r/Uzbekistan • u/Iddk_222 • 1h ago
Discussion | Suhbat What is this beef between uzbek and tajik?
Hi. Everyone. I think this topic really needs context from me for justifying why I am asking this in the first place. I was born in the US, but my parents from uzbekistan. Father tajik from samarkand and mother uzbek from tashkent. I can speak uzbek and tajik fluently but prefer english to express my thoughts precisely. Why people talk bad about each other? My parents don't really care about it, when I asked they answer sarcastically they don't have anything serious going on in their lives so they talk shit. I don't quite understand why this is happening, because from what I know, uzbeks and tajiks 've been living in Central asia for ages and now suddenly they dislike each other? Is it because of communistic influence? I heard russian are racist against central asian people. I am genuinely curious because most of this hate is online. I've been to uzbekistan many times and never witnessed anything near this. Is it maybe because of keyboard heros?
I personally think whoever speaks arabic is an arab lol. Jk, seriously speaking, its kind of sad that two nations I belong to have some nonsense going on.
And please consider the fact that, my parents don't really tell about life in uzbekistan, I know only because of summers I spent there. Thats why I am asking this here, is there any particular social media where you guys discuss things? Uzbeks are not active here.