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[nirvaman]

Many Australians have been tracking muslims in the past .I remembre since 2 or 3 years ago that Australians have conducted a movement to kill and track all muslims in Australia , they have exchanged racial and descriminator text messages SMS , and the police or the government didn't do a think to prevent that.

[mrdee]

Obviously, the question "is it correct to kill/beat..." is ridiculous, as it is never correct to do this, for whatever reason.

However, I do have some thoughts, and strong points of view when it comes to the subject of racism:

To start with, there is obviously no denying that racism really exists, and no question about the fact that it is wrong, unfortunately, it is a term that gets used and especially abused more and more lately, and it is a term that is never seen in its proper context.

It is beyond doubt that many people play the race card in order to get what they want, or to get away with wrongdoing.

A few examples:

• A teacher who fails a non-white pupil is often branded a racist
  
• A policeman who gives a non-white person often ends up being called racist.
  
• A business man who hires a white member of staff after interviewing a white and a non-white candidate often gets the same treatment.

What is more, these situations often arise because the law and the gone mad political correctness helps and encourages non-whites to act in this way.
Unfortunately, racism is also something which, according to those things mentioned above, only works one way. According to the political correct squad, only whites can discriminate non-whites, the opposite is never possible.

I can give an example of the first point I mentioned:
When I was teaching a year 7 class (11 year olds), I had already made a number of remarks to a half cast boy in my class who was constantly misbehaving and disrupting the lesson.
When I gave him a final warning, I got from him "You're only doing this because I am black", I hadn't even punished him, just warned him.
I am sure if children did not hear those things at home, they would not say them.

However, because of situations like that, and the race card often being played in certain situations, it has already come to a point where non-whites are being treated with kids gloves, because people fear being branded racist.

Then, about the one-sidedness of things, an incident that happened just two days ago here in England:
Diane Abbott, a black MP for London, in other words, a woman in a function where she should set an example, the first black woman who was ever elected for Parliament, found it necessary to send a tweet saying: "Whites love to play divide and rule. Do not play their game".

Obviously, Ed Milliband, the Labour Party Leader, defended her through thick and thin, but still made her apologise.
Just imagine the shoe had been on the other foot, the country (especially the PC squad) would have been up in arms, and the politician in question would almost certainly have been sacked.

It is, by the way, not the first racist comment the woman gets away with.


The same thing for positive discrimnation: by law, companies are now required to have a certain number of staff from ethnic minorities, which means, they have to bend over backwards to hire non-whites to meet the quota, there is obviously nothing wrong with hiring non-white staff, as long as they are the best persons for the job.
But, the law almost forces companies to discriminate whites in favour of non-whites, while it should be, the best suited candidate gets the job, irrespective of his skin colour.

In other words, when you look at "positive discrimination", there is still that one word in it, yes, you read it right, positive or negative, it is still discrimination

The fact is: nobody is born a racist, but by taking measures like that, the powers that be just create and induce racism.
It is like the Afro-Caribbean friend and fellow musician I know: he went to record in a studio which was ran by Jamaicans, and, he himself said "i am never going back there, as the owners of that place are as racist as anything, especially against whites".
Now, these words were spoken by an Afro-Caribbean, does that not tell you something?

I just thought I had yo reply to this post, just to put a few things into context, not to justify racism (I said in the beginning it is wrong), but also to show it is not as black and white (pun intended) as some people want to make it seem.

Therefore, it is high time some laws were revised somewhat, and high time it stopped trying to give people a guilt complex because things like electoral gain warrant it.

Edited by mrdee, 07 January 2012 - 03:26 PM.

[Swanne]

Here's my two cents for what they are worth...

During 2009 and 2010, almost all national dailies carried reports of racial violence against Indians in Australia. Protest marches and demonstrations were held in both countries condemning all acts of racism and seeking action against those guilty for the crimes. Student enrollments from India to Australian Universities dropped by about 46 percent. Concerns were raised by Indian politicians regarding the safety of Indians in the Australian continent, the Indian media was accused for hysterical reporting and Australian authorities were blamed for not doing enough.

There is no smoke without fire. However, people like to believe far too much.

While racial discrimination is a sad reality, it is not limited to one country or targeted towards people of a certain origin or nationality. And just because the perpetrator committing the crime belongs to a different race than that of the victim, the crime does not necessarily become one motivated by racial hatred. Crimes whether committed for passion, greed or racial hatred are by their nature crimes which have to be dealt with strongly by the law. Where law and order does not prevail, crime does. And ever so oven, crime is a coward seeking its most vulnerable prey.

Racial attacks, though more unfortunate, are much easier to prove and bring to justice than racial discrimination which has firmly asserted itself in almost all walks of life. Administered in various degrees of subtlety, it leaves little evidence of the crime committed. And then, there are those who like to take advantage and cry foul without cause.Sadly, they get away with it too.

While we all hope for a society built on peace, there are, amongst us, some who will want to disrupt it for their own selfish gains. Racism, either in its subtle form of racial discrimination or in its heinous and violent avatar of racial attacks, is a crime against humanity. Men and women in power can help to combat it, by formulating strict laws and ensuring that justice is carried through. But the onus of fighting against racism rests amongst us.

We, as people, must fight racism together. As a society and as an individual. From the outside and the inside. By being more tolerant of ideas we have not grown up with. By willing to change. By being the change.