The India’s entrenched racism against Africans.
4 min readThe India’s long history of racism toward People of African descents and it’s connection with recent UN’s report on South Sudan, on how rape is being used as salary to army; is not new, but a deep seated culture and attitudes against Africans and black people.
By Majok Dongwei Akeir, Juba, South Sudan
March 14, 2016 (SSB) — Discrimination against the people of Africa descents in India commenced just right after India gains her independence on 15 of August 1947 from the great British. The Anamneses people (are thoughts to be first groups of Human migration out of Africa around 70, 000 years ago), the aboriginal that inhabited Southeastern part of Bay of Bengal were isolated and looked as savages who are not suitable to be seen by the outside world as the part and parcel of the India society.
They are only good for amusements and adventures for the tourists that tours India. To add insult to injuries, This attitudes of the prejudice and backwardness behaviors toward the Jarawa tribe; was not only condone by the India Government; it’s was legalized and fetishized as way of generating revenues by India government, to puts Jarawa tribe in Zone and isolated Island for tourism.
In 2002, the “India’s supreme court ordered that, the highway through the Jarawa’s reserve should be closed, it remains open only for tourists”, according to the Survival International Human organization.
India government assigned good numbers of the police forces or zone guards to patrols the area from the escaping anamneses people and from outside world and Human rights activists not to gains access to the people of Jararwa tribe. This inhuman treatment and the prejudice against the Jarawa tribe began since the beginning of 19th century. On the contrast, the people of India are dark-skinned people or people of dark complexion. It is abit beyond one’s ken, how would dark-skinned person be superior to another dark-skinned person? “It is like pot calling the kettle a black”. Or could be says, India are just bit of out it (mentally deranged).
However; the ill-treatments of the black people in India by the Indian’s government did not stopped there. on October 4, 2014 three Students from Africa in the Delhi metro on theirs way to Rajiv Chowk; harassed and beaten on the presence of the police and called names including and not limited, to racial slurs (according to www.Dailymail.com). Instead, others passengers and policeman get intervene to help the poor black Students from the frenzied mob. They were laughing and taking pictures for the amusements. Look at it, as it was fun to beat a human being, which is inferior to them.
The above anecdote reveals the true color of India racism against the Africans. The recent report by So-called UN about human right abuse in South Sudan and aired by India’s today news was nothing, but acts of India troops that are based in South Sudan as a part of the UN peacekeeping mission. They are there, to export attitudes of prejudices and stereotypes, that is rooted in their society as culture of treating black people. One’s not saying that, there are no rape cases in South Sudan by South Sudan army and rebels forces. But, it would be bummed out on one’s right conscience to conclude that, it is State policy to give license of rape to soldiers as sort of payments. In any society, there are always bad apples, which in this case, South Sudan is not an exception.
Was it policy when UN’s troops that were stationed in Haiti just right after Disaster; raped a 14 years Haiti boy in 2011?. Was a policy of UN when the peacekeeping troops in DRC exploited and raped eight women and 14 years girls who only get rescued after she screams? Was UN’s policy when the peacekeeping mission troops in Congo who were Stationed there; not only raped a women in 2010, but also murdered and looted them?.
One would conclude that, a recent report was nothing short of barefaced lie. It was meant to only convey a racial prejudice as it is case in India society on how they look down on Africans. The Government of South Sudan should pull a plug on Indian troops in UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan; because they are racist and reporting unconfirmed report and one sided. They are simply a bit dodgy and not honest with their job. India troops must leave and must go out of South Sudan.
By majok Dongwei Akeir
Emails majokdongwei@gmail.com
Author: is concerned citizen of South Sudan.
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