The racism row in Australia has been making the headlines for the last month. It has shown no signs of weaning its ugly head. This is a matter that has to be addressed diplomatically and on a more neutral platform. Racial attacks in the 21st century should be intolerable by law.But are we too blame as well?
The Bangalore mirror recently had a quote from an Indian living in Australia. I find great solace in knowing that Australia isn't a bad place after all and the recession has a more pandemic effect than initially purports to be. Its filthy teeth has sunk itself into our every walk of life. The quote went as follows :
"The Indians are partly to blame. They do not know how to adapt to a different countries customs."
" Indians believe that rules are meant to be broken and do so when they find no cop around"
I will not agree to this being entirely true with all Indians, but yes those few rotten apples give the rest of us a bad name. As the reports suggest that Indians being attacked are by a majority of drug addicts. A proof to the debacle in world economies. Another reason that potential attackers are racially abusing Indians is over the hype created by our Indian media. Our news channels require fodder like cattle in order to stay afloat in these times of economic down turn. Covering the down turn itself seems a farce so they resort to any and all means to keep there viewership going. This gives anti social elements in society a platform to attack us since our media has stereotyped us as people that can be attacked racially and on the side lines allow these attackers to make a quick buck by looting the victim. We do have a right to defend ourselves, but even the so called peaceful rallies will not lead to any respite from these attacks until our media decides to behave more responsibly and not turn every other story as "Breaking news", until then I pray for the safety of Indians in Australia.
The Bangalore mirror recently had a quote from an Indian living in Australia. I find great solace in knowing that Australia isn't a bad place after all and the recession has a more pandemic effect than initially purports to be. Its filthy teeth has sunk itself into our every walk of life. The quote went as follows :
"The Indians are partly to blame. They do not know how to adapt to a different countries customs."
" Indians believe that rules are meant to be broken and do so when they find no cop around"
I will not agree to this being entirely true with all Indians, but yes those few rotten apples give the rest of us a bad name. As the reports suggest that Indians being attacked are by a majority of drug addicts. A proof to the debacle in world economies. Another reason that potential attackers are racially abusing Indians is over the hype created by our Indian media. Our news channels require fodder like cattle in order to stay afloat in these times of economic down turn. Covering the down turn itself seems a farce so they resort to any and all means to keep there viewership going. This gives anti social elements in society a platform to attack us since our media has stereotyped us as people that can be attacked racially and on the side lines allow these attackers to make a quick buck by looting the victim. We do have a right to defend ourselves, but even the so called peaceful rallies will not lead to any respite from these attacks until our media decides to behave more responsibly and not turn every other story as "Breaking news", until then I pray for the safety of Indians in Australia.
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