Attacks on Indian Students in Australia

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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/attackers-set-indian-man-on-fire/story-e6frg6nf-1225817604267
http://www.smh.com.au/national/killing-reveals-another-kind-of-race-problem-20100107-lwu9.html?autostart=1

In the latest attack on Indian students in Australia, one man was doused in petrol and set on fire as he was coming out of his car.

Comments

[yellowmix]

Thank you for this. I think it's unfortunate that the investigation has revealed what is likely to be Indian-on-Indian crime based on financial grievance. The real story really is what seems to me to be a general denial that there is racism in Australia and a hostile, institutionalized, dismissive attitude.

[fire_fly]

I don't think it's that cut & dried. Police detained & questioned 2 Indian men in relation to the death of Ranjodh Singh, but they haven't charged anyone. And it's not clear whether he was a labourer or a contractor.

[yellowmix]

Yes, I am agnostic as to the actual circumstance of this particular case. The problem I see, however, is how racial denialists are spinning this to: 1) distract from the racial disparity in violent crime victims, 2) bolster their argument that India is ignorant and meddling in Australia's affairs, and 3) Indians in Australia are imagining things.

[fire_fly]

I think there are all sorts of political & structural factors too. Like the circumstances that led to these immigrants taking on contract farm labour in the first place. And the shambles that is the commodified education system.