What appears to be a political rap about Islamophobia in Australia... I guess?
9 replies, posted
[video=youtube;tHLLUT6Z-Pg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHLLUT6Z-Pg[/video]
I didn't notice until toward the end that it was rhyming. It's more like poetry than rap.
Recently a lot of people have been much more (negatively) verbal about Islam in Australia. It was prevelant before but now it's starting to become more and more visible. I think people feel like our political leaders have started to endorse anti-islam actions against people who are completely innocent. In a way they kind of have, always calling on Islamic leaders to make announcements about how Islam is a peaceful religion when in fact the burden of proof does not lie with the Islamic community in Australia, for the most part they are innocent.
[URL="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-25/innocent-man-labelled-as-haider-on-fairfax-front-pages/5769936"]There was even a kid who had his photo plastered on the front page of a newspaper being labelled as a teen terrorist[/URL] when it turns out the newspaper had made a mistake and he was completely innocent, having fled persecution from similar extremists to get to Australia and being accepted and now an Australian citizen. Now he has been labelled as the very extremists they tried to escape and the nation that was trying to protect him is now yet another threat.
It has almost turned into a Salem Witch Trials type thing.
I'm honestly quite worried about the sudden surge of Islamophobia in Australia. I've been living here for the past 7 months and very rarely hear stories about my friends getting verbally assaulted. But suddenly in the past 3 weeks I got like 6 complaints of verbal assault (which is a lot considering I used to only get like once every 2 months), most of the victims are defenseless females who happen to wear Burqa/Hijab, and most of them are just your average boogan telling them to "fuck off this country" but in one of the cases the victim almost got physically assaulted by a group of teens in broad daylight. And I don't think the media is helping in any way either.
Mind you I'm a representative council for Malaysian University Students in Australia and the number of Malaysian Muslims Students represents quite a small number to the whole Muslim community in Australia.
Imagine if this was viewed in a much wider scale.
thank you mr rapper now i will never criticize islam ever again
This is called spoken word just in case people are wondering. Kinda a midpoint between rap and poetry.
"Fear they have a gun? Ban the firearm" lmao implying that works
[QUOTE=Woovie;46084209]"Fear they have a gun? Ban the firearm" lmao implying that works[/QUOTE]
Australia isn't the US. We put in strict firearm regulations before they became rampant and yeah, banning them worked at reduction in firearm related violence. Not saying it would work in the US because you already have so many, but it worked without a doubt here.
lmao
While it would be easy for one to sympathize with the guy in the video, there were a few points that could hurt his argument. One is trying to force people to accept change. Islam is an imported ideology/ religion, and the growth in it is fairly recent. Sharp societal changes often lead to stronger resistance, since culture and normality are things people really passionate about. It is appreciated that he made a case for integration and the sharing of thoughts among neighbors, but the ending of this video was poorly executed, the "If you don't like brown skin and beards, you have the problem" phrase. It's not the best way to try to win converts (not in the religious sense) but insulting your opposition. It also assumes that everyone who is wary of Islam are doing it for completely racist reasons. Ideological conflicts and incompatibilities with two separate cultures are stress points in society even without adding demographics into it. Grated the most vocal people will have the more extreme views, in regards to the street harassment, but as stated before, doesn't mean everyone with less than positive views on Islam is directly tied to race.
[QUOTE=gerbe1;46092403]Australia isn't the US. We put in strict firearm regulations before they became rampant and yeah, banning them worked at reduction in firearm related violence. Not saying it would work in the US because you already have so many, but it worked without a doubt here.
lmao[/QUOTE]
You are also an island
[QUOTE=Woovie;46102853]You are also an island[/QUOTE]
How is that relevant?
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.