Discrimination was the topic of our discussion when we were having our lunch just this afternoon. Most of my friends usually go to Singapore to travel since that is one of the nearest Asian countries that you can visit from the Philippines and most affordable, too. And unfortunately, all of their horrible discrimination stories also happened in Singapore. A friend of mine who works in Malaysia who frequents Singapore also experienced the same thing, too, before.
I shouldn' be blogging this but I believe that the public should know how serious discrimination is to most people and we as humans should consider it a crime.
Discrimination affects all of us, not just the person who is being discriminated but the person who does the discrimination as well. When people discriminate, the person creates an identity towards the person who is being discriminated. This identity resonates through its nationality, its color and its education. This should explain why people of certain color, nationality, race or education are being branded for such act.
There are horrible tales and stories which I consider not fit for discussion here but these are just the same eating in a restaurant, buying in a supermarket, dress shop, etc., scenarios where the person is given less or virtually no attention at all they think that the person has no capacity to pay or something. So horrible.
I am sorry for venting but this is a social issue that we all must not take for granted since this concerns everybody. I just hope that these people be spared from the wrath of God. Listening to discrimination stories makes me really uncomfortable and angry. Do you guys have similar stories to tell about discrimination?
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Discrimination of Fellow Asians
Posted by Summer at 10:23 PM
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huhmn, PLENTY of stories to tell.
But I've learned a lot of lessons, already! Tatahimik din sila 'pag labanan mo. Proven ko yan, kahapon ginawa kong lumaban din, for the first time after my 22 months of stay here. Kaya in the future... humanda na sila.
Bakit kaya may ganon?
i just got back from a trip to singapore. most of them are nice but some aren't. i usually try to be very nice and politely civil in my dealings with other people, be it with filipinos or foreigners but the moment they become rude, i don't cower and back down. usually, my being such a spitfire shuts them up, even gains me an apology. ha!
@rj, oo nga kuya. feeling nila ata sila lang ang tao. meron pa nga raw pagkakataon na kapag nasa resto ka or nasa store di ka nila papansinin hanggat di mo tatapalan nang makakapal na kwarta. bwisit no? bakit kaya sila ganon. pare2ho lang tayong tao. bwisit
@marco. oo nga. kainis tlaga. salamat sa pagdalaw marco ha! :)
@milai, wow naman! pa singapore2 ka nalang! :) oo. dpat talaga labanan ang mga ganyang tao. akala ata nila kararangalan sila sa discriminatory acts na yan. kainis ang mga yan. hayyy....
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