Friday, July 08, 2005

Mind on Collonialism



I wake up today and thought of this thing :

WHY WE CAN"T TREAT OTHERS EQUAL?

This thing is so intriguing me for a while when thinking that there are millions, maybe billions of people that have prisoned minds. They think that they are treating everyone the same, but in the end they just can't stop themselves to treat people differently.

In my country Indonesia, many times this happen. People that are considered 'wealthy' and 'nice' are divided into certain class, either foreigners (we called them bule), then followed by Chinese and the most 'unexpected' people are native Indonesian. Even the native people treat their own people the same. They think that people with colored skin and native people appearance aren't as good as the people that have lighter skin. Women are considered beautiful if they have lighter skin. And when a girl that have darker skin marry a foreigner man (bule), she's often considered a prostitute. But if a girl that have lighter skin marry a foreigner man, she's considered lucky.

Gee, this happen in my very own eyes! Can u imagine that? Sad, but it's true. Discrimination is the most popular issue everywhere around the world. Either u live in a modern and free country like America, or u live in a conflicted area like Aceh. Maybe it's quite different from what I always write in my blogs, but the issue of discrimination filled my minds and make me wondering how long till this situation will end?

I hope soon...