The australia issue: - Page 4

Originally posted by: Summer3

Indian universities are pretty good but some of them may not be internationally recognized. I do not know if the situation has improved currently. I think it is much easier to pass in Australia then India where conditions tend to be tougher.

Originally posted by: gengarjetty2

thats the only advantage indian colleges have.. tough exams...

Originally posted by: Meena1

Yeap.. 3 Idiots has enlightened me a lot on the india education system.. 😛

even after going through hell in Indian college/universities... its sad that ppl still cant find jobs to fit there credentials..

A couple of things to note.

Australians may have descended from convicts. However, not all convicts were hardened criminals. Actually the largest majority of Australian deportees were lower middle class British people convicted on minor counts like petty theft, pick pockets and other minor criminals. In post deportation Australia one cannot ignore that a large number of immigrants were explorers, scientists, anthropologists, miners etc who sought to discover and study this lost continent. Stereotyping all Australians negatively as convicts is no different than any other racist stereotypes.

Like the United States, native rights is the most critical and important issue in Australia. Until the World War eras it was legal and even encouraged to kill natives (known as savages) for prize money. The sad truth is that even immigrants from China, India etc are racist towards the aborigines and oppose aboriginal rights. The problem of the aborigines is significant ranging from land rights to education and employment.

Australia is a country of stark contradictions. Tourists describe Australia to either be the friendliest or the grumpiest of people. Some say Australia is least racist where they can find various races together or extremely racist with segregated societies. Racism is a problem in Australia for sure. However, to classify it as white racism against Indians is simplifying it. We have the natives, we have the white Australians, we have the ethnic Asians who immigrated during the mining and railroad era. We have Polynesians, the Middle Eastern, Africans and the subcontinent who are the recent migrants. Indians are the most recent migrants for educational and job opportunities. In the past Indians focused on USA and UK. While Polynesians and Middle Eastern looked to Australia and New Zealand. There is a lot of ethnic tension in areas amidst groups.

Here is an article throwing a different perspective in light. Bolding some interesting aspects.

Source: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/brutal-truth-about-attacks-20090610-c2dm.html

The perception is wrong. Indian students are being attacked in Australia, with at least 100 incidents in Melbourne and Sydney during the past year. The violence is undeniable, the targeting of Indians is undeniable, and the problem is unacceptable and embarrassing.

But the distorted story of white racism has been helped along by the prevailing sensibilities of reporting of crime in Australia, with skittishness about detailing the gritty reality that most violent street crime in Sydney and Melbourne is not committed by whites. The prison populations confirm this.

The attacks on Indians have followed this pattern, with the crimes committed by a polyglot mix reflecting the streets - white, Asian, Middle Eastern, Aboriginal, Pacific Islander.

The most recent attacks, in Harris Park this week, allegedly involved assailants of the proverbial "Middle Eastern appearance". The assault on Monday night was followed by a retaliatory attack by a big group of Indians. Police said three men "of Middle Eastern appearance" were set upon in Harris Park after about 200 Indian men converged on the street after hearing of the latest attack. In Melbourne, an assault on an Indian student on a train was recorded on video and footage depicting the attack was posted on YouTube. The video shows a swarm of young men robbing and repeatedly attacking the student. Most of them do not appear to be white.

A recent assault on an Indian student in Glebe was committed by a young offender described as Aboriginal. Sydney University is bounded on the east and west by Glebe and Redfern and both have crime hot spots involving Aboriginal communities. .

Another recent assault on an Indian student, by a knife-wielding assailant in Port Melbourne, involved three attackers identified as Caucasian.

The ethnicity of the attackers thus varies from crime to crime. The police are telling the truth when they describe the attacks as largely motivated by opportunism, because Indian students work late at night, live in lower-cost neighbourhoods, and are regarded as soft targets.

It is also true that Indians have been targeted, hence the demonstration by about 1000 Indian students in Melbourne 10 days ago, and this week's eruption by hundreds of Indian men in Harris Park, which has Sydney's largest concentration of Indian residents. The suburb has experienced a spate of attacks on Indians in recent months.

The subway system in Melbourne is full of various Asian based gangs. Even white students in Australia explain that there is a subway hierarchy and many have been beaten or threatened by the Asian gangs. Many will not use i-pods, cell phones, video games, cameras etc around these gangs because it is an invitation to get mugged. They will rob these from you. These subway gangs are spreading to other cities. Being new Indian students tend to be oblivious to these gang dynamics and become easy targets.

Aboriginals are hostile towards Indians as in many other nations because of the Indian model minority stereotype. They convince themselves that Indians are taking away resources that could be used for aborigine development and that Indians are taking their employment opportunities too.

While it is true that Indian students are being racially targeted in Australia, it is not a simple explanation of white racism and there is no simple solution.

Originally posted by: den1

no indian college are oriented only to fetch job...making them[students] dumb in other fields[me too😆]........movie was abt not to strive for job but for excellence

Originally posted by: Meena1

Yeap.. 3 Idiots has enlightened me a lot on the india education system.. 😛

even after going through hell in Indian college/universities... its sad that ppl still cant find jobs to fit there credentials..

Originally posted by: gengarjetty2

well meena, my dad was laughing at mba's from iim who couldnt handle a simple challenge because they did no know which rule to apply 🤣

Originally posted by: Meena1

LOL.. i was referring to the whole pressure leading to suidicide .. 😆😆..

dont they have job placement services in indian college/universities..??