Unbelievable, but just a few days ago I came across a video posting of a politician from back home. In it, he, of the so-called 'son of the land' people, had made comments, very animatedly, very strongly about what he felt on people of the so-called 'immigrant race from the east', which of course I am part of.
He had, unfortunately, said that we owe it to them for being here. We were and are allowed to stay here, reap the fortune of the land, enjoy the fruits of our handwork but here in their land and grow economically strong simply because we had been given the chance to do so in the first place, by them. Perhaps, I am short-sighted, but that was what I perceived when I heard his remarks. Of course, my views are only of my own as I didn't bother search and investigate the reasons behind the utterance of such comments, nor did I bother to re-listen to the video, to study word by word, if I had indeed taken his remarks out of context.
Watching that video left me in disbelieve, since to me it totally belies the propaganda that his chief introduced. To be one, to be a nation. However, just to be honest, back at home, this mentality is not uncommon. We all have known this since the beginning of time, I suppose. What made this a little hard to chew was hearing the words coming out from an elected representative of a constituency. It really made me think that after all the years of hardwork, we are still no where near of being peacefully in acceptance of everyone as brothers and sisters.
I buried that thought after that, thinking that would be a one-off from that guy. But today, as I was browsing through the news from home, again, a line from this person caught my attention. He was reported as saying a delay in the giving out allocations to a Chinese school, read non-national school, was such so that the Chinese community would 'repent and realise' that they should be grateful.
I am but speechless. Am I too harsh in my thinking that we are all equals?
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