October 1, 2014
Johnlee Varghese
The Delhi Metro mob attack on three African students
earlier this week has once again put the Indian capital
in the spotlight, questioning its increasing intolerance
towards the Blacks.
Three black students were attacked by a mob in Delhi Metro station. YouTube Screenshot
The shameful incident came to light only after the videos of
the attack at the Rajiv Chowk Metro Station went viral on
YouTube.
While Indian dailies mostly dismissed the attack as a stray
incident, an article published in The New York Times --
Searching on Race -- went on to question the racial overtones
of the Delhi Metro attacks.
When Indian Prime Minister visited the Martin Luther
King Jr. memorial with President Obama in Washington on
Tuesday, a debate about racism was taking shape in the
Indian news media, prompted by the video of an angry mob
beating three African students in a New Delhi Metro station
this week, the NYT report noted.
The Times Of India in a report 'Delhi's problem with us is
skin deep: Africans' noted that the city has always been unkind
to Africans and the attack on three African students at Rajiv
Chowk Metro Station on Sunday evening shows how deep
these racial prejudices really are.
The report detailed another recent attack on an African girl,
who had to be rescued from the River Yamuna after a mob
beat her up and threw her into it.
"Her bones were broken and she was dying. Can such an
attack be explained?" a member of Association of African
Students in India, Oshobajo Emmanuel said.
About the racially charged incident, a Scroll report noted
that India, and New Delhi, in particular, doesn't have a good
record when it comes to racial tolerance.
In videos that surfaced on Monday, three African young men
are seen being hunted down by an angry mob at Delhi Metro
station on Sunday evening.
The Black students, who are in their twenties are seen trying to climb into a police booth for safety but even then the crowd gets of hold of them.
What is most shameful and outrageous is the fact that both
Delhi police and CISF, who are deployed at the station 24/7
for security, did nothing to contain the volatile situation.
There is still no clear reason for the mass outrage against the
African students. One claim is that the Black students passed
lewd comments on some women in the Metro train. However,
no woman till now has come forward with any complaint to the
police. Another claim is that the three African men had made
some anti-India comments.
In the mob attack, one student suffered a gnash on his neck,
which had to be stitched up, while the other two were treated
for minor injuries.
Many on Twitter also expressed their outrage against this
racially charged incident.
Veejay Sai @veejaysai said "Outraged and disgusted with Delhi,
the capital of increasing racism where mindless mobs attack Black
men!"
Monisha Rajesh @monisha_rajesh questioned: I wonder if the
same Delhi men attacking black men in this video would attack
fellow Indians for molesting women.
While Sowmiya Ashok @sowmiyashok noted: Worst thing about
this video is the # of people recording the attack on their phones
and cries of Bharat Mata Ki Jai.
http://m.ibtimes.co.in/mob-attack-african-students-reveals-delhis-ugly-racist-side-video-610394
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