Racial Hypocrisy

Intolerance has been mood of the moment across the globe. People are certainly intolerant towards everything these days be it values, opinions, religion and the list goes on…

Someone once said “We all bleed the same color”

Just by looking at the quote I am sure everyone who is reading this gets the sense of topic.

Most of us in India directly or indirectly have been exposed to racism and we all have witnessed how indifferently people are treated because of their color/origin. In recent times this topic has gained momentum for various reasons and most of us Indians always talk about condemning it.

But before denouncing the bigger evil, shouldn’t we talk about dealing the smaller evil within us?

They say India is a progressive nation, yet some of us still believe Muslim reading the Gita, Christian visiting a temple and Hindu being an atheist to be a sin.

“Why was Hindi declared as our national language?”

“Oh you are from South India, isn’t Tamil and Telugu the same?”

“North Indians are so western!”

“South Indians are so stingy”

“Oh I thought you are a South Indian because you are dark”

"Are you Indian? I didn't know Shillong was a part of India"

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I am confident we all have heard the same exact quotes at some point in our life, but how many of us tried to really introspect?

When a celebrity mentions that he/she has been a victim of racism somewhere outside we make a big deal out of it, but why is that we never consider talking about how we discriminate and discern people based on where they come from in our own country.

Aren’t we all doing the same exact thing as every other racist? 

We talk about unity yet we divide ourselves in many ways. We all take pride in representing our diverse cultures but it is a pity that we don’t educate ourselves to embrace our differences and accept others’ identity.

It is fundamental that we learn more about who we are and where we stand before pointing fingers at others.