Sunday, July 17, 2005
Racial discrimination_
*Their faces were not captured in shot to protect their identities.
After my DocPro meeting with Elyn, Charmain and Renick at City Hall Starbucks today,
I dragged my feets home - by train. Supposed to meet my secondary school best mate Jing in town but she can't make it in the end.
Anyway, back to racial discrimination. Don't you see a problem with the photo? It's not the sitting position of the Indian man on the left. I took this AFTER the lady on the right, shifted herself after the Indian man sat down.
At this point, I thought, "Racial discrimination?" Tsk.
Everyone seemed okay with everyone on the surface. There is harmony in Singapore, or so it was said. Others thought Singaporeans of different racial groups living together without conflicts and discrimination is an incredible feat. I gather not.
Among us, there are people who do discriminate. Those racist jokes alike, and how people call each other behind each other's backs. Sad.
I never discriminate, I dare to say. Even before I worked with Dhava and Vadi, I had some close Indian friends. Althought I got discriminated by some Indian girls too, I don't blame them. It's all misunderstanding.
After working with Dhava, Vadi and many others, my impression of Indians only became better.
I been through so much with them, and I know them. Indians are also human beings. We are all one kind. Just because our skin colours are different, that don't set us apart!
I got to admit, people around me ( like my grandmother) do discriminate the Indians as dirty people. That's why they don't like to sit near Indians. A very sad case of discrimination.
How can you judge people even before you know them?
