What ??? While we piously say "mea culpa" for our racist attitude against the Nigerians, wasnt it the Nigerians who started the ruckus in the first place ? And that led to the information that there were a lot of them in Goa who had overstayed the duration of their visas. And also the information that some of our "racist" Goans had rented out their premises to the dark skinned Nigerians without complying with the law which requires all rental premises and their occupants be registered with o the police.
Oh yes, the Nigerians started the ruckus to draw attention to their fellow Nigerian who had been murdered by someone and although 24 hours had elapsed, the Police had not arrested the culprits. Tut-tut, our super efficient Police had all of 24 hours and could not arrest anyone ?? If our Goa Police could arrest a murder suspect in this record time, they would deserve a gold medal. I had the misfurtune of being caught up in the melee as an innocent bystander. I was headed from Mapusa to Porvorim, when just in front of me the large black vehicle marked "Hearse" in bold letters, made a turn right in front of me, near Hotel Green Park in Guirim and sped up the road. I was not aware that it was carrying the body of the murdered Nigerian. When I finally caught up with the Hearse near the O'Coqueiro Restaurant in Porvorim there was a traffic jam. Someone said that there was a body on the road which led me to believe that there was an accident. I was able to make a U-turn and get out of the jam, thanks to a burly guy who was removing and flinging the road dividers (made of heavy duty plastic). This gave me an escape route from the traffic jam. >From eye-witnesses I was told that a handful of Nigerians had blocked the >road, stopped the hearse and unceremoniously pulled the body of their countryman from the hearse and dumped it in the middle of the road.. When Police got a stretcher and tried to re-load the corpse to put it back in the hearse, one of the Nigerians yanked the stretcher and flung it on the back of a passing truck leaving the corpse on the road. Is this the way anyone respects their dead ? Being dark skinned myself I empathize with the poor Nigerians. Actually I see many perople in Goa who are darker skiinned than the Nigerians I see in Goa. And all we "darkies" are discriminated against by racist Indians who pretend to be "wheatish" in complexion. No the racism is not just against Nigerians but against all us "kalas"..
