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In spite of the regularity of brutal attacks singling out Indian immigrants, the Australian authorities continue to downplay, even deny the racial angle. Unless such crimes are treated as hate crimes and seriously prosecuted and punished, it is likely that the crime wave will continue, and probably get worse.
These attacks are a reminder to all South Asians and others of foreign origins living in the West, including North America, Europe and Australia, that intolerance, racism and xenophobia are alive and well in many parts of the world. Xenophobia, in particular, continues to rear its ugly head in various forms, including antisemitism and Islamophobia. We must condemn it in all its various forms in our own best interest.
Let me offer a famous poem by Pastor Martin Niemoeller:
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out.
Haq's Musings: Stop Violence Against Indians in Australia!
Of course the police deny the attacks being racial, WHY WOULD YOU SAY THE ATTACKS ARE BASED ON RACE IF THEY ARE NOT?
I don't see the logic in some you peoples heads. You say these attacks are based on race, and the only evidence you have is your own hear. You make up in your mind that these attacks are raced based and then say it as if it is fact.
I can say these are not race based attacks and i have evidence to back it up. I am not just getting it out of my head. The police have done a thurrow investigation and have said that they are not raced based, therefore thats my evidence.
Now you all provide evidence these are race based or shutup.