The hate experience

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Hatred stems from ignorance.

Ignorance can be rid by educating ourselves and our near and dear ones.

You talk about UK and USA, where do you think India stands? Here inter-state clashes are pretty common. Rather than unify the country, people still believe in "divide and conquer".

It is a sad situation.
 
phoenix844884 said:
Hatred stems from ignorance.
Ignorance can be rid by educating ourselves and our near and dear ones.

You talk about UK and USA, where do you think India stands? Here inter-state clashes are pretty common. Rather than unify the country, people still believe in "divide and conquer".

It is a sad situation.

I'm specifically highlighting the programme on BBC rather than where UK or USA stands. As you have rightly pointed out, we should not throw stones while stading in a glass house.

Hell, I should know better, I've been a victim of something similar to this myself in my own city.
 
I feel people are racist by nature. Its at different levels for diff ppl. Its a matter of educating oneself and being a little more patient that can help us overcome such prejudices.....
 
phoenix844884 said:
Hatred stems from ignorance.
Ignorance can be rid by educating ourselves and our near and dear ones.

Education is second best to actually experiencing it yourself ie being the person discriminated against.

I made a post in the documentary thread, about a pbs frontline episode called a class divided which can be streamed

Check it out ;)
 
amigoatul said:
I feel people are racist by nature. Its at different levels for diff ppl. Its a matter of educating oneself and being a little more patient that can help us overcome such prejudices.....

Unfortunately, this is one of those byproducts of evolution I guess.
 
neoronin said:
Don't know whether this programme was telecast in India. But this preview should give you an idea of how rampant racism is in the UK.BBC - Panorama - Undercover: Hate on the Doorstep

Right, i did not get time to look at this earlier. But the areas these ppl visted look like lower middle to working class tough areas. You go in there not white you're gonna get abused. You dress up the way they have after 2005 and its gonna be worse. Bristol's a pretty tough place for your avg caucasian let alone immigrants. Economy there's been in the toilet ever since the empire collapsed. A local would not get racially abused but it might not be too surprising if they'd get robbed by those very brats. So we have white guy mugged in a poor area cause he looks like he's too rich. A case of robbery and nothing more newsworthy.

If thats where you have to live, life will be bad regardless of what you look like. But there are plenty of other areas where it isn't. And so i find this vid tries to say too much with very little. A few tough areas in Bristol alone does not equal all of the UK ;)
 
Racism isn't a disease, it is a response that we as people learn from our parents and our peers. It is always the most ignorant of individuals that perpetuate this problem and it is up to us to help teach our children that racism of every kind is wrong.

I grew in the UK and I live in the US and I can tell you that racism is everywhere and a part of all cultures and ethnicities, because where the ignorant flourish..... so does racism.
 
PiXeLpUsHeR said:
I can tell you that racism is everywhere and a part of all cultures and ethnicities, because where the ignorant flourish..... so does racism.

Thats the sad fact of life :(

neoronin said:
Well, the actual telecast was uploaded to youtube yesterday. Finished watching it and was further appalled.

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They went to a cpl of council estates. Thats govt housing for those that can't afford one. Not the best most open-minded of places to be in. Did you notice how the shops were completely shuttered in one of the clips, that tells you crime is an issue in this area.

Also notice how the woman gets the most abuse. She's the most vulnerable and easier target. Its quite amusing how she googles them up and finds stuff on them. To be fair they do mention surprise at being treated that way having grown up elsewhere under different circumstances.
 
Well all I can say is please take a look at the discrimination in your very city, state and country before pointing fingers. I am quiet appalled to see the kind of service given to "whites" as compared to Indians in our very own country. Look around and you will find it in every single coffee shop, restaurant, club and hotel.

I see ads in the paper for homes on rent to only Hindu's. I went to see an apartment on sale, where I was not welcome because I am a Hindu. Anyway u look at it, its here, right outside your house and you ignore it as normal.

I am not trying to discriminate against any religion, these are just a few experiences.
 
mav2000 said:
Well all I can say is please take a look at the discrimination in your very city, state and country before pointing fingers. I am quiet appalled to see the kind of service given to "whites" as compared to Indians in our very own country. Look around and you will find it in every single coffee shop, restaurant, club and hotel.

I see ads in the paper for homes on rent to only Hindu's. I went to see an apartment on sale, where I was not welcome because I am a Hindu. Anyway u look at it, its here, right outside your house and you ignore it as normal.

I am not trying to discriminate against any religion, these are just a few experiences.

Quite true. :(
Visit any tourist spot and you'll see, especially in the north.
 
All I can say is, we really need not go that far to US and UK and then condemn racism. It happens right here, in this very country, in this very city. Have seen it and experienced it as a victim quite a few number of times, even when I was a boy in Class 5th, and even when I am a 28 year old grown up.
 
mav2000 said:
I am quiet appalled to see the kind of service given to "whites" as compared to Indians in our very own country.

The way they get charged ten times above the local going rate to visit any historic sites of interest ?

Had a chinese friend over, had to pass her off as sikkimese :O

Same applies with domestic airfares after breaking journey inside the country.
 
blr_p said:
The way they get charged ten times above the local going rate to visit any historic sites of interest ?



Had a chinese friend over, had to pass her off as sikkimese :O

Same applies with domestic airfares after breaking journey inside the country.

All too common.

Also the fact that they have separate queues for foreigners, at places of interest or otherwise?
 
and so on and on and on and on. There are literally hundreds of experiences and tens of categories. Hindu Muslim, insider outsider, kannadiga non-kannadiga, teluguite non-teluguite, hindi non-hindi...........

The question is: What does anyone do about it.
 
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