Racism
Introduction:-
Racism is the term use to distinguish human beings into “separate and particular biological units” called races. These races further determine the link between physical properties and morality. These races system built a parameters like colour, caste, creed, status etc. Among them few consider superior and other inferior and that inferiority concept leads towards serious “discrimination” like unequal citizenship rights , educational rights, medical facilities etc. For instance, In Hinduism, there is a clear concept of caste system among the caste few of them like Barahmans, they consider the most powerful and superior people and ysually given with the influential posts in all sectors. On the other hand, the shudhi caste considered to be as the most inferior and the Barahmans who considered to be as the superior they don’t even bear to sit or eat with them and Consider them as a dirty creation because of their caste and creed. They always been given with the most lowest jobs and taken as a slave in hindu culture. Like wise if we see, Sri Lanka, the Tamils were among the minorities and Sinhalese among the majority. The Sinhalese took advantage of their population, they started suppressing the basic rights of Tamils like discrimination in educational sector and their language that lead discrimination and fired up an unprecedented civil war there. The Negros and the behaviour of the world especially (USA and Europe) is unforgettable to quote because they were the first to introduce the racism ans ethical issues in the world. Just because of the colours difference, Negros had been pissed off in the past abd still passing. The hatred towards the dark tons and the slavery that once burnt by the Europeans towards African is still under rage. Even if we see the English dictionary, we find several words that are deeply connected and quoted with bad meanings due to “black hate”. Like everything black considered as a bad like “Black-mailing”, “Black-Collar”, the association of black cat towards bad luck is all the hate generated by whites towards black to show their supremacy and suppress the Negros on all grounds.
Historical Background:-
The racism was present in world since ancient world but official it is present since 18th century where the racial difference coincidered as a cultural invention. The proper racism started during colonial era when Europeans went to different countries and took the charge especially in Asian, African and also American region. During 18th century, the Europeans made colonies in America after the discovery. The Europeans especially the British people have also made their colonies in other region like Africa and Asia. The Americans were the red-Indians who were very innocent and they took them as their guest without knowing, they are going to ethnically vanish them and will establish their own generations. Most of the people don’t know about it that, Americans are less in America than Europeans. They have first made colonies and also bought the black people in America for slavery and did discrimination with them in all the ways they could.
During 1960, the British governing bodies made a law in South Africa, where the white people got superiority over black and brown and they got segregated over skin tones which was highly started practicing in South Africa during 1948 and this segregation termed as ‘Apartheid’. This racial segregation included sanctions that acted via laws in which black people had been treated like a slaves. They haven’t been given with jobs in strong sectors, the travel system was also different for blacks and white and many other anti-human act had been seen during the Aperthied era in South Africa.
The Holocaust in Germany( 1933) is another intiative that had been taken by Nazi party in term of racism, where thousands of Jews had been targeted and killed because of their religion and the ‘anti-semitism’ has been applied where, the ethnic cleansing of Jews took place and had been called that they don’t have a right to live.
Racism status in Pakistan:-
In Pakistan , the Racism is presesnt but not that violent or at officially by government, the way it is in other countries like Inidia, United States, Europe etc. In Pakistan, the society is of kind that follows certain parameters that comes under racism because of their superstations and beliefs. Like,
• Sheats-Sunni fight. In Pakistan the people with different sects fights over different views. Each of them call the opposition as ‘kafirs’, which usually creates the discrimination and racist environment in country and cause tension in certain religiously-extemist group which end up with blood-shed.
• Discrimination with minorities and religious intolerence. In Pakistan, we often see Christians as a ‘janitor’. We often find the minorities working on inferior scales and also there is religious intolereance and people often come to warn a murder if any minority dare to talk any hard against Islam.
• The caste system, In Pakistan people often concider certain castes’people as an inferior and they don’t let theor children to get marry under that caste.
• Another thing that we often see in Pakistan is: Mocking over tanned or dark tones and usually speak out the person as ‘Kala’which creates complexion insecurities among people.
• Making jokes on certain caste is also very common in people. Like people usually call out Pathans as ‘Mentally insane’, Sheikhs as ‘avaricious’and Sardars as ‘Foolish’, that comes under ethnical stereotype.
• Punjabis and Pukhtoons fights over ethnical differences. These two groups are similar as a nation but different in term of mother language and a bit different life-style. Both the groups resists to be in a marital connection with each other on certain points like, punjabi takes pukhtoons as restricted and narrow-mided people, on the other hand, Pukhtoons takes Punjabis as an independent people that couldn’t run the house in a proper way.
These were the drawbacks that we often see in Pakistan that promotes eacism and ethnical discrimination in thr country but there are certain positives things that should also be concidered like:
- In Pakistan, the minorities kept in safer place in jail to protect them from being harmed by the common people,if they commit any religious crime and recently, we have seen the positive decision made by PM of Pakistan Imran Khan by releasing Asia Maseeh free from Blashphemy case by saying ‘The innocent shouldn’t be punished’.
- Another poisitive thing we see is, the murder or killing ratio in Pakistan on racism is not that open or free than other countries, which shows positive image of Pakistan.
- In Pakistan, there is almost minimal or no discriminatory acts or laws connected to race, rather everyone gets an equal opportunities and participation in all the institutions.
- The Pakistani law also deny the slavery or any kind of discrimination. According to the Article 12A:
- “Slavery is non-existent and forbidden and no law shall permit or facilitate its introduction into Pakistan in any form’’.
- The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was also the supporter of quality and he denied all kind of discrimination and urged all the Pakistanis to live and work together regardless of colour, race, or religion. According to Quaid:
- “Now if we want to make this great state of Pakistan happy and prosperous we should wholly and solely concentrate on the well-being of the people, and especially of the masses and the poor … If you change your past and work together in a spirit that every one of you, no matter to what community he belongs, no matter what relations he had with you in the past, no matter what is his colour, caste or creed, is first, second and last a citizen of this state with equal rights, privileges and obligations, there will be no end to the progress you will make.”
Conclusion:-
In a nutshell, the racism has a deep roots inculcating in society that emerge due to intolerance and beliefs system of people that continously creating hatred among people. Since 18th century till current century, we have seen the hype of racial discrimination but with time, it’s intensity is getting down and the people are opting humanity more tightly like we have seen in George Floyd case, the people from different background, caste and creed spoke against the discrimination and made the top trend ‘Black lives matter’ world-wide. But, we have also seen, the enimity and resistance somewhere in society which needs to be curbed and end. Like, we have seen in contrast with Pakistan, the Society in not reluctant and absorb negativity which shows the wrong-perception of the state-policy because of society in the world.
Recommandations:-
- Racial content and discrimination should be eliminated from the text books.
- The media should play the role in creating equality among different races, colour and people. There should be complete ban on labeling beauty with colour.
- Government should make the strict rules against racism and discrimination, so that the people avoid such acts.
- Seminars and workshops should be introduced to educate people on the intensity of issue and it’s pyschological affects on society.








