Recent attacks on Indians in the United States.
Ever since the ascension of Donald Trump as the President of the United States, Indians have been targeted and the clear signal that the attackers have given to their victims is, "Go back to your country".
*22 Feb. Srinivas Kuchibotla was killed and his colleague, Ashok Madasani injured after a
xenophobe US navy veteran fires at them in a Kansas bar.
*02 Mar Harnish Patel, an Indian origin store owner in South Carolina, shot dead outside
his house.
*05 Mar Deep Rai, is shot by an abusive man with half his face covered, while cleaning his
car in the driveway outside his house in Kent, near Seattle.
I've long heard about the following practices/beliefs in the United States from quite a few of the Indians who're working there:-
* The brown coloured(Indians, in particular) come lower in the pecking order after the whites
and the blacks. After the terrorist attacks, the Muslims would be the only lot behind us who are
widely hated.
* The police have subjected some of the Indians to brutality and investigations just on the basis
of mere doubts.
* The resident Indians are, therefore, very careful in their behaviour in public and always
endeavour to put their best foot forward to stay away from trouble.
* The Indians, however great their position in society due to professional excellence, cannot
think of membership in certain 'exclusive' clubs/organisations!
My take.
I've tried to analyse this virulent hatred - although I'd like to assure myself that it's confined to an extremely small percentage of the white population - towards the Indians.
*Do they feel that the Indians have hijacked their jobs?
*If yes, what about the other immigrants like the Chinese, the Hispanics etc? (No, I ain't
hinting at them also to be attacked! But are they safe?)
*Does the colour of our skin bother them?
Our government must initiate talks with the Trump administration and bring about a solution at the earliest, that the second and third hate crimes took place while our foreign secretary was there, notwithstanding!
And finally, the country might be the land of milk, honey and opportunities but do we have to eke out a living with our safety always in doubt?
Tailpiece.
Sign of rains in the temple town is a welcome change after days of heat. Hope the rain sustains and brings up the level of the ground water table!
Ever since the ascension of Donald Trump as the President of the United States, Indians have been targeted and the clear signal that the attackers have given to their victims is, "Go back to your country".
*22 Feb. Srinivas Kuchibotla was killed and his colleague, Ashok Madasani injured after a
xenophobe US navy veteran fires at them in a Kansas bar.
*02 Mar Harnish Patel, an Indian origin store owner in South Carolina, shot dead outside
his house.
*05 Mar Deep Rai, is shot by an abusive man with half his face covered, while cleaning his
car in the driveway outside his house in Kent, near Seattle.
I've long heard about the following practices/beliefs in the United States from quite a few of the Indians who're working there:-
* The brown coloured(Indians, in particular) come lower in the pecking order after the whites
and the blacks. After the terrorist attacks, the Muslims would be the only lot behind us who are
widely hated.
* The police have subjected some of the Indians to brutality and investigations just on the basis
of mere doubts.
* The resident Indians are, therefore, very careful in their behaviour in public and always
endeavour to put their best foot forward to stay away from trouble.
* The Indians, however great their position in society due to professional excellence, cannot
think of membership in certain 'exclusive' clubs/organisations!
My take.
I've tried to analyse this virulent hatred - although I'd like to assure myself that it's confined to an extremely small percentage of the white population - towards the Indians.
*Do they feel that the Indians have hijacked their jobs?
*If yes, what about the other immigrants like the Chinese, the Hispanics etc? (No, I ain't
hinting at them also to be attacked! But are they safe?)
*Does the colour of our skin bother them?
Our government must initiate talks with the Trump administration and bring about a solution at the earliest, that the second and third hate crimes took place while our foreign secretary was there, notwithstanding!
And finally, the country might be the land of milk, honey and opportunities but do we have to eke out a living with our safety always in doubt?
Tailpiece.
Sign of rains in the temple town is a welcome change after days of heat. Hope the rain sustains and brings up the level of the ground water table!
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