vegan

The majority of the world's vegans are in India

Are they? Is that more or less weird given that India has the one of the largest dairy markets by total consumption?

Yeah, it's the same thing when they accuse vegans of having self-righteousness or a "superiority complex."

On that note, I find that such a take is really just projection to the highest degree.

Vegans don't typically say they're "morally superior" unironically; that's shit that non-vegans just bring up with no rational foundation for it because, in their mind, they're saying "You don't oppress animals? Damn, that must make you think you're superior to me because not oppressing animals is far better than oppressing animals," so they respond accordingly.

Additionally, non-vegans obviously exert a sense of superiority over non-human animals. They also can't imagine veganism being for totally non-selfish reasons, so they assume that the opposition to animal exploitation is an unauthentic "mask" for why someone is vegan over their "true" reason (which they are assuming is smugness and "moral superiority").

Like you said, it helps them cope by attacking character rather than giving actual consideration to opposing animal exploitation.

Yeah, my poor, Black ass has been eating a lot of black/refried bean + vegetable tacos as of late... treats me well, and I can't afford shit...

Also, as far as the thing about the POC calling veganism "white" or "privileged" goes, it's more often than not still just as disingenuous as white non-vegans doing so. Trust me, the number who have called me "self-hating" and "racist," falsely labeled me as "white" or "privileged" because of online anonymity, and accused me of "upholding white supremacy" simply because I unapologetically oppose animal oppression can't even be entirely counted on both hands.

It's good to listen to them, but you don't have to take it seriously if their words are deeply unserious, honestly. It's utter rubbish in most instances, similar to how a Zionist being Jewish doesn't make them crying "antisemitism!" any more valid.

Anti-vegan POC remind me of a toxic trend that I feel like the left often ignores even in the context of human justice movements: acting like being marginalized automatically means you cannot be an oppressor, the false notion that being oppressed and an oppressor are mutually exclusive. Since I'm intersectional, I've seen this type of thinking exploited way too much in contexts like white women being racist, Black straight people being homophobic, and gay people being transphobic. People inadvertently end up giving it a pass because too many on the left think in this simplistic "oppressor or oppressed" false dichotomy that makes them scared to criticize these things, especially when the bigotry is more implicit. It's the same thing with marginalized anti-vegans, but in this case, their oppression is directed at non-human animals instead.

That being said, there are absolutely white vegans who are racist, and I've interacted with them directly. However, the general rule of thumb that you can adhere to is, if the person complaining about a trend of vegans being racist is not both a POC and a vegan, it may be disingenuous. And even then, you can't be entirely sure. I've heard vegans of color call certain things in the vegan movement "racist" that I wholeheartedly disagree with them on.

Another analogy I like to use is that non-vegan POC complaining about "white veganism" or "racist veganism" is on the same level as Candace Owens hypothetically complaining about "white feminism" specifically.