tend to forget that and just jump into defensive mode