‘India Is Racist, And Happy About It’

Dear Menokki,

I am a German and embarrassed by what happened in Muegeln, Saxony.

Even if I have the lowest impact, I want to deeply and honestly apologize for that incident and for the negative hit it gave on our cross cultural friendship!

I grew up in eastern Germany and lived in Saxony for a few years, and yes, racism is stronger and more present there an in any other part of that country.

Strangely enough racism is stronger in parts where fewer foreigners live, but also unemployment and resentment are strong factors (maybe the economic force correlates positively with the number of foreigners).

People are disillusioned in Saxony, unemployment of 20% is common, there is no perspective, especially the women move away to the western parts. That leaves a lot of frustration with the remaining young people and they are looking for an outlet – a scape goat other then themselves. …and maybe since the beginning of time the minorities have been chosen as these scape goats.

I don’t want to excuse the behavior, I want to shed some light on the dynamics and on the other hand show you that the behavior has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the victims have been Indians.

It could have been any minority.

Please forgive them if you can.

With honest regards,

Andreas

Having said that, I am not going to dignify it with a response.

If you have nothing to add to the discussion (and the topic at hand), it would be wiser to just keep shut.

P.S. You also need to read up a little bit more before using terms indiscriminately. They do not make you look “smart” – quite the contrary.

“Dhimmi” is a term used in a very specific (Islamic) context. What has that got to do with this post?

But then dhimmi Hindus always crave for the indulgence of the whites and go out of their way to lick their boots.