This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition Indian origin in UK should be recognised as Indians & not generalised as Asians.
Branding all Asian under one umbrella is rather a stereotypical view and it is clearly unjust. It could be classed as violation of human rights to classify all Asians as grooming gangs, rapist or terrorist, as the British media and the society simply addresses the culprits as Asians.
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Indians should not be generalised as Asian together with any other ethnic minorities of Indian subcontinent, like Sri Lanka and Nepal are identified seperately. Referring the culprits of hideous crime as Asian and not as their country of origin broadens the forum for accusation and stereo typical views. Chinese, Russian, Japanese and others are identified as per their country of origin and not as Asians. It is clearly unjust to categorised only Indians as Asians with one or two other minorities
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