I was there for the 7/7, and have to admit, did not notice any particular shift in attitude towards indians/pakistanis. Maybe I was too young and just not looking, but I felt that the media largely shifted the blame to the actions of a few extremists instead of a culture as a whole.

I remember the rhetoric around 9/11 being about culture, and saw the effects of that in the US but not so much in the UK. Again, maybe I wasn’t really looking, but I also feel that the media was just a bit more rational back then.

I’m also not denying that people of non-white backgrounds facing discrimination, as I’ve felt it myself. I just felt it way waay more in Germany.