These are the Hindi translations for the popular White Supremacy 🔺 graphic featuring a set of 67 terms that describe overt & covert forms of racism. The Hindi translations are accompanied with their English transliterations, and some handy links to 📰 articles and other 🎥 🎤 🎧 🎨 media that explain or are references for each concept. (For other languages, please visit our homepage.)
Many of us may simply understand racism as singular acts of hate or unkindness between ethnic groups when in reality, racism is a social construct that powers white supremacy via hidden systems of dominance. As we, South Asian Americans, mobilize as active citizens alongside Black Americans against racial injustices, it is important that we arm ourselves, our families, friends, coworkers, and social circles by investigating how white privilege is a legislative, economic, and cultural norm in America.
We made this effort to translate forms of white supremacy into Hindi to create some language that can help you reach across language and generation gaps and start conversations with people you know who may not have done this work yet. Additionally, we have added article & media links to further contextualize these concepts in the North American setting. Use this resource to educate yourself so that you may educate others.
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Below, each term is translated individually in the Devanagari script for Hindi, then transliterated into English for easier reading. Some terms also have an 📌 expanded definition for contextualization or clarifications of the shorter translation. Where appropriate, links 🔗 have been added that offer general explanations or examples where these issues directly effect BIPOC, or specifically South Asians in North America 🌎.
मॉब-लिंचिंग
Mob lynching
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“The oppression doesn’t end, it adapts”
भेद-भाव के ज़ुल्म, अत्याचार
Bhed-bhaav ke zulm, atyaachaar
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Black Americans still are victims of hate crimes more than any other group
Kansas man sentenced to life for killing Indian engineer in a bar
काले लोगों की सूरत को नक़ल करके घोर अपमान करना
Kaale logon ki surat ko nakal karke ghor apmaan karnaa
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Blackface, Staple of Arab Comedy
ख़राब गाली जो ‘न’ से है
Xaraab gaalii jo N se hai
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When Latinx People Use the N-Word
BBC apologizes for use of N-word in news report
उल्टा स्वस्तिक निशान - जो नफ़रत की निशानी है
Ulta Swastik Nishaan - jo nafrat ki nishaani hai
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एक गैंग/ सोच जो पुरानी नफ़रतों को दोहरा रही है
Ek gang/soch jo purani nafratoN ko dohraa rahii hai
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Self-described Nazis and white supremacists are running as Republicans across the country
सलीबें जलाकर जान-लेवा धमकी देना
Saleeben jalaakar jaan leva dhamkii dena (jaativaad apraadh/ KKK)
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Virginia Man Accused of Burning Cross on Lawn of Black Teen Protest Organizer
Authorities investigate cross burning in Alabama
नस्लवादी या जातिवादी खिल्ली उड़ाना
Nasalvadi yaa jaativaadii khilli uRaana)
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She didn’t laugh at racist jokes. Her coach said she didn’t have the right ‘chemistry’ for the team.
Asian American racism is the unfunny joke the comedy world needs to reckon with
The controversy over YouTube star PewDiePie and his anti-Semitic “jokes,” explained
नस्लीय/जातिवादी गालियां
Nasliiy/Jaativaadi Gaaliyaan
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के के के संगठन/ गोरे लोगों की अहमियत का अपराधीय गैंग
KKK Sangathan/ Gore logon kii ahmiyat ka apradhiiy gang
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"Why we voted for Donald Trump": David Duke explains the white supremacist Charlottesville protests
छुपा हुआ गोरेपन की अहमियत Chhupaa hua gorepan kii ahmiyat
काले लोगों पर पुलिस बुलाना
Kaale logon par police bulaana
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Why Did Cup Foods Call the Cops on George Floyd?
White woman who called police on a black man bird-watching in Central Park has been fired
गोरे लोगों की चुप्पी/ सहमती
Gore logon kii chuppii/ sahmatii
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Why white silence is deafening — and deadly
Black mother explains why white silence is so painful
लोगों के रंग में फरक पर भेद-भाव से इनकार करना
Logon ke rang me farak par bhed-bhaav se inkaar karnaa
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White parents teach their children to be colorblind. Here’s why that’s bad for everyone
गोरे लोगों की अपनी अलग कॉलोनी और स्कूल
Gore logon kii apnii alag colony aur school
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New York Times - Nice White Parents 🎧
White America is quietly self-segregating
Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools
यूरोपी पढ़ाई योजना
Europii paRhaaii yojnaa
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How US history is whitewashed in high school exams
New York Times - 1619 Project 🎧
History Class & Fictions About Race
सोच कि गोरे लोग ही दाता हैं
Soch ki gore log hii daataa haiN
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The White Savior Industrial Complex
Can Outsiders Make Films About India in an Honest Way?
ऊपरवाले पर छोड़ने का बहाना बनाना
Uupar vaale par chhoRne kaa bahaanaa banaanaa
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A Message From Your Pastor For Such A Time As This 📺
Evangelical Christians Grapple With Racism As Sin
घर/ प्रॉपर्टी टैक्स जो स्कूलों में जाती है
Ghar/property kii tax jo schooloN meN jaatii hai
🔗 References:
Report finds $23 billion racial funding gap for schools
Code Switch - A Tale Of Two School Districts 🎧
NPR Live Updates - Why U.S. Schools Are Still Segregated And One Idea To Help Change That 🎧
लोन देने में भेद-भाव करना
Loan dene meN bhed bhaav karnaa
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Wells Fargo accused of preying on black and Latino homebuyers in California
How Some Algorithm Lending Programs Discriminate Against Minorities
आम जेल भरना
Aam jail bharnaa
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How We Misunderstand Mass Incarceration
जैसा गोरे करते हैं वही ठीक है
Jaisaa gore karte haiN vohii Thiik hai
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Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics
'Respectability Politics' Won't Protect Black Americans From Racism | NowThis 📺
Code Switch - Respect Yourself 🎧
बोली और भाव पर निगरानी रखना
Boli aur bhaav par nigraanii rakhnaa
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नस्लीय निशानी
Nasliiy nishaanii
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Washington’s NFL team is finally rid of its racist name — 50 years late
Still Processing - Reparations for Aunt Jemima 🎧
Food Brands Are Finally Changing Their Racist Mascots—But Is It Enough?
15 racist brands, mascots, and logos that were considered just another part of American life
काले, आदिवासी या जो भी गोरे नहीं है, उनकी बातों पर भरोसा ना करना
Kaale, aadivaasii yaa jo bhii gore nahiin haiN, unkii baatoN par bharosaa naa karnaa
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"अमरीका को फ़िर से महान बनाओ"
"Amriikaa ko phir se mahaan banaao"
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सहने वालों को ही दोशी ठहराना
Sahne vaale ko hii doshii thahraanaa
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Black doesn’t mean criminal. Conservatives should know that by now.
Stop Blaming Black People For Dying of Coronavirus
नौकरी देने में भेदभाव करना
Naukrii dene meN bhedbhaav karnaa
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Workplace discrimination is illegal. But our data shows it’s still a huge problem.
'We Have A Black People Problem': Facebook Worker Claims Racial Discrimination
आप तो कालों जैसे नहीं बोलते
"Aap to kaaloN jaise nahiiN bolte!"
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'You're So Articulate': Why Microaggressions Wear People Down
मुझे दोशी मत ठहराओ, मैंने स्लेव नहीं रखे कभी
"Mujhe doshii mat thahraao, maine slave nahiiN rakkhe kabhii"
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अपने बल पर सफ़ल होना
Apne bal par saphal honaa
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Pull Yourself Up by Bootstraps? Go Ahead, Try It
स्कूल से जेल का सीधा रास्ता
Skuul se jail kaa siidhaa raastaa
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पुलिस द्वारा काले, आदिवासी या अश्वेत लोगों की हत्या
Pulis dwaaraa kaale, aadivaasii ya ashwet logoN kii hatyaa
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An Abbreviated History of Police Officers Killing Black People
Police Kill A Latino Man In California, Admit He Didn't Have Gun
कुछ विक्टिम्स होते ही अच्छे हैं
Kuchh victims hote hii achche haiN
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How the 'Karen Meme' Confronts the Violent History of White Womanhood
जो गोरे नहीं है, उनके छोटे बच्चे और नई मान ज़्यादा मरते हैं
Jo gore nahiiN haiN un ke chhote bachche aur naii maaN zyaadaa marte haiN
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Huge Racial Disparities Found in Deaths Linked to Pregnancy
लेकिन मेरे बारे में क्या
"Lekin mere baare meN kyaa?"
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सभी लोगों की ज़िन्दगी मायने रखती है
"Sabhii logoN kii zindagi maayne rakhtii hai"
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All Lives Don't Matter Until Black Lives Matter 📺
हेलोवीन पर काले लोगों का कॉस्टयूम अपनाना
Halloween par kaale logoN kaa costume apnaanaa
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Cultural Appropriation, A Perennial Issue On Halloween
नस्ल आधारित निगरानी करना
Nasl aadhaarit nigraanii karnaa
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I Got Tired of Hunting Black and Hispanic People
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/janfeb-2014/driving-while-black/
How airport scanners discriminate against passengers of color
गोरे लोगों की अहमियत को इनकार करना
Gore logoN ki ahamiyat ko inkaar karnaa
🔗 References:
Janaya "Future" Khan on Redefining Privilege 📺
Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people
गोरे लोगों को एक्सपर्ट मानना
Gore logoN ko expert maannaa
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Alison Roman, Bon Appétit, and the Global Pantry Problem
जो गोरे नहीं हैं, उनके बच्चो को बड़े के सामान मानना
Jo gore nahiiN haiN, unke bachchon ko baRe ke samaan manna
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इलाज मिलने में फर्क
Ilaaj milne meN fark
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American hospitals are still segregated. That’s killing people of color
How medical bias against black people is shaping Covid-19 treatment and care
अच्छे इरादों को ही काफ़ी मानना
Ache irado ko hi kaafi manna
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Code Switch - Limits of Empathy
नसलवादी चुटकलों के खिलाफ़ कुछ न कहना
Nasalvaadee chutkalon ke khilaaf kuchh na kahna
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What Do You Do When Someone Makes a Racist Remark?
दूसरों की कल्चर में से कुछ अपना कर लेना
DuusroN kii culture meN se kuchh apnaa kar lenaa
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Cultural Appropriation Is, In Fact, Indefensible
When is it OK to wear an item from another culture, and when is it appropriation? How to tell
The Difference Between Cultural Exchange and Cultural Appropriation
गोरे लोगों जैसे दिखने की कोशिश
Gore LogoN jaise dikhne kii koshish
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Code Switch - Is Beauty In The Eyes Of The Colonizer?
More states are trying to protect black employees who want to wear natural hairstyles at work
How Fenty Beauty Changed The State Of Play In The Industry
Beauty companies are changing skin-whitening products. But the damage of colorism runs deeper.
इमीग्रेशन के ख़िलाफ़ पालिसी
Immigration ke khilaaf policy
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Trump’s immigration policies speak louder than his racist, xenophobic words
Trump's Immigration Rule is Cruel and Racist
काले लोगों की बोली को घटिया समझना
Kaale logoN kii bolii ko ghaTiyaa samajhnaa
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How “Sounding White” Helps Get You Ahead—on Film and in Real Life
The Cost of Code Switching | Chandra Arthur 📺
इनकार करना कि लोग नसलवादी हैं
Inkaar karnaa ki log nasalvaadii haiN
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दूसरों का मुँह बंद करने के लिए दिखावा
DuusroN kaa muNh band karne ke liye dikhaavaa
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The racial reckoning in women’s media
Welcome to the glass cliff, 2.0
सिर्फ अंग्रेजी पालिसी
Sirf angrezi policy
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"English Only": The movement to limit Spanish speaking in US
गोरे लोग जो अपने आप मददगारी बनते हैं
Gore log jo apne aap madadgaarii bante haiN
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White people are speaking up at protests. How do we know they mean what they say?
अनोखेपन में विश्वास करना
Anokhepan meN vishvas karnaa
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काले लोगों से डरना
aale logoN se Darnaa
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There's one epidemic we may never find a vaccine for: fear of black men in public spaces
New! A Hotline for Racists | NYT Opinion 📺
पुलिस की बेरहमी
Police kii berahmii
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Crowdsourced Mapped Police Brutality
Tamika Mallory - The Most Powerful Speech of a Generation 📺
काले लोगों का सनक चढ़ जाना
Kaale logoN kaa sanak chaRh jaanaa
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How a Joke Twitter T-Shirt Exposes a Frustration Many Asian Women Share
McWilliams: Fetishizing people of color isn’t a compliment, so don’t act like it is
गलत विश्वास कि मेहनत से सफ़लता मिलती है
Galat vishwaas ki mehnat se safaltaa miltii hai
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American Meritocracy Is a Myth
"अरे कितनी अच्छी बोली है तुम्हारी "
"Arey, kitnii acchii bolii hai tumhaarii"
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Dear anti-racist allies: Here's how to respond to microaggressions
कोलंबस दिवस मनाना
Columbus divas manaanaa
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Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples' Day?
विपरीत नस्लवाद का दावा करना
Vipareet naslavaad ka daava karna
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दूसरों को अपने से नीचा समझकर उनको दबाना
DuusroN ko apne se niichaa samajhkar unko dabaanaa
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गोरेपन को हथ्यार बनाना
Gorepan ko hathyaar banaanaa
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This invokes a history of terror
काले लोगों पर बोझ डालना कि वे गोरे लोगों को सिखाएंगे
Kaale logoN par bojh Daalnaa ki ve gore logoN ko sikhaaenge
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I’m your black friend, but I won’t educate you about racism. That is on you.
मानना कि हम अब नसलवाद छोड़ चुके है
Maannaa ki ham ab nasalvaad chhoR chuke haiN
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There Is No Post-Racial America
"हम सब एक मानव जाती के सदस्य है "
"Ham sab ek maanav jaatii ke sadasya haiN
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"केवल एक मानव जाती है"
Keval ek Manav jaati hai"
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रहने की जगह में भेदभाव
Rahne kii jagah meN bhedbhaav
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The sordid history of housing discrimination in America
Real Estate Racism: The History Of Redlining & How It Affects Us Today
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Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (2005). Adapted: Ellen Tuzzolo (2016); Mary Julia Cooksey Cordero (2019); The Conscious Kid (2020); Dr. Gyanam Mahajan, https://sjsabox.github.io/ (2020)
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