"We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?" -Judith Jamison
Upsetting tragedy. I have read plenty of news articles and readers' comments about this and I couldn't help but bring in my two cent. The Filipinos are ashamed. The Chinese are angry. The Filipinos are angry. The Chinese are derogatory. The Filipinos are derogatory. The Chinese are racist. The Filipinos are racist. The Chinese are ... and it just goes on and on and on to a point in which the issue is not the issue anymore because so much has been said that caused so much tension and hatred.
Upsetting tragedy. I have read plenty of news articles and readers' comments about this and I couldn't help but bring in my two cent. The Filipinos are ashamed. The Chinese are angry. The Filipinos are angry. The Chinese are derogatory. The Filipinos are derogatory. The Chinese are racist. The Filipinos are racist. The Chinese are ... and it just goes on and on and on to a point in which the issue is not the issue anymore because so much has been said that caused so much tension and hatred.
To defend one's own is natural. To insult the other is a different story.
Mistakes were made. Lessons were learned. As long as you exist, you are going to make mistakes in whatever skin color you are or whatever group of people you come from. So will your neighbors. You will learn from it and hopefully do something about it. They will learn from it and hopefully do something about it. Can they forgive you for your mistakes? You damn hope so, right? Will you forgive them for their own shortcomings? You can answer that question yourself.
"World Peace" is impossible when tragedies like this happen everyday all over the world. We did this to ourselves. The human race is clearly flawed, we just make it worse day by day--pointing fingers, blaming everyone but our self. We've separated ourselves from everyone else and gave ourselves a label when clearly we all come from one race. Racism isn't natural. It is taught. Forgiveness isn't taught, it is learned. Hopefully this is what we learn from this, given that it may not happen today, but maybe tomorrow.
As an individual person, I have shared how I feel about this and I apologize for the pain that our fellow neighbor has caused the victims and their families..and everyone else who was deeply affected by this very unfortunate event.
11 comments:
very well said...
i am glad my chinese friends and colleagues are open minded enough to face this issue...
Good point, good point chickletz. You never fail to impress me on your two cents. Parang ang dami ko ng nabasa eh, noh....
Nose bleed me. You're so americanize na ha. ahahha
Happy Weekend Chiki chiki
@roanne: i am glad to hear that too :)
@jepoy: thank you thank you. haha! americanized ampf!
happy weekend to you too!
Very well said, my friend. Hatred cannot be eased by more hatred.
Any kind of tragedy can happen anywhere. It just so happened that on that day, it happened on our backyard.
@jakey: thanks friend. it happens in everyone's backyard..
I think it's good to apologize but it's not our fault, bottomline, it's one crazed ex-cop's fault. How many Filipinos have died in the hands of foreigners in other contries? This is not the first time, and most definitely will not be the last tragedy, but all the hate must stop.
@glentot: I'm not apologizing because he is a fellow Filipino. I'm apologizing because he is a fellow human being. he is still our brother who has done people wrong. but you are right. the hate must stop.
ang hirap sa kanila na ibang mga intsik ay ang mga kababayan lang nila ang kanilang iniisip sa kinahinatnan ng hostage..hindi ba nila naisip na mga intsik na karamihan na nagdadala ng droga sa ating bansa na pilipinas ay mga intsik..dahil sa droga na iyon maraming buhay ang napeperwisyo..mas madami ang napatay na mga pilipino na dulot ng droga na galing sa mga intsik kaysa napatay ng pilipino na intsik.....sa hostage na nangyari ay 8 lang ang napatay na intsik..pero wow hindi na mabibilang ang napatay na pilipino at naperwisyo o nasira ang buhay at pamilya na dulot ng droga mula sa mga intsik........matuto silang tumanggap..dahil sabi nga ni jackie chan kahit sa ibang bansa may nangyayari ring hostage..
ganyan talaga ang ibang tao, nilalahat ang lahi sa pagkakamali ng iilan.. mga naturuan ng maling kultura at society nila.
sya nga pala, your english is good, but we need cash. hehe. dugo ng dugo ilong ko chikz!
kung may iloveyou button dito, iki-click ko 100X.
sometimes driven by anger and hatred we make mistakes and hurt people.. Anger and Love affects in good/bad way.
no ones to be blame. lets just move on.
this post is an eye-opener, hope everyone read this.
kudos chikz.we miz u
@arvin: kahit sino. kahit intsik, pilipino, o kung anu pang lahi. pare-pareho lang. kasi mga tao tayo.
@escape games: haha! salamat naman. pero natural na ata sa tao ang ang stereotype eh.. ang mag generalize..
@rico: thanks friend :) but not everyone would like to give an opinion or be involved about this. hmmm..
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