The Moscow Riots are a domino effect. Many in Moscow are angered by labor migrants are are demanding increased police control. Police are arresting more, thus resulting in increased tensions. The bottom line is that both groups "must learn to live with each other." Maybe the people in Moscow need to look at the labor migrants and thank them for the oil related economic boom. Maybe the labor migrants need to thank the people in Moscow for sharing the city. They need to meet in the middle and be hospitable, thankful for eachother, and tolerant of the different religions.
Monday, October 21, 2013
Tensions in Moscow
The ethnic tensions in Russia is a classic example of the lack of tolerance that exists within cultures. The Muslim/migrants tension with Orthodox Christians in Russia can be related to the Pashtun and Hazara tensions that exists within Afghanistan. It can be loosely related to African American and White tensions that existed in the 1950s. There is many more classic examples of this throughout world history. This lack of tolerance for different beliefs, etc. breaks apart countries and forces people to live in fear. These tensions happen because people tend to want to force their beliefs onto others without consideration of what other might think as right. Opinions play a huge part into the lack of tolerance that exists in this world. Migrants in Moscow are afraid to walk the streets at night. They are also afraid to use public transportation systems. While that dynamic is horrible, migrants need to learn to better assimilate. For example, they should stop at red lights and not give people of Russia a reason to hate them. They should abide by basic laws, by no means change their beliefs, but respect the societal structure of Moscow. As they are migrants they should act like guests and not act "as if it their home".
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Lack of tolerance is definitely an issue I'm sure however, there probably is some merit to the fears some Russians have of immigrants even if some may be irrational. It's understandable as this is very common with humans to discriminate but the stabbing victim has made many traditionalists it seems, afraid. Good post.
ReplyDeleteYou are exactly like in the central problem lies within the lack of tolerance and open mindedness. The Russian people are not wrong in want to immigrants to follow the sam laws they do. Both sides are going to have to come to an agreement in order for peace to occur
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that the main problem that has caused this senseless violence is a lack of tolerance. It is frustrating that people seem to not be able to accept other peoples differences and live peacefully together. I really like how you used the tensions in the Middle East and related it to the situation in Russia. Well done.
ReplyDeleteAn important thing to keep in mind is that these people may be migrants, but they are not necessarily always immigrants to Russia from other countries. They may simply come from other areas of Russia. So it's not clear if it's even fair to think of them as immigrants in the sense the term implies in our debate.
ReplyDeleteKeeping these things in mind does suggest that race relations may be the better paradigm. It's possible that immigrants are not stopping at red lights, but if they aren't stopping, how would the person have time to really tell what they look like? It reminds me of a story someone once told me about how some ethnic looking people once "made gestures" to them at a red light, so they ran through it. They probably considered this story to show how unruly non-white people are, but I was more surprised that someone thought it was acceptable to run a red light because of a gesture. This fundamental lack of a shared perspective seems crucial to these types of disputes.
I like your perspective on this issue, but I'm not entirely sure the central issue is religious intolerance, per se. It seems that the obstinate behavior by the migrants seems to be less religiously involved as it does culturally. This group of people is in a new area where they are not particularly accepted and it seems they are acting out as a result of not fitting in. I suppose no one will ever know the real underlying issue here, but that's just how it seems to me.
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