My Reply

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You cant give up time keeps going on without us
Long after we’re dead and gone" - "My Reply" by the Ataris

feeding the pigeons in Sanchaung, Yangon Burma

I want to talk about racism. Yes, I am going there.

So you know I grew up in different countries all my life. I'm pretty used to racism. Used to, meaning, I know everyone is somehow racist and that as humans, all are subject to their feelings depending on their life experiences. That said, I still think racism is something that you should not have to tolerate, not at work, not in yor life, not something that should hinder your way of life. I know i sound naive and I know that racism will never truly disappear but my thinking is just this: we should all realise that using racism to wipe out other people's ways of lives and their livelihood is wrong, racism at workplace is wrong and that we should all try to be understanding of other people because how should we like it if we happened to be the minority and we were ostracised against?

Well, I recently told a certain person that a racist remark was said to me infront of a load of people and that the remark shocked me so much that I was speechless. What was even worse was that I knew that she had meant to hurt me and also that the remark was said because she thought she was right.

I didn't expect the someone I was telling it to to do anything about it really. All I wanted to hear was a simple " yeah she should not have said that, especially not in front of people and also that was hurtful and wrong."

And perhaps I was looking for a "As her superior, I will make sure that does not happen again".

That was all I wanted to hear.

Instead, I heard this: " Well, isn't it true that in this _________ we call a small country, the ________ race think they are superior to the other minority races, don't they? That is probably why __________ said what she had to say because she, being an old fashioned ___________ of this __________ felt that way."

What?!!!!

I dont' care if you think you are better than Mother Theresa or your own god or whatever, it gives you no right to tell me what you said to me. It gives you no right whatsoever to treat me like crap. Gives you no right to make a deragetory comment about the minorities in general.

It doesn't make it right.

So my reply is: Yes, most people of this ______________ thinks they are superior in this country. And this is something that the government and people of this country should be working towards changing because who decides who is superior anyway? And that does not justify her actions and if you are not going to do anything about it, ultimately, you as her superior is responsible for her actions, so I leave it to you to decide if you want to appear collectively as a racist system. And, I hope her actions will come and bite you in the ass one day. I know it will, because frankly, I believe in Karma.