AngryLittleAlchemist on 04 September 2017
| aLkaLiNE said: So here's the problem with racism and social media. What difference does it make where the parents came from? What point is there in saying they are from India? You could remove the word "India/Indian" from the article and suddenly it doesn't become as sensational. Aside from the borderline racist/prejudice comments in here, India has a lower domestic violence rate than the US. This has nothing to do with people from India so why is that a focal point? Honestly, racism wouldn't be as big of a deal as it is if the media wasn't constantly focusing on the color/race/religion of people. Saying "parents from India" serves no better purpose than "Florida mans parents". And you can see the ignorance in this very thread where some people are commenting things like, 'well this is expected from those people'. No. It's really not. There are more cases of domestic violence here in the US than there is in India per 100,000 people so that's a bullshit excuse. We need to stop extrapolating one bad apple to the whole bunch because the reality of the situation is that someone can be fucked up and not represent their culture and that is true almost every single time. Once we can stop looking at factors of race color or religion, racism itself will disappear. Instead of, 'it's what these people do', it will become 'what THAT person did' and I think that everyone world wide would be better off for it. More on topic though - it's sad that this family felt that they had to meet disobedience with abuse. I feel sorry for the family and my condolences go out to the wife affected. |
I agree with you somewhat but isnt it a little bit far to say its racist to disclose their origin? Or that saying India is known for violence is racist? It's india - they are known for being less progressive. Id also question how well India is tracked for domestic abuse. I mean, you start off by saying its racist to talk about this being a problem in India, then go on to say " Well it's not that bad cause USA".
Im not saying youre wrong just wondering what you think.
