Dave Makkar, New Jersey, USA |
| Blog | Posted By: hindtodaynews on:3/17/2012 9:37:08 PM |
[Dharun Ravi, a
Rutgers University student charged with bias intimidation, with his father New Brunswick, N.J., February 21, 2012. Ravi was
charged with bias intimidation, a hate crime punishable by 10 years in
prison; invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence and a witness
after he used a webcam to broadcast his gay roommate's sexual encounter with a male partner ]
My humble request to every sane person is pay attention to what the US justice system has done to a 20 yr old Dharun Ravi from minority Hindu community. If Ravi would have been a Jew or a Christian or a Mormon he would have been treated differently. It is a dangerous precedent against minorities in America. He has been found guilty for racial bias against Gays when in his whole life he has not uttered a single word or comment or statement against Gays. There is no doubt about it he has behaved like a jerk by looking at his roommate remotely but that does not make him a Gay hater. He should be punished for being a jerk not for being a Gay hater.
New Jersey’s dumb politicians across the aisle especially big fraud Governor Christie, judiciary, attorney’s and individuals have manipulated investigations to make sure Ravi to be punished for hate crimes. Christie in the lead was the first to make a statement that "I don't know how those two folks (Ravi & Molly) are going to sleep at night, knowing that they contributed to driving that young man to that alternative.'' This is the same Racist Governor who never bothered to react when a Hindu Scientist Dr. Divyendu Sinha was brutally murdered by 5 teenagers bare handedly out side his own home in front of his wife and 2 teenage sons under Racial Bias. No one in authorities or main stream media showed any sympathy for the family and till to date is prepared to call it a bias crime. Rather a quasi criminal prosecutor Bruce Kaplan accused of helping cover up a murder is doing the investigations. This is the same prosecutor under his watch Edison Police union members, supporters, friends and spouse with immunity called “Indians are cockroaches, animals, illiterates and illegal go home” to a group of unarmed women, children, senior citizens and some adults from Hindu community demonstrating against Police Brutality to a fellow Hindu. These are the worst ever called racial slurs for a minority in over 200 years history of America still no out cry by main stream media or quasi criminal politicians of New Jersey or so called human rights organizations promoting equality.
In July 2011 two Indians were brutally murdered in Irvington and their bodies were found tied together head to toes not face to face apparently under racial bias. One person has his throat slit from one ear to other ear and other was shot in the head. There were 30 stab wounds. There was no news from mainstream media or New Jersey rulers as well as moral police. Few years ago a women Hindu Scientist Dr. Geetha Angare was murdered in a high security water treatment plant where a bird can not enter without a Security Clearance Tag again the motive was hate crime but no outcry by main stream media, ruling elites and moral police of New Jersey. The list goes on and on New Jersey is certainly a anti-minority state especially for Hindus with a hostile media against them that they are not shy even to terrorize and prosecute a 12 year old Hindu student out side the Court System who dared to demand equal rights with Jews and Christians of his town.
In Ravi’s case Elite Rulers and Moral Police of New Jersey long with main stream Media with unethical double standards have sold the tragic suicide by a young talented violinist as Bias Crime and an act of hatred towards homosexuals. It is an open secret that homosexuality has become mainstream in America. Every show on prime time TV promotes homosexuality with famous people glorifying it. That gives a sense of pride to every gay in America rather around the world for being gay. So that clearly indicates Tyler’s problem was some thing else that the Courts and Media has deliberately not addressed at all.
With due respect and all the forgiveness from the family painfully I have to say that any person who commits suicide most of the time they are mentally unstable. Considering Tyler committed suicide it is also possible despite homosexuality being promoted on mainstream media by celebrities, he was still struggling with his homosexuality or may be some thing else.
Tyler ’s suicide is not a case of bullying and certainly this is not a hate crime. This was a stupid prank pulled by Ravi and Molly on a mentally unstable young man who chose to take his own life on being exposed that he is gay. However it is necessary to apply brains before pulling a prank because each student is different on how they react. Ravi and Molly should have known Tyler enough to realize the level of embarrassment it would cause. I do not think they knew that Tyler would take extreme step of committing suicide.
It is still a case of invasion of privacy in this age of facebook and live video streaming of each and everything around us. How much privacy we can expect and how much invasion of privacy we can tolerate, that is the issue we would have to deal with for a better future. Let there be public debate on these issues to honor a lost young and brilliant life of Tyler Clementi before punishing Ravi under bias crimes.
This incident also has some parallels to Dr Sinha’s brutal murder in Old Bridge by 5 High School students age 17-18 of his own town in front of his wife and 2 children. In this no group worth the name has given a call that Dr Sinha’s senseless brutal murder be called a hate crime.
We all must do some soul searching what kind of education and upbringing we are providing to our children that can lead to the senseless and gruesome murder of Dr Sinha by 17-18 years old most probably under racial bias and 2 students 18 yrs old can be blamed for their fellow student Tyler’s suicide for invading his privacy because he was not prepared to share his sexual orientation with the rest of the world. May be Tyler was in need of psychiatric care that his own parents, friends and Rutgers failed to realize.
( The writer, Devendra Makkar, is a prominent Indo-American Activist )