Georgia Senate Bill 375 is a straightforward civil rights measure that adds Hinduphobia to the state’s list of documented forms of discrimination—alongside antisemitism, Islamophobia, and racism. With Hindus facing rising levels of online hate, temple vandalism and real life violence SB 375 gives law enforcement the tools to recognize, track, and respond to these crimes.

Why Georgia needs SB375

Hate without a name gets ignored

Because law enforcement often lacks the training—or even the vocabulary—to recognize anti-Hindu bias, crimes against Hindus often get filed away as random incidents of petty crime or even just as pranks, when in fact they should be seen as part of a broader pattern of hate against our specific community.

For this, law enforcement officials need a proper framework of understanding; they need standardised operating procedures that can help them respond effectively.

You can’t solve what you don’t measure.

Naming Hinduphobia lets law enforcement spot patterns, allocate resources, and respond appropriately. We’ve seen this work for hate against other groups. Documentation comes first. Everything else follows. Tracking the problem is the first step toward solving it.

Victims shouldn’t have to be educators during a crisis

Imagine this: You have just survived a Hinduphobic incident. You are shaken and perhaps even angry. You go to file a police report. The officer doesn’t know what a bindi is. You explain why your swastika is sacred. You clarify that “cow worshipper” is a slur. You’re doing Hinduism 101 while you’re still recovering from what just happened. Police officers, campus security, school administrators—often don’t recognize anti-Hindu hate because nobody trained them on what it is or how it manifests.