Ive seen a lot of excuses in my life starting with the "dog ate the homework" to "fell in the shower and got a fracture" and ridiculous as they sound, we take them in our stride, be professional and fix the patient.
However, the excuses galore in Pakpassion is something unique and unheard of.
1. He was muttering to himself.
2. Its not his fault because no one can pronounce that name.
3. Who are you "Champion of morality".
4. Its fondness in our culture and we call people shorty, snotty, jelly.
I think its safe to say when you have a representation of population shouting ludicrous excuse after excuse to justify something, which, on prinicple shouldnt have happened in the first place, and most of it sadly, our younger generation, then you become to wonder about the social fabric of the society.
Why am I teaching my daughter of 1 year old to meet every black man and wave to him and say goodbye when half of our culturally inept society has the apt "part of our culture defense".
Deep down racism exists in everyone's heart. You would always marry a white female rather than a black one no matter how pious you claim to be.
But when you start calling her B la ck ie and refuse to marry her because of the skin and people defend you by saying "her nose wasnt dead center" or she was "prone to affairs anyways"..
I think I will tender as Ive made my case.
But I’m struggling to notice what you’re case is really about, rather I think it’s unclear.
You state the excuses you have heard in Sarfraz’s defense on PP and they are poor. What Sarfraz did was inexcusable and not the behavior of a national captain, I think no one except maybe a handful disagree with that opinion.
In fact, the overwhelming opinion on PP is that the PCB did not act with enough haste and announce corporal punishment.
But then you talk about “the social fabric of society”. I’m not quite sure what you mean here but I guess you’re implying that Pakistani culture has a habit of promoting racism and casteism.
Racism is a mental attitude of one individual towards another that always has more factors than simply skin color. Who are Pakistanis most racist towards? Other Pakistanis, Indians, and Bangladeshis. Who are the Chinese most racist towards? Other Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.
There is racism because of differentiations in class ranking, social status, and most importantly, political factors. It has always existed since time and immemorial; before humans were able to read and write, there existed slavery and racism. Simply put, racism has always been a larger practice of group differentiations from our ancestor’s hunter-gatherer days. The notion that racism has to do with skin color is relatively new in modern history; particularly since the Americas were discovered because there never existed ways before to transport large number of slaves to other continents.
Discrimination is an overt tort upon another individual due to racial, cultural, and or religious overtones. This is the main issue that should be dealt with. Outright practices of harming other individuals and hampering their daily lives. In conclusion, racism is a mental practice while discrimination is a physical practice.
Next, you share a very heartwarming notion about teaching your daughter that regardless of skin color, everyone is to be treated with respect and this is admirable. But it should not be the disparity rather the norm and yet it is the other way around because as long as human being have existed, there will continue to be perceptions of differences.
Furthermore, your next quote is strange. It’s not clear who you addressing when you state “you would rather marry a white female rather than a black one”. I think given the option to marry, human beings look at a multitude of options and factors when choosing a partner. We do not select our partners on how they smell or how well they camouflage like other species. The notion of white is more beautiful has existed in almost every society you can name but there is nothing wrong with that. Because beauty is subjective and there are simply some individuals who prefer white to black and others black to white. If an individual wishes to marry a person of a certain color, who are we to interfere? Certainly the person commuting the act of marriage deserves far more say in it than us.
