Yes I take offense to being equated to people that are not from my land. And meeting tons of North Indians in Canada, our "similar looks" are very much exaggerated.
They do not look too much like us on average. And no, Westerners clearly distinguish Japanese from Chinese, although Koreans not as much.
Indians as a country are stereotyped enough. And Pakistanis face different negative stereotypes, mostly related to Islamic extremism and terrorism.
Indians are mostly stereotyped for their accents, they're also called "curry lovers" which are not necessarily coherent with separate stereotypes against Pakistanis, which are still negative.
You mentioned Latinos, but do Brazilians fall under this label?
Not trying to be offensive but...
I mean, the superiority complex here is nuts! Your grand grand father and their elders were from the same country before the British gave us a new identity... Let's imagine Pakistan splits in 4, then you will be offended being once equated to whichever province you don't belong from? Wth?
The ONLY thing a person can somewhat feel superior is gene exclusivity such as average height, average skin color, etc, You know the things media propagates as desirable. And even then it's completely individual. A person from Germany (Average tallest) can have a height of 5'8'...
I just gave you an example of how a Sikh bro was beaten up, just because of his cap, mistaken for a Muslim...
Indian and Pakistani foods are almost the same, we love curry too..India just did a better job in capturing the world's view of curry/ spice export, and food business than Pakistanis who sadly did their best in extremism...
No, but are you able to identify and properly differentiate between a person from Brazil vs Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela without asking them?
But the bottom ask is who cares if someone even mistakenly would think you are from India? Like does that morph you into a lesser being? Why do South Asians have this weird ego-stroking issue?
Even this thread was primarily started for this very purpose, which in turn attracted Indias to do the same against Pakistanis and Bangladeshis... I couldn't care less about the childish behavior from all the sides here but where exactly does it stop?
You guys do not have to like each other but realize that the evil that every person in this world is pre-disposed to do is not relative to their genes holding a higher moral standard.