I have been browsing thru some blogs from my fellow Malaysians and when i came across this one blog, i felt hurt as i read about this blogger bad-mouthing people from this one state in Malaysia. for those who have read it and agreed with him, that's your business. However, i feel somewhat 'lost respect' towards these type of people. Yes, you can say that what you wrote is being honest to your feelings but as other people read it, doesn't it give shame to us Malaysians? And for those who not only agreed but also would like to add on a few more different states people that you don't like well, that's just over doing it rite?
When it comes to being a multi-racial, multi-lingual and multi-religion country, Malaysians should be proud. Where else can you go and find this type of thing? I mean think about it... do you think when you go to Japan, you can change radio stations and expect them to suddenly talk Chinese or even Tamil maybe? i think not, unless it's a special radio station or somewhat like it. but then again, if you wrote about racism towards different ethnicities then maybe i would've understood why you felt the way you wrote, but instead, you somewhat wrote about people who are the same ethnic as you but the only difference is the state both of you are from.
OK, so maybe they like to treat outsiders differently and maybe when they see people from their own state they will leave you behind just to be with them. So what? Does it change your life in any way? I don't think so rite? So why would you be pissed off about that? When you think about it carefully, when they do something like that, it just shows how loyal they are to their states people and how they seem to go well with each other in a group. How many other states can do like that? What i see when i see a group of people in KL who are from the same state is a bond between them that somehow makes me feel as if no matter where they go, they can always find each other.
It's also the same as if we were studying in a different country. I bet that when you go to a different country, you would also stick together in a group of people from the same country your in and that's a fact. You may think i'm talking bull here but i have been through the hell of racism. i have been picked on, teased and even bullied by people just because i had a dark skin tone. Heck, i didn't care! OK so maybe i cried at times, but it didn't make me white, or changed my hair blonde. It just made me easier to pick on. So i just made friends with people from the same country with me. As time passes by, we all ended up being friends in the end anyways and it didn't matter whether your blonde, or black or tanned. All that was needed was patience, endurance and honesty.
So for those Malaysians still cooped up in your nest, please, stop awhile and think of the after-effects of your so-called-honesty. Maybe you might not see what the fuss is about, but hurting not only the person your hatred is for thats a different story. There are other people there who probably didn't even know anything got hurt as well. We are after all Malaysians, without each other we wouldn't be what we are rite?
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