Newsgroups: soc.culture.europe
Subject: ///SAK///  GERMANY, Racism, Symphaty, Other things.
From: ptisu_sa1@nl102.ittpub.nl
Date: 27 Dec 92 00:37:22 GMT
Organization: ITT Publitec R+D BV
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     GERMANY, Racisizm, Sympathy and Other Things.


     It's obvious that, the degree of racist attacks against the minorities
     in Germany has exceeded the critical threshold.

     Every day, there are a dozen of (reported) attacks, sometimes even
     causing the death of the people being attacked.
               
     Important to notice that, these are the reported events, and very extreme
     ones. Other than what we hear through the media, minorities in Germany
     are facing much larger number of offences in their everyday life.


     In Germany there are a large number of Racist people.

     But, in the same Germany there are also a considerable number
     anti-racist people.
 
     Everyday they organize anti-racist rallies, walk on the streets
     with candles. They show their symphaty for the minorities.

     Some of them are anarchists, who are only interested in violance.
          They are good at spoiling image of the rallies.
          They could be on the Neo-Nazi side as well. They just happen
          to be on the anti-racist side. They are not very many.
     Some of them are radicals, They are good at critisizing the human
          rights records of Spain for treatment of Bask People, or
          Turkey for treatment of Kurdish People, or whatsoever. 
          (New Caledonia?  Bosnia? they don't know where they are.)
          They are good in philosophy and some organized mass activities.
          They don't really take immigrants as "talkable" people, they
          flirt with radicals, anarchists of the countries where the
          minorities came from.
          Some of them are the hangovers from the late 1960s.
     Some of them are everyday people. They are humanists. They don't have
          much contact with minority people. They are good people. They
          don't harm anybody. They participate in the rallies in the 
          weekends and, goto their office during the week. Part-time
          activists.


     None of them are REALISTS.

     They show symphaty for the minorities. But they don't understand
     their problems.

     When they walk on the streets, they don't cry for equal rights
     for the immigrants. They only show their symphaty.

     Do they walk for the victims or for satisfying themselves or
     for good image? Not known, Not sure.
       
     Do they know that (or do they care) 

     - There are around 4 million immigrants in Germany,  

       who or whose parents arrived in Germany on average 30 years ago,

       who can not vote even on matters effecting their fate?
        (in South Africa or Kuwait, the people who can vote are less numerous).
         representation in the parliement? You're kidding.

       who, when married, can not bring their vives to Germany for at least
        one year. (A Canadian, marrying an Australian? No problem, you can 
        arrive today).

       who, when they are 18 years old, have to line-up in front of the
        police department for getting residence permit for the country,
        Germany, in which they were born. (with black hair perhaps, to
        make things even worse).

       who are rarely accepted to German Citizenship, because they do not
        have German blood. ( An article in German Constitution, allows
        the ethnic Germans anywhere (e.g. in Russia), to be a citizen
        in a moment. Even if they can not speak any German). Poor Turk
        Ali, born in Berlin, grew in Berlin, Lived in Berlin, beaten in
        Berlin, Died in Berlin as a Turkish citizen.(Does any radical know 
        these??).
        (Great man, late Willy Brandt once said, it is not enough to be
         right. Is it really not enough???)

       who, 8 year old, when wants to visit a neighbouring country with
        fellow students in the elementary school, taken out of the bus at
        the border, because he needs visa?        

       who, when wants her/his relatives to visit her/him, has to run
        after the Great German Consulate for months, for getting her/his
        relative a visa (only if can...).
        (hey radicals, have you ever heard about the Helsinki Human
         rights aggrement? free movement???). 
       who, when successfull in business and driving a Mercedes, is
        promptly judjed as being involved in illegal business?
 
     Ask yourself, noone will hear, but you.

     How many of you walk for yourself? How many of you for the minorities?
     or there is nothing else remained, wall is down, no ideology, no more
     utopia?  
     Do you really love them? 
     Do you critisize the human rights records of Spain, Turkey, Greece
     honestly, because they are (as a fact) not great, or is it a released
     expression of not-liking (of those people) otherwise hidden? 
     Do you really see them as equals? Or are they the people to take care of,
     to philosophize over?
     Do you dislike the minorities driving Mercedes cars? Not because
     they are rich because you feel they are not on your side anymore? those
     people you symphatized for so long, betrayed you?
     Do you fancy the idea that, once you grant them the rights, they may
     have different opinions than you? they may perhaps vote for another
     political party?  

     Are you really honest? Or are we amusing ourselves here?

     Make your mind up.

     This time, you can not say, you didn't know.


     ///////SAK