The racist attack on an Indian man in Tallaght recently was not a once-off. Ireland must act
Protesters in the anti-racism protest of community group Dublin South-West Together (DSWT) at RUA RED, Tallaght, to condemn the vicious racist attack of an Indian man last week. Photo: Leah Farrell/© RollingNews.ie
When I first watched the now-removed social media video of a man bloodied and stripped in a Dublin street, I felt my stomach turn. The images were violent, yes, but the silence of the onlookers hit harder.Â
Helpless and humiliated, the victim of the ruthless actions of a few anti-social elements stood surrounded, not by support, but by scrutiny. No one intervened until much later. And somehow, in the noise that followed, the narrative became not about the victim, but about invented claims against him.
