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India mulls tougher anti-racism law to combat hate crime - Channel NewsAsia
BBC News - India campaigners push for anti-racism law
East Asians (Mongolian race):
They are, time and again, accused of being pro-China due to their appearance and their region’s proximity to China.
"It was racism pure and simple. He was killed because of the way he looks," adds the young victim's father.
It is the latest in a series of attacks targeting people from north-east India, whose physical resemblance is often closer to that of the Chinese or East Asians than to people in the rest of India.
Blacks:
"They call us all sorts of names," one of the Nigerians tells me, a musician with his dreadlocked hair tied back.
"We are called bamboos, chimpanzees. They spit on us. When we go down to play football, they throw stones at us," he says.
"It was not what I was expecting when I came to India," says his heavy-built friend, a baseball cap pulled low over his eyes.
BBC News - India campaigners push for anti-racism law
East Asians (Mongolian race):
They are, time and again, accused of being pro-China due to their appearance and their region’s proximity to China.
"It was racism pure and simple. He was killed because of the way he looks," adds the young victim's father.
It is the latest in a series of attacks targeting people from north-east India, whose physical resemblance is often closer to that of the Chinese or East Asians than to people in the rest of India.
Blacks:
"They call us all sorts of names," one of the Nigerians tells me, a musician with his dreadlocked hair tied back.
"We are called bamboos, chimpanzees. They spit on us. When we go down to play football, they throw stones at us," he says.
"It was not what I was expecting when I came to India," says his heavy-built friend, a baseball cap pulled low over his eyes.