Two teenagers charged for racism

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8111278.stm

Two teenagers have been charged of intimidating Romanian immigrants. Their behaviour has caused the Romanian families to flee their houses and seek accommodation elsewhere. Their arrest followed on a wake of attacks that were executed on the houses of Romanian migrants. There are more than 100 migrants attacked this way. In a reaction on these events, at least 200 people attend a rally against racism on Saturday. The youngsters have to appear before the Magistrates’ Court on Monday. The majority of the Romanian families who were attacked are now making preparations to return to their home country. Anna Lo, South Belfast MLA, spoke out that it is a sad picture for Northern Ireland that the migrants cannot be protected properly and that they return to their home country when they really liked it in Northern Ireland.


I agree what Anna Lo mentions in this article. The Romanians have come to Northern Ireland after fleeing their own country, where it was not safe to live for them. They have built a good life for themselves, and now they are once again chased away and again made to feel unwelcome. Discrimination in its many forms is a human trait I deeply regret the existence of. All humans are the same, with the same emotions and worries, and I sometimes wonder why one group has to think of themselves as being better than others. Is this showing of superiority really necessary? Is it so extremely difficult to respect and accept another man’s differences and culture? Unfortunately, it seems that showing respect and acceptance is indeed so very difficult for some people.