This topic is very serious. I was on my way home from the laboratory in UKM, heading towards the library, PTSL (because I was supposed to meet Mas for her to return the MUET books she borrowed from me) when I saw a coloured girl walking down from the PPS road in front of the Dewan Gemilang. I stopped, and asked her where she wants to go.
“Where are you going?”
“Outside”
“I want to go to the library, can I drop you somewhere?”
“Yes, at the Canselori”
Then she sat next to me in the car.
“Where are from?”
“Sudan. Are you Malaysian?
“Yes. Of course I am. Why did you ask that? How do I look like to you?”
“It is weird. Malaysians never did this. Very weird”
Silent. How disgrace it is to have a foreigner took note of something like this.
“Well, I think I am different. I have been there, staying in a foreign country, walking very far everyday …. “
“That explains it”
I need to change the subject, I dont want to condemn my race.
“I know a Sudanese, his name is Khalid. Do you him?
“Yes”
We arrived in front of Canselori building.
“I will drop you here”
“OK, thank you. God bless you”
Moral of the story:
1. People around you observe and judge. We are getting international, and if the foreigners can easily make this kind of generalization, we should think and act. It is true? How can we change this?
2. Why do other people think we are very self centred, and never care about others? Maybe because we never help others in need? So, think my fellow friends. What one thing that we do today, does not give benefit to us, but to others? Try making a list.
you shouldn’t use the term ‘coloured girl’.. not politically correct. hehe ;p
Alamak, habis tu nak guna term apa? black? lagi nampak racistnya. Any suggestions?
black lagi tak boleh. how about african? kalau kat amerika kan dia guna term african-american kalau tak silap..
kak ruby..
ni kes dalam UKM gak.. saya tegur sorang foreigner nih.. tegur elok2 la kan.. pastu saya tanya dia ni student sini ke visiting lecturer ke.. pastu dia jawap.. No no.. dan terus blah… hnssnnnnnsssssssss…. sabo jek laaaa..
Ni mesti tak pandai berbahasa. tahu yes no je… apa agaknya perasaan omputeh masa kita dok belajar kat tempat diorg sana? Cam ni ke… Anyway, Mas thanks for the call…