Xinjiang [1] remains offline and online discussion of the recent ethnic unrest there continues to be highly restricted. Building off radical interpretation [2] of Uighur-on-Han violence in Ürümqi, however, and noting that neighboring Mongolia has its fair share of neo-nazis [3], what conclusions can be made regarding the violence from both sides?
Beijing Spring [4] editor Hu Ping, in a recent post [5] for RFA, wonders if Uighur anger can be attributed to government policies in the region, lists several reasons why that might be and, using the term Han chauvinism [6], concludes that it is. Wikipedia defines Han chauvinism as:
“Referring to people carrying ethnocentric viewpoints that favor the Han Chinese majority ethnic group in China at the expense of the other minority ethnic groups, often under the assumption of cultural superiority. […] Actions and speech that constitute the ethnocentric and ideological aspects of Han chauvinism (such as hate speech against minorities) are illegal in the People's Republic of China and are either banned or censored.”
Hu's post brought in a number of comments:
08/31: 本人是汉人，去过东突厥斯坦维吾尔地区。胡平先生所说的情况完全属实。该地区的大部分区域目前的汉化状况十分严重，并不断有大量的汉族移民，维族完全被边缘化。
09/01: 如果是这样的话，那美国是不是也在搞英语同化政策呢讲印第安语言的人你在美国可以畅行无阻吗？共产党的干部队伍里不但是少数民族广大汉族也一样被剥夺了宗教信仰的权利啊！维吾尔人可以不受限制地生儿育女，而当地的汉族人却被国家的计划生育政策严格限制哦！作为在中国生长的汉族人，我们真的没有感到所谓的大汉族主义！
09/01: 同化、融合是社会的进步，拒绝融合是没有出路的，就想在美国不会说英语还有机会进入主流社会吗？陈破空在美国不也只是一个社会的边缘人。
09/02: 维吾尔人或图博人（Tibetan）在自己的土地上说自己的语言应该是畅行无阻，这应该就是当地主流社会的语言。
09/02: 真会胡扯！在台湾原著民还不是要说汉语.写汉字！
09/02: 真是胡评了，别忘了汉人到新疆的时间比维吾尔早
09/03: 我没去过新疆，但是在我的家乡湖南，最起码我读书的两个城市：永州，长沙。还有现在在的这个城市：深圳。维族人跟我们（汉族人）比起来权利是大很多的—— 他们可以强买强卖，他们卖的价格非常高，而且看了东西一定要买，这个我们一点办法都没有的。警察可以骑在我们头上，对他们是一点办法都没有的，就是犯了事也很快出来！
09/04: 对待伊斯兰，必须大棒和胡萝卜政策同时实施，目前来看应该大棒为主。伊斯兰需要改良、进步才有出路。目前它就是反人类的宗教。
09/05: 维族被边缘化.这个基本是事实
Hu's piece was reposted [7] to UighurBiz, founded by the ethnic Uighur economist and netizen Ilham Tohti [8]; Tohti was detained in July and released in late August, and generated some discussion online this week after expressing support [9] for the new Xinjiang Party boss Zhu Hailun's tougher stance (canceling the ‘less arrests, less executions, more leniency’ policy) on crime. Here are some comments left today on the UighurBiz post:
*两少一宽应该取消*
伊力哈木还对乌鲁木齐刚刚上任的市委书记朱海仑宣布取消“两少一宽”(少捕少杀，一般从宽)的少数民族政策表示赞同。他认为，法律面前应该人人平等。他说，这个政策确实让少数民族中的犯罪分子获利，同时导致了汉族人的不满。人都是一样的汉族人被针扎了才想起要王LQ下台,维吾尔人安全受到威胁了才想起取消两少一宽.还能想起自己曾经的态度吗?
伊力哈木算是维族人里面少数能够讲的通道理的人物，对民族和国家有着比较清醒的认识。不象其他在这的一群维族小喽罗根本就是屁也不懂，还去指责汉人的FF，其实也都是五十步笑百步。好好和你们老师学一学。
Ilham has expressed support for the new Ürümqi Party chief Zhu Hailun's decision to cancel the “Two Lesses, One Leniency” (less arrests, less executions, more leniency) ethnic policy. Ilham feels that all people should be equal before the law, saying that ethnic minority criminals have definitely benefited from this policy, and that at the same time it leaves Hans feeling dissatisfied.
That's how people are; Han only started calling for Wang Lequan's resignation after they began getting pricked with needles; Uighurs only called for the cancellation of ‘Two Lesses, One Leniency’ once they started feeling their safety threatened. Do you think there's a chance they'll each go back to their previous stances?
Ilham is one of the few Uighurs who talks any sense, who sees clearly the difference between ethnicity and state. Not at all like some of his underlings who don't know crap, calling Han [relocation] illegal, treating it all like a big joke. Glad to be able to learn something here from you.
伊力哈木算是维族人里面少数能够讲的通道理的人物
汉族里有多少个对维族没有歧视的？
其实，新疆的很多当地汉人对维吾尔族不仅歧视而且不当人看，举个例子，6年前我在新疆出差，在乌鲁木齐延安南路路边打出租车，比我后来一个维族女孩也站在我旁边打车，冬天在乌鲁木齐往往打车需要很长时间，冻得不行了，好不容易一辆空车来了，根本没在女孩旁边停，直接停我面前了，我还好奇，上车后问司机什么不拉女孩，汉族司机说：我们不愿拉这些皮帽子（维族人）。问问什么？他说有次拉了个维族给的是假钱，我问有没有碰到汉族乘客给假钱的？他说也有。我说如果你们这样对待维族，你们不担心将来维汉矛盾越来越深吗？司机答：他们不敢，我们有枪。我再也没说话。出差3天，每次打车我都问司机愿不愿意拉维族，都是众口一词，什么维族人脾气大、不讲理、不愿意拉之类的话。后来问了当地一个维族人才知道乌鲁木齐全市有近六千俩出租车，由于维族乘客屡遭拒载，终于让200 多辆维族司机开出租，满足不了需求，没办法，很多维族人就做黑车生意了，二道桥一带的夏利基本上都是黑车。了解了情况后我心想这样的地方将来一定会出事！
没有无缘无故的爱和恨，就像一面镜子，你如何对待他人，他们也会如何对待你。不反思一下自己的所作所为，动不动给一个民族去贴标签，对一个世世代代在此繁衍的原住民族带上歧视的有色眼镜，新疆怎能不乱？
And just how many Han are there who don't discriminate against Uighurs?
In fact, Han in many places in Xinjiang don't just discriminate against Uighurs, but don't even see them as human. For example, six years ago I was in Xinjiang on a business trip. I was standing on Yan'an Nan Road in Ürümqi trying to get a taxi, and one Uighur girl came up next to me and was trying to get a taxi too. It always takes a long time to get a cab in Ürümqi in the winter. We were freezing and finally when one empty cab did pull up, it went right past that girl and stopped right in front of me. Strange, I thought, and after I got in I asked the driver why he didn't stop for the girl. The (Han) driver said: we don't pick up those leatherhats (Uighurs). I asked why. He said once he picked up an Uighur who gave him fake money, so I asked if he'd ever had Han customers who gave him fake money. He said he had.
I said if you treat Uighurs like this, aren't you worried about the ethnic conflict getting worse? The driver said, they don't dare, we have guns. Then I had nothing more to say. I was there for three days, and every time I got in a cab I asked if they were willing to take Uighur passengers, and got the same answer every time: Uighurs have bad tempers, can't be reasoned with, they won't stop for them, etc. It was only later after I asked one local Uighur that I found out that there are about 6,000 taxis in Ürümqi, and because Uighurs are always getting refused rides, in the end they hired 200 Uighur drivers, but when that's not enough, there's not much else to be done, so a lot of Uighurs have started their own unlicensed taxi businesses, basically any Xiali car you see around Erdao Bridge is a pirate taxi. Once I got a better idea of the situation, I thought something was bound to happen sooner or later.
Unwarranted love or hate, it's just like a mirror. However you treat people is how they'll treat you back. If you don't think about the consequences of your actions and just go around putting labels on a certain ethnic group, seeing these people who have been here for centuries through a lens of prejudice, how else could Xinjiang not be in a mess?
汉族里有多少个对维族没有歧视的？
其实，新疆的很多当地汉人对维吾尔族不仅歧视而且不当人看
uighurhr 发表于 2009-9-9 07:41要让别人把你当人，你首先得表现的有个人样。
多谢党妈妈长久以来对维吾尔人的美化宣传，
以至于我们这些内地人在多次遭遇维式流氓侵害后还是不敢相信自己的眼睛。
In fact, Han in many places in Xinjiang don't just discriminate against Uighurs, but don't even see them as human.
If you want people to treat you like human, first you need to start acting like one.
Thanks to years of lovely propaganda from Party Mother, when we here in the interior get victimized by Uighur thugs, we don't even believe our eyes.
维族不讲理是惯的，党妈一向对维族的优惠政策，如民族团结最重要，如少数民族优先等等养成了他们越不讲理越能拿到好处然后就变的更加不讲理。
久而久之，汉族们就不喜欢跟你们打交道了。
希望这个网站不要在天天宣传和蛊惑仇恨的魔鬼。看看吧，这个网站有多少文章在宣传仇恨的魔鬼。
西方人对黄种人，对中国人没有歧视吗？但是和100年前相比，去掉那些意识形态的影响（中国现在还是共产主义国家？），这样的歧视是多了还是少了？从100年前的人见人欺到现在的G2，这样的变化是因为老外道德素质提高了根除了种族歧视？