Re: “Empathy is mostly western thing”
I find it interesting when men weaker than a little girl talk tough..lol. So again back to empathy, lets deal with racism which is the most abhorrent attitude.
“It’s racism, and calling it anything but that is both insulting and dishonest; I have been to London, Kuala Lumpur, Stockholm and Amsterdam, never have I experienced the type of discrimination I do here.”
These are the words of New Delhi-based student Rita M, a young Ugandan woman who says she has faced extraordinary levels of racism in India: both overt, in the form of verbal abuse by strangers on the streets, and more subtle manifestations, like being turned away by landlords when looking for a place to live, or not being served at restaurants. She and her other black friends have grown accustomed to the heckling aimed at them as they walk down the street. They are often referred to as “bandar” (monkey) or “bhoot” (ghost/demon).
On 24 March 2017, Manish Khari, a 19-year-old student based in Noida, New Delhi, went missing. His fellow residents at the NSG Black Cat Enclave Housing society were convinced that he had been eaten by five Nigerian students and subsequently barged into their home to search their fridge.
The following day Khari’s body was found. The alleged cause of death was a drug overdose. Then came the next accusation: that Khari had been drugged by the same five Nigerian students. The Nigerians were arrested (although they have been subsequently released).
This incident prompted a spate of racist attacks: four Nigerian men were attacked at a mall in Noida, reports circulated of a Kenyan woman being dragged out of a rickshaw and beaten, while posters advocating “A Nigerian-free Noida” appeared in the area.
These attacks did not go unnoticed. Many Indian users on social media came out in support of the Nigerians; the African Union released a statement condemning the attacks; the Nigerian government summoned the Indian ambassador to explain the actions of his countrymen, and India’s Minister for External Affairs ordered a “fair and impartial investigation into this unfortunate incident”.
Racism towards Africans and black people is nothing new in India, with numerous incidents recorded.
In November 2013, a Nigerian national, alleged to be a drug dealer, was found dead in Goa. Signs were plastered around town saying, “Say no to Nigerians, Say no to Drugs”, while Goa state Minister Dayanand Mandrekar referred to Nigerians as being like “a cancer”.
1In 2012, weeks before the horrific rape of a young woman in Delhi which brought India to its knees, a Rwandan woman was gang raped](http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-rwandan-girl-raped-several-times-police-1774797) in the same city. This story filled a few column inches in local newspapers but was soon forgotten about.