Quoted Article: Sunday Times, " Speaking of race", dated 6/5/07.
Have you ever wondered why people discriminate against one another? Must one really resent another race so much that it causes uproar? If we were to come across another race doing something either inappropriate, or somewhat make us dislike them, wouldn't that just be an overgeneralization? Others coming from the same race may not be like them as different families bring their children up differently, which therefore explains the difference in behaviour. Also, I feel that racial abhorrence originated from insensitivity, selfishness and self-centred thinking, which therefore leads to the indifference to other racial beings, isolating one group of race with another.
Personally, I do not have any grudge against any race. I feel that in order for us to all live in harmony, the only way is to turn colour-blind and classify ourselves up as one. In fact, why is there a need to view others differently? Aren't we all human? Do we need to go till the extent of coming up with racist jokes that are totally hurting, or to curse and swear about the other races?
Having read the article, I feel that the reason behind her being most uncomfortable with Caucasians is perhaps what she feels about the Caucasians, who had the mentality that they are more "high-classed" and of superiority as compared to any other races since long time ago. In my perspective, no party should actually feel any form of dislike or uncomforted towards each other because of the fact that we were brought up in a racial harmony emphasized country. Don't we all realise that diplomatic ties are built up with different countries, different races? We should now forget about the different colours we see in the world, but to stay united so as to help keep all countries prosperous. Racial harmony - it's simply all about staying colour blind!
2 comments:
Cheers! We should all banish every notion of race discrimination! Each of us should be valued as a human being regardless of our race. Indeed, we should all be "colourblind" in that sense. However, perhaps you could have probed more about the psychology behind race discrimination, why does it occur for example? =)
I think your blog is quite good.
Personally, I also feel that there should not be any racial discrimination. You have presented your points well. They are clearly elaborated. Your thoughts and feelings are also well written. Maybe you would like to add in some other ways to remove this discrimination other than being "colour-blind".
Overall, i think your blog is quite well done. =)
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