This Man's Honest Post On Racism In India Shows How Disrespectful We Really Are Toward Africans

A few days ago, locals in Greater Noida had beat up Nigerians for their alleged involvement in the death of a 17-year-old boy. Because racism comes as an easy offence for most of us, the assault on the Africans didn't create an uproar that it deserved.

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This is probably why this man decided to pen a thought piece on the subject. Nana Kofi Yalley writes,

"Must we also start ganging up on your fellow citizens who have gone to stay in our countries? You say who cares just because you don't have a relative there to be attacked but if you were to be attacked yourself will you dare to live to be attacked in another man's country where you are vulnerable? That's the choice you leave us. But we are too civilized to do unto you what you do unto us."

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He goes on to explain how Africans are contributing to the Indian economy but are not getting the respect they deserve.

"We renting your flats at high prices, paying huge amount of dollars for fees, and spending the monies we bring in here and not saving them outside India but in the same Indian banks. Please give us some respect. The recent attack in Noida is something I can't really understand where innocent people will have to be hospitalised for a crime they didn't commit."

You can read his entire post here.

It's high time we, as Indian citizens, learn to respect foreign nationals staying in our country and stop seeing them as a threat just because they belong to a different colour or community.