Q&A: Is racism always really racism? Who are actually racist?
Question by Ank: Is racism always really racism? Who are actually racist?
The whole world know about Indians made parade in Australia for being racially abused. But how they were abused —they were shoved or hurt. and they came up with a procession blocking streets.
Interestingly, one year before this incident, some young girls from Australia were travelling India and were RAPED and getting no help from Indian law they flew back to Australia frightened (there are many more such incidents, such news flooded indian dailies).But Australians never said it was racial abuse and they never made procession over it blocking the streets.
Imagine the same thing happened to an indian in Australia, then what indians would do!!!
Moreover , foreign tourists are fearing to come to Goa beach (an indian tourist spot) because over the past few years hundreds of tourists were raped, abused physically including THE MURDER OF A BRITSH GIRL.
So who are actually racist?
Is the racism done by westerns to Indians always racism? (e.g. an indian student peeing in open in Australia(actually they do that), then an Australian student asks him not to do that, then the indian reports racial abuse)
Best answer:
Answer by jimbad05
It’s the same in America. The media feels that only minorities can be the victims of racism. The lives and dignity of whites who are murdered and raped just aren’t valued by the media. They would rather cover how some third-worlders might feel a bit unwelcome at times.
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people r born the way they are born; they cry and struggle to breathe in their first moments just like everyone else. why hate them for the way they look? hate them for their actions if those acts are evil.
hmm.. while sometimes i think the ‘white’ culture faces a greater pressure to be ‘racially politically correct’, i dont really think you can say that the rape of tourists in india is racism…
if you look at news, many indians are also raped. it can be very gruesome sometimes. i’ve read many cases where self proclaimed ‘religious man’ (i forgot the proper term for it) tell indian parents that they’re little girls are meant to be sacrificed to them bla bla and the parents gladly let these ‘religious men’ rape their daughters for a ‘blessing’.
i mean.. its just fucked up.. but thats the worst that i’ve read about rape cases in india. my general impression is that women have a ‘lower’ status in india and thus are subject to greater abuse. i think this is greater for indian women rather than overseas women.
i hope you get my point that i really don’t think you can say that the rape of tourist is a racist act in itself.
however i do acknowledge that there is a greater pressure for whites to be ‘racially politically correct’. – such as the indian guy peeing and being asked not to by aussie blokes.
if you think about it, it might have to do with the colonial history of many asian countries, where westerners often subjugated the locals (asians) as a lower status as they were conquered. this supremist white thinking to some extent still permeates asian society today, and perhaps their cries of ridiculous racial abuse is just a result of that/ sensitivity over their ‘lesser status to the white’ (or so they have been indirectly influenced to believe).
Putting people into categories with regards to their looks and guessing what their ethnicity or “race” might be is not yet racist. It’s ok to say that somebody looks Asian or White or Black or mixed or whatever.
But racism begins as soon as you attribute certain stereotypes to these outward appearances or phenotypes, eg. by saying that ALL Blacks ALWAYS behave in a certain way.
And: racism furthermore puts these phenotype-categories into a hierarchy.
That means racism is always connected to an ideology.
So, if the Aborigines were shoved and hurt and and their children were were taken away from their parents and forced into bording schools it is racist, because the reason why white people did that to them, was that they thought, that Aborigines were inferior and in need of education in a western style, because the Whites considered Aborigines as uncivilized and lower than themselves.
If a white girl gets raped in India it might be a coincidence; but it would be racist if it happens on a regular basis and if the rapists do it because they think something like “Well, she’s a white girl, she’s inferior to us”. I don’t know about Goa, but if it happens as often as you say, then I’d call it racist too, because racism is always connected to disrespectfulness towards other people simply because of the color of their skin.
Australian girls flew back not frightened but because of temporary tourist visa (short term), but indians when sexually abused/attacked in australia are mostly on long visa they gave dollars in advance as fees to australia for staying several years. After attack they have to remain in fear till completion of study. This fear causes them to block street just to pressure administration to guard them for remaining years. I am sure if those girls were studying at university in india, then surely university representative take care for all that, but this doesn’t happen in australia.
Indian student peeing in open in Australia: It is not bad if it is done on barren land. Anybody can get pressure (think of me/you in that situation), if public convenience is not nearby.
What about foreigners (mostly westerns) throw pet bottles/plastic/inorganic wastage, drink and dance nude on holy rivers and glaciers of india?
THE MURDER OF A BRITISH GIRL: Goa is having high criminal rate than other india because it was portuguese territory for a long time. Sometimes criminal discuss their plans in lonely place (beach). This may happened that british girl heard their plans. Otherwise there is no reason to murder any british girl. Mass population in pakistan or muslim world hate white, but not indians. India is so peace lover that even it didn’t put war after 26/11 attacks like america for 9/11 and israel continuous war for land on arabs.