Re: Cultural/Ethnic Bias
You are just seeing what you want to see, and that’s not anyone’s problem, or anyone’s fault.
People like you do no favour to Urdu Speaking community who waste no opportunity to lump that flop mafia party on them as part of their identity, and the only identity. I think a lot of ethnic bias from all ends might subside if people just stop viewing Urdu Speakers as synonymous for MQM. The Urdu Speakers I know from Karachi have nothing to do with that party (in fact they absolutely loath it), and I’m sure there are plenty of people like them.
There are many different ethnic groups that reside in Karachi, so again the fault lies in you for assuming Karachi only equals Urdu Speakers and MQM. However, just to make it clear for the readers, the issue of Karachi came up as a response to the post that claimed that more ethnic diversity, and more interracial interactions is a successful method of reducing negative perceptions and building communities. But the question arises here is, if it is simply to achieve ethnic harmony, then why isn’t Karachi - the big, bold, and buzzing Urban and cosmopolitan City of Pakistan supports this idea? If the logic was so simple to follow, Karachi should’ve been the model place for Pakistan. But it clearly isn’t. Something must’ve went wrong, but what is it that went wrong? If one feels so insecure to discuss this then that’s a different issue altogether.