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The murder of Indian student Nitin Garg in Melbourne has reopened the debate as to whether Melbourne is a racist city.
Australia overall is a multicultural society but nowhere is more evident of this than Melbourne. Melbourne is home to hundreds of different nationalities from almost every corner of the planet. Melbourne was built by immigrants from Europe, Asia, Africa and the America’s who came here on the promise of a new start. Melbourne is the only city in Australia not settled by convicts but by free settlers who came because they chose to do so.
Greeks, Italians, Yugoslavs, Polish, the English and the Indians have settled here, grown up together, side by side in the Melbourne suburbs. The very core of Melbourne culture is its wide range of influences and cultural styles. Melbourne welcomes people from other cultures, countries and backgrounds. Melburnian’s not only welcomes the cultural influences but embraces them on a daily basis.
The call by the Indian press places particular focus on Melbourne’s racist attitude, suggesting Melbourne to be the epicentre of Australia’s racism and warning students that it is no longer safe.
Does the Indian press accuse every city any time an Indian dies anywhere in the world? Does it call them all racist?
With hundreds of nationalities living side by side, doesn’t it seem strange that one nationality sticks out. Melbourne is racist against Indians according to the Indian press but what about all the other nationalities. Surely a truly racist city would not just pick on one nationality.
Can the Indian press be trusted at all with their comments. How can one point the finger until there is undeniable proof that the murderer did so on racist grounds, in other words, innocent until proven guilty.
The only outcome of the Klu Klux Klan cartoon was to further incite trouble and anger. It was offensive in the least to the very people that serve to protect our community, the Victorian police.
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The Australian media is in no way different from India, when it comes to showing India is bad light. In fact, it employs Indians to show India is bad light.
http://desicritics.org/2009/03/06/132652.php
well i nothing to say about this murder but i do have to say is that a lot of white Australians (there are also other races complaining but majority are white) are always complaining that immigrants are coming to our country and stealing our jobs. When most of these people are working as low paid full time cleaners which none of you would even think of doing so its not really stealing. Instead of complaining you should be thanking them, these people are cleaning our shops, our parks, our floors, our windows, your buildings, our streets, our houses, our yards get the picture….? they are pretty much trying to keep our whole country clean for minimum wage and you spit in there face? That to me is Bull Sh#t, i can realize this and i’m only 16 that to me is pretty sad when the people running our country can’t.
The other day some one in my class said they hate Asians and Muslims and i asked why? They said because the Asians don’t eat our food, cant really speak our language and do the same things we do. They said they don’t like Muslims because half of them are Terrorists and the women don’t have to take the hood thing (burka i think?) off in shops and every one else has to take off real hoods or bike helmets. See to me that’s stupid of course other cultures aren’t going to eat your food all the time you sure don’t eat other cultures food all the time, of course they aren’t going to be able to speak your language properly but at least they try the majority of aussie’s don’t try and speak their language at all, and the Terrorist thing that’s just (excuse my language) F***ing stupid thats like someone saying half of white people are in the KKK or half of Italian’s are in the mafia or half black people are in jail or half Asians know Kung Fu its stupid. And you know what Sh*t like this leads to? hate crimes! like this forums topic, no one should be hurt or killed for what they look like what religion they practice, what skin color they have or where they are from and i know what its like to be beat up and death threatened because of your race and the color of your skin. Now remember when i said that person said they hate Muslims this is what it starts out as and now picture this…! two friends in school making fun of Muslims…..They start to dislike Muslims as they get older….They start Hating Muslims when even older…..They beat up a Muslim because of that……Now they are around 25-30…..They kidnap 2 Random Muslims and Behead them on Camera for the world to see and they are proud of it. which is what happens in this link ( I’m not putting this up because its funny or something like that, I’m putting it up to show the extent of what something like saying “i dont like Muslims” can end up causing) DO NOT WATCH IF UNDER 18!!! CONTAINS VERY STRONG AND VIOLENT SCENES WITCH ARE REAL!!!! this is not for a viewers pleasure it is to show what this F***ing world has come to!!!
http://robert-lindsay.blogspot.com/2007/08/russian-neo-nazi-beheading-video.html?zx=c29c7db4b802787f