Hindered by Heritage (alright that is by far the tackiest tittle I've Made COMPOSED)
You know what sucks about being Chinese Indonesian?
No matter how much we love our country, Indonesia, no matter how much we fight for it, and no matter how much we sacrifice for it (be it blood, sweat or tears) most Indonesians, still wont view us as true Indonesians anyway.
Maybe it's just me, but don't you think it's true, despite being born, and raised here, we're not really INDONESIANS are we? We, despite not speaking Chinese are so obviously and often painfully confused by who we are, and to whom our loyalties lies to.
I suppose, we are not alone in this matter, Mexicans who have lived in America for years still suffers being called illegal 'aliens' though they are technically Americans. (I despise how Americans insist on bad mouthing them despite Latin American's contribution to their economy, and how they pompously complain that the Mexicans will 'ruin their 'native' American culture' (WHAT CULTURE, THEY WERE ALL EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS!!! will maybe write a blog entry on that in the future))
Even in our own soil, not only the Chinese are suffering from this, Bule's who love Bali and Indonesia are still called Bule's and will forever be called so. (No matter that they have learned the language and lived here for decades)
This pattern is uniquely and sadly universal, occurring everywhere and in many different degree's.
Why are humans so obsessed and eternally entrapped with distinguishing people firstly and fore mostly by their skin colors and physical characteristics?
And despite you inwardly disagreeing these blatant accusations, there is no denying that we all, are innately shallow! (well not ALL, several blind people and humanists can be exceptions , but how many are there really?)
What do you think?
Love, Steph
*not graded please, unless I don't post for like, the rest of this week*
WHEE! Bangkok, Thailand HMCA!
No matter how much we love our country, Indonesia, no matter how much we fight for it, and no matter how much we sacrifice for it (be it blood, sweat or tears) most Indonesians, still wont view us as true Indonesians anyway.
The paradoxical irony is that we often herald our Chinese blood and customs, but we are patriotically to Indonesia, which for the most part unacknowledged our citizenship. (It was just recently that a law was enacted that Chinese Indonesian can be president. (the irony lies in the fact that such a law was NEEDED)
With our narrow eyes, light yellow-ish skin tone, hard working mentality and gauche culture we have inherently given up the right to be 'truly' Indonesian.Maybe it's just me, but don't you think it's true, despite being born, and raised here, we're not really INDONESIANS are we? We, despite not speaking Chinese are so obviously and often painfully confused by who we are, and to whom our loyalties lies to.
I suppose, we are not alone in this matter, Mexicans who have lived in America for years still suffers being called illegal 'aliens' though they are technically Americans. (I despise how Americans insist on bad mouthing them despite Latin American's contribution to their economy, and how they pompously complain that the Mexicans will 'ruin their 'native' American culture' (WHAT CULTURE, THEY WERE ALL EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS!!! will maybe write a blog entry on that in the future))
Even in our own soil, not only the Chinese are suffering from this, Bule's who love Bali and Indonesia are still called Bule's and will forever be called so. (No matter that they have learned the language and lived here for decades)
This pattern is uniquely and sadly universal, occurring everywhere and in many different degree's.
Why are humans so obsessed and eternally entrapped with distinguishing people firstly and fore mostly by their skin colors and physical characteristics?
And despite you inwardly disagreeing these blatant accusations, there is no denying that we all, are innately shallow! (well not ALL, several blind people and humanists can be exceptions , but how many are there really?)
What do you think?
Love, Steph
*not graded please, unless I don't post for like, the rest of this week*
WHEE! Bangkok, Thailand HMCA!
Labels: Americans, Chinese, Indonesians, Racism
posted by vitriolic @ Sunday, September 02, 2007
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