Sunday, July 7, 2013

racism

Walking from home on Sunday morning, I saw a Singaporean Malay man with a large suitcase waiting to board the same elevator. I, of course, got ready to hold the lift for him. Yet when the lift came, he smiled, held on the button, and gestured for me to go first.

What a nice man. 

Soon, I reached the MRT station. And when a Singaporean Chinese man had the chance to do the same, he didn't. 

I know. I'm being racist. 
Yeah. Maybe! 
And one man does not represent his whole race. 
Yeah. Maybe! 

I'm just noticing how so many Singaporean Chinese insult and accuse the other races in Singapore and ignore their own shortcomings. 

I've always noticed how so many Singaporean Chinese insult and accuse Mainlanders in general and ignore their own shortcomings. 

Yes. Mainlanders are different. 
So?! 
Is different necessarily bad?! 
Why can't we ever accept ANYTHING or ANYONE other than what we are and what we're used to?! 

Singaporean, I urge you to stop this idiocy. If you can't accept someone because he talks loudly in public or fails to notice the law, you need to reevaluate the depth of your character. 

Understand that they're from a totally different culture. 
Understand that they may have a want to change to fit into this country. 
Understand that if you keep this up, they won't even have a chance to do so. 

So maybe I think this way because they're my people. 
Well, blow. 
This is my nation and homeland, too. 

impatience
Starry