http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/people/North-east-Indian-population-stands-up-against-racial-discrimination/articleshow/29776184.cms
Just like the issue that Gandhi helped to fix of Indians in South Africa, certain groups in India are being discriminated due to their race. Over time, people of the Northeast region of India have been used to facing discrimination based on the color of their skin and the way the look, which differs from Indians from the rest of India. These discriminations have gone so far as to the Northeast Indians being attacked. Some cases include: a student from Manipuri (Richard Loitam) dying, an exodus of Northeast Indians from Bangalore to save their lives after a threat, a student from Arunachal Pradesh (Nido Taniam) being beaten up by eight others, and two women from Manipuri being beaten up in Delhi. These discriminating attacks happening within India itself have caused a protest to help end the racism towards the Northeast people. Hundreds of people are gathered in Bangalore to protest after the most recent death of Nido. These people are taking a stand after being discriminated for so long and want to finally feel as though they are able to live freely within their own country. They feel as though the government needs to help take action because right now, even the police are not even there for their support. It is an issue that is not focused enough on India; however, as shown, it needs to be brought to more attention so that all people living in India, no matter what they look like, are treated with the same respect.
How can government make changes to help protect the rights of these Northeastern Indians?
Why are certain Indians, themselves, discriminating Indians of other regions, even after experiencing their own discrimination by the British?
1. The government can make changes to help protect the rights of these Northeastern Indians by creating laws and enforcing current laws that outlaw discrimination of anyone. In the article, it states that people and even police sometimes do nothing to stop attacks and other forms of discrimination. The police system needs to be changed so that all people regardless of skin color, physical features, religion, etc. are protected by police and so that the police do not show favoritism or bias.
ReplyDelete2. Unfortunately, discrimination seems to occur in every country, even between people from the same country. The reason why Indians are discriminating against other Indians is probably due to cultural differences between Indians in different regions in the country. In addition, other cultural prejudices that exist in India most likely contribute to the discrimination against the Northeastern Indians.