A Quantum of Racism?

Racism is one of the most important human right struggle of our times but like other much talked about issues this has also become a kind of "buzzword" prominently among the intellectuals, educationalists and media. They all are in the habit of creating an unnecessary hype over it, each time they smell such opportunity.One classic example is the unnecessary hype given to the recent attacks on people of Indian Origin in Oz.It doesn't mean whatever happened in that country is legitimate but were they really the part of dreadful neo-racism as claimed by Indian media and several NGOs, social groups etc., that need to be first verified.Aussies are well known for their kind hospitality all over the globe and Indians have a long history of being their kind guests . All went well for centuries then what happened now? The present economic meltdown combined with the growing number of unemployment among the local youth coupled with the speedily burgeoning Indian community explains a lot. I see these attacks as nothing but the sudden burst of years of anger that kept on accumulating which found its easy target in the form of brown foreigners. Instead of saying these were meant against a "race" I think its better to hold that these were meant against those people who invaded their land wearing white collars and carrying handful of certificates and took away their ways of earnings. Whatever it is but the fact is majority of the Australians didn't comply with this that includes their premiere Kelvin Rudd who shown extreme urgency and ordered the machinery to come harder on the anti social elements.
But before we expect any thing from others shouldn't we look into our own home first, are we clean enough to suggest vacuum cleaner for others. I do not think so. You don't have to turn many pages of history the recent attacks on non Marathis in Maharashtra, high rate of incidents including rape, robbery etc. with foreign tourists, massacre of Christians in Orissa, wide spread casteism in our society etc. are enough to remind us of our own deeds. Each year the number of "white" people attacked in India outnumber the attacks on our "brown" people abroad. Thus, over hyping the issue and putting continuous diplomatic pressure will only harm the nation in long term. We must convey our hard feelings to them but not in the way we are doing, just give their government, people and more importantly their economy more time while simultaneously looking after our own security.The solution lies in the socio cultural mass movement if any significant degree of success is to be achieved.