The Virus Blame Game

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The Virus Blame Game

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The Virus Blame Game

On the both sides of the Pacific, the parties are blaming each other for the Covid epidemics. The USA seems to have the most of such blame cases directed at a vague group called " Asians".

" Asians" ( used to be " Orientals") in America, means people with Mongolian-like features ( Iranians and Turks are not Asians in America, go figure)
An average American cannot tell Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Thais, Filipinos, Cambodians, etc. apart. They all look the same to them. Thus, when the virus appeared in China, and the news spread, anyone that looked Chinese ( to American eyes) got the blame ( from quite a few people).
The pattern seems to be this: people that look Chinese ( to an average American, they all do) got attacked verbally and physically. It does not matter if they were born in the US or were citizens. Still not American enough, if at all.

The pattern seems to be this: a huge part of violent attacks including pushing, slashing, punching etc. seem to come from Black Americans. Most verbal attacks such as, "Get out! Go back to your country ( but they were born in the USA)! Go back to China!" etc., seems to come from White Americans.

It shows the sorry state of the educational system in the USA now- which churns out such ignorant people. Americans as a rule are taught to feel superior over the " third world shitholes" , but now, many of them act in a barbaric fashion that one would expect to be coming from a shithole country.

Many non-Americans often complain that an average American has no knowledge of the outside world and is very insular. Geography for example, is often not taught at all and is buried in social studies. Which is, I guess American internal business. But now, it is becoming dangerous. This uncivilized behavior is something you would expect in some fanatical country such as Iran or Pakistan, but surprise, surprise!

However, there are also good people in the USA. and they are speaking out against this. They are organizing neighborhood watches near their Asian neighbors' houses. They are standing in demonstrations of support with them.

The police are openly filing cases against these " patriots", catching them and charging them with hate crimes and " ethnic indimidation".
Yes, there is such a statute in the USA. If you walk up to a person and say. " Get out! Go back to where you belong! ", that is ethnic indimidation and is a criminal offense. So, these perps are getting arrested and charged with it.

The President himself is speaking against it, too. In America, the government will at least do its best protect you.
So, what is happening on the other side of the Pacific? Yes, you guessed it right. They are blaming Americans and "foreigners". And "American", "white man" and " foreigner" are synonyms in all those countries. They will not be blaming people who look like them, will they? So, who is to scapegoat? The "white devil" and the "black devil".

While not many physical attacks have been reported, shunning, yelling, " Corona!" at white people, running away from them, putting up signs, " No Foreigners" , not letting them into hotels, barber shops, stores, not giving them a ride on public transportation, etc., has been happening.
And generally, neighbors will not help, the police will not protect and the government will rarely speak out against it. The only one that has seriously spoken against this has been the gov't of Vietnam. The signs have gone down. But not much legal responsibility was imparted. Apparently, no strong laws against " ethnic intimidation" or "racial discrimination" exist there.

Some people in the government of Thailand - one of their ministers at least- blamed the " dirty 'farangs' ( Thai word for white people)" for bringing the virus to Thailand. There was an appeal to the Thai public to stay away from the fllthy white devils.
The message in Asia, with very few exceptions, is basically, " Get out!", and no one will take your side there. No public appeal. No neighbors standing vigil. Plus, they are yelling in their own language so what would one understand anyway? "He called me " brang vay-rat". I don't know what it means, anyway."

In India, they blame Mongolian-looking Indians for the virus. In parts of the country near Nepal, many people look TIbetan or Nepalese. They are as Indian as anyone else, but when they go to Mumbay or Chennai, they are treated as " Chinese". The same shunning and shutting out is happening against them now, too.

This epidemics has shown the worst in people. But, in America at least, it also showed that there are good people there, too. People who will show solidarity with their neighbors. Those who will help; who will defend. I wish this were also true in other places, as well.
A brain is a terrible thing to wash!
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