Bung Djokor.... dalam argumen anda, anda menyalahkan/menuduh kelompok etnis cina secara keseluruhan melakukan tindakan diskriminasi (tidak adil /curang) dalam perekonomian Indonesia. maaf, yg sebenar yg salah di Indonesia adalah sistem politik & ekonomi yg berlaku selama orde baru, yg sangat menguntungkan penguasa, sebagai pemegang kekuatan politik.... jadi kalo anda tidak senang sama diskriminasi ekonomi di Indonesia, jangan salahin kelompok yg kena sial jadi "sapi perah/kambing hitam" penguasa dalam perekonomian di Indonesia. yang patut disalahkan adalah sistem perekonomian itu, dan penguasa yg sengaja membina sistem ini. kalo sistem ekonomi & politik yg "gebleg"sialan" ini nggak diubah, biar di Indonesia nggak ada etnik cina, bakal ada etnik/kelompok yg nasibnya sama di jadiiin sapiperah/kambing hitam oleh siapapun yg berkuasa. janganlah karna tindakan beberapa oknum, satu etnik group, kena sialnya... kalo boleh milih, nggak ada tuh yg senang nasibnya jadi sapi perah/kambing hitam. siapa sih yg mau hidup kayak gitu ? anda mau? saya sih nggak.... salam :) frans PS: yg jadi problem dengan pak Adi Sasono, adalah kayaknya beliau nggak komunikatif dalam menyampaikan pendapatnya....sehingga kesanya doi diskriminatif buat saya sih, kalo program beliau nggak dibatasi oleh perbedaan SARA, dan dalam pelaksanaanya nggak ada diskriminasi, salut deh.....ama doi... In a message dated 12/24/98 8:17:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: boleh tahu nggak mana difinisi yang benar tentang racist : menurut saya : Racist adalah klan atau kelompok suku bangsa tertentu yang menganggap lebih tinggi kedudukannya dan menganggap klan lainnya lebih rendah. Kalau kasusnya orang/klan yang menuntut keadilan terhadap klan/kelompok lain yang selama ini merasa lebih tinggi dan mengganggap klan yang lain lebih rendah, bahkan dalam banyak kasus mereka cenderung merugikan klan/kelompok yang lain, apakah ini juga disebut racist? > >Bacaan bagus, mungkin bisa kita pahami sedikit kehidupan menjadi seorang >keturunan, bukan dari kacamata ala Adi "Racis" Sasono, ala empunya toko di >Glodok, Senen, Kelapa Gading, dan Pasar Mesteer, bukan dari keglamoran >keturunan macam Liem Sioe Liong di Gunung Sahari, >Mari kita coba rasakan dan pahami, gimana sih jadi Cina itu sebenarnya, >jangan muluk-muluk, tinggal di Pondok Indah, pemilik perusahaan >konglomelorot plus kkn dengan anak-cucu Soeharto, sekolah di pelita >atau di Amerika sini, >tapi cukup hanya dengan berdagang seadanya, tinggal membaur dengan >sesama pribumi, menyekolahkan anak-anak di sekolah negeri, kendaraan >transportasi hanyak mikrolet dan ojek. >Kasihan mereka, yang cina kaya sih gampang, lari keluar negeri, amerika >juga mau terima, asal dollar nya mencukupi bayar pajak. lha >yang cina miskin kebanyakan, malah di palakin, rumah dibakarin, >anak perawannya di perkosaiin, keluar diteriakin atau diancam. >coba bayangin sedetik deh...gimana sih jadi cina itu, atau gimana sih >jadi minoritas itu, sama seperti gimana jadi Arab Muslim di Amerika >yang katanya mayoritas Kristen itu. > >Hanya sebuat renungan menjelang natal. > > >Andrew Pattiwael >The Military College of Vermont >Norwich University Corps of Cadets > > >Harassment of Spouse, Children Chills Jakarta Mixed Marriage > >By Keith B. Richburg >Washington Post Foreign Service >Wednesday, December 23, 1998; Page A19 > >JAKARTA, Indonesia-Yunita L. Riana doesn't consider herself a >revolutionary. But 11 years ago, she committed what for many in >Indonesia's indigenous population might be considered an act of >revolutionary proportions: She fell in love with, and married, an >ethnic Chinese man. > >She was 17 when she became involved with Paul Tenggana, who is 10 >years her elder. Her relatives were aghast. His wealthy family was not >much better. They opposed the marriage, and still, she said, "I do not >get along with his family." > >But what has been worse for her has been the insults, the threats, and >the constant harassment she faces living as part of a mixed couple in >ethnically divided Indonesia. Every day, she said, she fears for the >safety of her two young sons. > >She described how even driving down the street in the family car can >be a traumatic experience. "Every time we go anywhere, and my husband >makes a little mistake driving, people say, 'Chinese! Stupid Chinese! >I'll burn down your house.' " > >"I get so depressed," she said. "Every time the same thing. 'I will >burn down your house!' 'I will burn your car!' 'I will kidnap your >children!' " She stopped briefly, tears welling in her eyes, her voice >softly breaking as she tried to continue. > >"I'm very upset," she said at last. "It's always been that way. But >now, since May, it's become more frequent. If I have a problem with >one of the housekeepers and I have to scold them, I think twice -- I >don't want them to do anything stupid because this is a Chinese house. >They might burn the house or kidnap the children, because it's a >Chinese house." > >Her story gets worse. Lately, since the riots of May, people have been >showing up at her front door every week, demanding money. And of >course she gives the money, because she is afraid. "I've become like >Santa Claus," she said. > >Not even the children are immune; young neighborhood toughs have >showed up at the gates of her eldest son's Catholic junior high >school, deriding the Chinese children for being rich in poor >Indonesia, and demanding cash. > >She said it was love that drove her to marry Paul, when she was just >21. But now at 32, what love there was has been worn down by the >constant struggle. "If I had a second chance," she conceded, "I >wouldn't marry a Chinese. No way. It's too much trouble. Right now, I >think love is stupid. I'm worried about my sons' safety." > >"I do have regrets," she said, gently weeping. "I cannot talk to >anyone -- not my husband, not my sons, because I don't want them to >feel bad about being Chinese. I keep it in my heart." > >She has applied for a job in Ireland, in the tourism industry. But she >knows her husband will not go, because even with the harassment and >threats, he feels he belongs here. > >"He says, 'I was born here, my parents were born here. I don't even >know where China is. I have an Indonesian passport,' " she said. But >of her husband's patriotism, "It's crazy," she said, "stupid." ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from rly-za01.mx.aol.com (rly-za01.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.97]) by air-za05.mail.aol.com (v55.3) with SMTP; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 23:17:31 -0500 Received: from walnut-backup.ease.lsoft.com (walnut.ease.lsoft.com [206.241.12.54]) by rly-za01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id XAA17354; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 23:17:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by walnut- backup.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1b) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 23:11:46 -0400 Received: from LISTSERV.SYR.EDU by LISTSERV.SYR.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) with spool id 282833 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 24
