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Racism exists practically in all countries, but in certain places and situations it is especially

common. Some of the very common reasons for racism to arise are fear or the need for a
"scapegoat". If things are going badly many people’s natural reaction is to blame somebody
else. This is exactly what often causes racism, if the unemployment is rising or the national
economy is very weak, many people will look for a scapegoat to blame, and in most cases
they will choose the people that they do not know, such as those with a different ethnical or
cultural background.

Racism is caused by fear

In some cases racism can generate such an enormous amount of anger that it can
cause a war. The thing that causes this anger is mainly fear. This fear may be due to
economic condition of your country, educational reason etc.

Economic reason: Due to the global financial crisis (GFC) stardom of developed
countries in financial market is likely to be over. At one side, in Australia, over
600,000 are now officially unemployed and this figure is expected to double before
the year’s end. And at another side, Asian giant China has purchased US$ 1.3 trillion
worth US Treasury Bills. Thus a sense of embarrassment prevails in developed
countries, once lender has become a borrower. So the sense of frustration is obvious
in younger minds because their economic future is not as secure as it had been
decades ago.

Educational: : India has written stories of great success in economic fields; thanks to
brilliant young brains in fields of science and technology, management and other
frontier areas. Our IITs, IIMs, and other schools have produced best brains in the
world. According to an estimate about 8.3 lakh Indian students are studying in
countries like the US, the UK, Russia, France, Australia, etc and are getting jobs in
MNCs. So students of those countries feel that their job opportunities are being eaten
up by Indians. Thus a sense of inferiority complex develop in student of those
countries. These complexes find expression in such opportunistic acts blended with
racism.

Aftermath: There was a 46% drop in Indians applying for student visas for Australia
from July to Oct 31 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, and a total drop of
26% in student visa applications to Australia from all counties (including India). A
study (completed before the deaths of Nitin Garg and Ranjodh Singh) forecast a 20%
drop in Indian students expected to study in Australia in 2010, compared to 2009.
However, after the attacks of 2009 and the deaths in Jan 2010, its expected to fall
even further than the 20% drop.

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