It seems ignorance, that in many instances revealing itself as racism, is starting to impact world wide. By people remaining ignorant will only increase tension & physical violence.
This has been shown by the revelation that a growing number of Americans now beleive Barrack Obama is Muslim. There are a number of people since he was elected that have been clinging to any shred of talk against him as proof he is not good for the US.
Whilst here in New Zealand the current governments attempt to clean up the Foreshore Seabed Act has also drawn a reaction from an ignorant group that have little or no facts to back their claims, but they are drawing on the racist leanings of others to gain traction.
It is all highly emotive & a former army comrade called me racist for pointing out the facts & that I gained them as a member of a tribal ruling council.
Their reaction was based on my skin colour which immediately exposed his racist leanings. Been Maori is not about your skin colour but your whakapapa(geneology) & they are no different than the Maori who also judge me by my skin colour(been light skinned).
We all have prejudices, it is just part of human nature, but it goes too far when we start using it as an excuse for violence.
Racism: A Short History.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Southern History
The fact both issues are so emotive will easily lead to violence & as the worlds economy is still looking to worsen so will the divides in communities become more noticeable.
That means the increased violence police & the security industry have been seeing (in NZ during the current calendar year) will only continue to increase.
The hardest part is getting the messages past the ignorance so people actually make considered decisions.
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