LIGHT OF MY HEART

race

we all are tied down to one, right from birth. yet have you ever thought of the significance of having a race? what's the use of having a race? i cant really think of any of positive aspects of classifying people in groups of which they have no control over and cannot change at all through the course of their life. this profiling has caused a lot of problems, yet nothin good has really come out of it.

walk down the street and you may hear people saying things about other races. both good and bad. but what's the use? u know its just a generalisation. they say that the jews are the smartest people in the world. yet i have met some dumb jews. they said that the malays were good for nothings who have no aims in life yet i have seen many malay high fliers. the point is, what's the point of saying what this race is good for and what its not?

and for those people who are so proud of their race, they begin to look down on other races. look around you. if a guy is really proud of his race, he will start proclaiming great things about his people, to the extent that he starts saying things which you know do not hold true because you have seen it for yourself. but try to correct the person and chances are a heated argument is in the works.

so why have ppl been classified? why dun we just remove this racial thing? it would definitely stop the racism and the nonsensical talks. people wun be so critical if they din know what your origins were. and with so many inter-racial marriages nowadays, there will come a day when almost everybody has a different blood within him. can he still be classified under 1 race then?

also, what makes the person a person of that race? is it by their actions? by the way they speak? by their thoughts. all these are variables which are different from country to country. a chinese in china serves tea to their guest in the houses but it doesnt happen in singapore. so do u call those chinese in singapore chinese people? the arabs in the middle east serve coffee instead of tea but how often do you see that in singapore?

think bout it. it really doesnt make sense to profile these people into their origins. they say that i'm arab on my identity card but i have so many blood that i think to call me arab would be unfair. so what if the other arabs choose to look down on me coz i am not of pure descent? i prefer to look at as being blessed with multiple origins.

still think that putting your race is a good idea? still think that being proud of your race is noble? still think that you're race is the greatest? or that your race reigns over all other races?

think again.

Tariq :: email ::
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