: This really makes me angry.
There was the worst kind of tragic event in Melbourne a few days ago when a three year old child was found dead, dumped at the roadside twenty kilometres from his home.
He was a little boy called Gurshan Singh, who happened to be Indian and who was on holiday in Oz with his parents. Dad went out, mum was in the shower and it’s thought the little boy wandered out through the front door.
Police said he was fully clothed, there were no signs of injury. A post mortem didn’t reveal a cause of death, toxicology and forensic tests were being done and the investigation continued.
In spite of that the screams of racism began immediately.
To see the extent of the utter stupidity and bigotry of so many people, look at just one newspaper, the UK’s Daily Mail.
The paper headlined the story with a racism slant:
“Murder of Indian boy, 3, in Australia sparks diplomatic row after spate of racist attacks”
That had the brainless bigots rushing from under their rocks.
Remember, little Gurshan Singh’s body had only just been found, no cause of death had been established, he had no injuries, police had just begun their investigation.
A selection of the comments to the Mail’s story:
“Racists killing three year olds? Sick and deeply disturbing.” Alan, Planet Reality
“This has been happening for the past year! I’m a British born Indian and every time there is a racist attack on an Indian Student it is widely reported on the Indian news channel
A few weeks ago another Indian student in Australia was burnt alive in a racist attack.” shania, London.
(Actually Shania, an Indian couple has been charged with that murder. Don’t let the facts get in the way of your bigotry though).
“How can someone’s hatred of a race be so great as to kill an innocent 3 year old boy.” Nat, London
“HOW can anyone do this? When will people realise we are essentially all the same. Skin colour? So what, there is just no excuse for racism these days” karen n, manchester
“Has Australia failed to embrace diversity more than any other country. Australia will have problems to attract visitors if these issues are not tackled promptly.” Romi May, Handsworth
“I have always said Auustralia has concentrated racism.” Mukeye, TO
“Perhaps the Aussies need to remember that they are in fact ALL immigrants!” Shorty, Suffolk
“Seriously , both America and Australia have massive problems related to self worth and hatred of ethnic minorities” john, China
“It never ceases to amaze me when I hear of racist attacks in these countries when the original inhabitants of those countries were blacks or dark skinned.” ira, FL USA
People with more sense responded to the stupidity of such comments to say that the cause of death and, if it was murder, the motive had not been established.
So Shania came back screeching:
“To all of you saying this is isn’t racist, YOU CLEARLY DO NOT KNOW THE FULL STORY!!!!!!!! I have been following the series of attacks this is just one of them. What about the attacks targeting Indians specifically from India??? you cannot say that is purely coincidence
I am not saying all Australians are racists but to dismiss this as not racism is noting but sheer ignorance.” shania, London
Shania knows what’s going on, she’s absolutely positive. And anyone who doesn’t agree with her is showing their sheer ignorance.
Right.
And another bigot, the oxymoronically named ‘truthspeaker’ from Newcastle has the answer to it all:
“When will the authorities just admit that this is what happens when you try and force people together from very different races.”
None of them are prepared to wait for the facts to emerge before shouting their version of the truth. They’re not interested in the facts because they may contradict their bigotry.
The police carried out their investigation. Here’s today’s news:
“Toddler’s death: housemate charged
A 23-YEAR-OLD Indian national has been charged with manslaughter due to criminal negligence following the death of three-year-old Gurshan Singh Channa.
Gursewak Dhillon, a taxi driver who is in Australia on a student’s visa, was refused bail in an out-of-sessions hearing.
Dhillon had made admissions to police that he had placed the child in the boot of a car while the youngster was unconscious and had driven him to Oaklands Junction near Melbourne Airport and placed him by the roadside.”
In the light of that, Shania, Alan, Nat, Karen N, Romi May, Mukeye, Shorty, John, Ira and the rest of you, would you care to add to your original comments?
You’ll find the Daily Mail stupidity here and today’s report on the arrest of Gursewak Dhillon here.
And my ‘racism’ tag has some previous posts on the subject of attacks on Indians in Australia.
