STRAY THOUGHTS
INTOLERANT AMERICA
Often they say , " One swallow does not a summer make " . But the frequency of appearance of swallows is increasing . Then you feel that summer is really there. Likewise certain incidents of American Police make me think that America is still intolerant and does not treat certain races in a just manner in spite of the lofty ideals of the Founding Fathers. The presence of President Obama has not made any difference in the attitude of American police towards people of certain ethnicity.
Today' s newspaper has a report with the following headlines.
" US cops leave Indian temporarily paralyzed "
A 57 year old man comes to Alabama to help his son and daughter-in - law with their 17 month-old child. Someone in the neighborhood complains to the police of a suspicious character prying into the garages of other people. Suffice it to say that the police reacted with excessive force leaving the man paralyzed. The man knew only Hindi and Gujarati. His knowledge of English was limited. The Attorney told the local press that there is nothing suspicious about that man other than that his skin is brown.
These types of incidents are reported with unfailing regularity. In recent times, umpteen incidents of killing by American police of blacks on the basis of mere suspicion have been reported. All that prompted me to give the title for this post as, " INTOLERANT AMERICA ".
Are lives of colored people so cheap in the greatest democracy of the world which preaches from the roof top to the rest of the world ? Is the President of USA unable effect a change in the attitude of the administration towards the non-Caucasian skins ?
Is the goddess of justice looking the other way ?
Sayee Jayaraman
12/02/2015
INTOLERANT AMERICA
Often they say , " One swallow does not a summer make " . But the frequency of appearance of swallows is increasing . Then you feel that summer is really there. Likewise certain incidents of American Police make me think that America is still intolerant and does not treat certain races in a just manner in spite of the lofty ideals of the Founding Fathers. The presence of President Obama has not made any difference in the attitude of American police towards people of certain ethnicity.
Today' s newspaper has a report with the following headlines.
" US cops leave Indian temporarily paralyzed "
A 57 year old man comes to Alabama to help his son and daughter-in - law with their 17 month-old child. Someone in the neighborhood complains to the police of a suspicious character prying into the garages of other people. Suffice it to say that the police reacted with excessive force leaving the man paralyzed. The man knew only Hindi and Gujarati. His knowledge of English was limited. The Attorney told the local press that there is nothing suspicious about that man other than that his skin is brown.
These types of incidents are reported with unfailing regularity. In recent times, umpteen incidents of killing by American police of blacks on the basis of mere suspicion have been reported. All that prompted me to give the title for this post as, " INTOLERANT AMERICA ".
Are lives of colored people so cheap in the greatest democracy of the world which preaches from the roof top to the rest of the world ? Is the President of USA unable effect a change in the attitude of the administration towards the non-Caucasian skins ?
Is the goddess of justice looking the other way ?
Sayee Jayaraman
12/02/2015
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