RACISM
I was reading around the internet about racism and one thing in particular caught my eye, 'Are Chinese Racist?' well in their defense at least when they're racist they won't hate the person, but honestly I've heard a chinese person tell me the worst things that I blush hearing. She said her father told her that all Malays are disgusting and lazy. But oddly, though because of this common wide perception of Malays being lazy that when a hardworking Malay comes along and a really lazy Chinese by the side, the Chinese by default gets more reckoning than the Malay, but that's how the world runs right? The other thing she told me was that while I was watching Barbershop there was a hot guy who plays the piano (the one who swoons Queen Latifah) and I said he was super hot then she said something to me really strong really smacked my face, she was put off by the skin. I think since then I don't feel like talking to her, I think I'm a bit disgusted by someone who would judge people by their skin. She knows I dislike white people but I don't hate them because of their skin, I hate them because they keep ranting about killing all Muslims like Ann Coulter. In my life, I have never not once disliked someone because of their skin colour and when faced with something so openly said as this it made me shaken to the core. Its true, Malay people do favour whiter skin than darker skin, actually Im olive skinned and proud of it I dont have to run around and get a tan! But Malay people are not like Chinese people where because someone has dark skin they're considered disgusting, for a Malay, dark skin is called 'hitam manis' which means dark and sweet. I also notice something about Malays when they do call someone black or blackie it isnt because like other races its an insult, its a nickname, nama timang-timangan, what parents would call their children something although would sound to others as insulting but actually because its cute. Ive always criticized Malay people for their lack of industry but now we will focus on the good things of the Malay. Their grace and slowness, their kindness and loving care. Their intelligence, embedded in many political leaders, and it seems most malays are subdued and gentle. Ever heard of a Malay mass murderer? I think not. Its been remarked in the written words of Anthony Burgess that the Malays are a lazy handsome race. which for the most part is true, but we are also diplomatic in our relations. Although some of us Malays are dark skinned if other races feel that we are disgusting then we don't need their company, as one author said it, if i wash and rub off my skin, it is still black. And that mirrors my sentiments exactly,
Yours with love,
Liyana Tassim
I was reading around the internet about racism and one thing in particular caught my eye, 'Are Chinese Racist?' well in their defense at least when they're racist they won't hate the person, but honestly I've heard a chinese person tell me the worst things that I blush hearing. She said her father told her that all Malays are disgusting and lazy. But oddly, though because of this common wide perception of Malays being lazy that when a hardworking Malay comes along and a really lazy Chinese by the side, the Chinese by default gets more reckoning than the Malay, but that's how the world runs right? The other thing she told me was that while I was watching Barbershop there was a hot guy who plays the piano (the one who swoons Queen Latifah) and I said he was super hot then she said something to me really strong really smacked my face, she was put off by the skin. I think since then I don't feel like talking to her, I think I'm a bit disgusted by someone who would judge people by their skin. She knows I dislike white people but I don't hate them because of their skin, I hate them because they keep ranting about killing all Muslims like Ann Coulter. In my life, I have never not once disliked someone because of their skin colour and when faced with something so openly said as this it made me shaken to the core. Its true, Malay people do favour whiter skin than darker skin, actually Im olive skinned and proud of it I dont have to run around and get a tan! But Malay people are not like Chinese people where because someone has dark skin they're considered disgusting, for a Malay, dark skin is called 'hitam manis' which means dark and sweet. I also notice something about Malays when they do call someone black or blackie it isnt because like other races its an insult, its a nickname, nama timang-timangan, what parents would call their children something although would sound to others as insulting but actually because its cute. Ive always criticized Malay people for their lack of industry but now we will focus on the good things of the Malay. Their grace and slowness, their kindness and loving care. Their intelligence, embedded in many political leaders, and it seems most malays are subdued and gentle. Ever heard of a Malay mass murderer? I think not. Its been remarked in the written words of Anthony Burgess that the Malays are a lazy handsome race. which for the most part is true, but we are also diplomatic in our relations. Although some of us Malays are dark skinned if other races feel that we are disgusting then we don't need their company, as one author said it, if i wash and rub off my skin, it is still black. And that mirrors my sentiments exactly,
Yours with love,
Liyana Tassim
