A wave of South Asian racism is sweeping Canada — and the Liberals’ missteps on immigration helped fuel the problem
Ashwin Annamalai, a housing and transit advocate, is not the type to keep quiet.
But he says he never thought he’d be talking about the racism he’s experienced in 2024.
The 31-year-old software programmer, who moved to Canada from India to study computer science at the University of Waterloo in 2018, has grown accustomed to seeing hateful posts about people of South Asian ancestry online — pointing to a recent post in a Waterloo Facebook group where a user, using a derogatory term for South Asians, says “they will never be Canadian and they all need to go back.”
I feel so sorry for him! An elderly woman he scared abused him! He should go jump on the first boat home!
The once welcoming community of Kitchener-Waterloo has seen a disturbing rise in hate, particularly against people of colour. Here’s a personal account of what I experienced today: A random woman gave me the finger & spewed hate while I was out for a walk at Erb/Avondale 1/n pic.twitter.com/TxvXeXW3Yd
— Ashwin Annamalai (@ignorantsapient) October 15, 2024
This guy is hoping to secure a cushy little sinecure on the DEI grievance bandwagon.
