Dhruv Rathee appeared in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit. While answering many questions, he asked something interesting.
“Do you feel safe traveling in India considering how uncomfortable you were around so many powerful people?” was asked.
Dhruv Rathee is based in Germany with his German wife. Many believe that this is the main reason why he can comfortably criticize some powerful people in India.
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Some of them even fear that the social media influencer, who often discusses politics, may be at risk in India. However, Dhruv Rathee’s answer may surprise many.
According to Dhruv Rathee, he feels quite safe while traveling in India because he has never come face to face with haters in real life. Online it can seem 50/50, with it being heavily trolled on social media.
“Only those people who like me meet me and talk to me. This is very surprising because I thought it was very 50/50 online. Half of the people hate me, so it will happen in real life,” Dhruv Rathee said in his video response.
“But somehow in real life these people either never come out or they’re afraid to actually talk. Or it’s a very fictional thing that only exists online. Hate doesn’t exist in real life. That’s why I feel very comfortable in real life,” he added.
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“Great point. Yeah, all the hate is mostly online only. It’s a fictional world,” agreed one Reddit user.
“Dhruv bhai you are doing a great job. Many people who comment negatively online are blind to their perspectives and are not ready to accept the reality which is multi-dimensional… India and we Indians love you. Keep up your work,” wrote another.
Another wrote: “Thank you for the beautiful and very hopeful response.”
Racism in Germany
Dhruv Rathee was asked if there was racist backlash against Indians in Germany. The influencer said that in more than 10 years of living abroad, he has not encountered racism in Germany or elsewhere in Europe.
When someone pointed out that many Indians reported racist behavior in places like France, he replied that people often mistake general rudeness for racism.
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According to him, if a man is rude to him, he is equally rude to his wife. So it has nothing to do with skin color.
“People often treat you rudely because they’re having a bad day or because they’re just rude people, and when your skin color is different, you could assume it’s racism,” he wrote.
“But whenever something like that happened to me, they were rude to my wife too haha. So it’s more often than just rude people. Not racism,” he added.
