Racial Discrimination

My mind is filled with this topic after watching “The Pianist”. It is a great movie, which describes a talented Polish pianist who suffered through the Nazi occupation during World War 2. Apparently it is a true story and his book is available in the market, maybe I should have a look on it.

It is really depressing when the movie shows how the Jews are being tortured and segregated by the authority. They are innocent, yet they are labeled as second class and their lives lie in the hand of the military. I am truly glad that human civilization has improved in such a way that no one will acknowledge barbaric behaviour as superiority nowadays. However racial discrimination still exists, as long as there are more than 2 races staying on a same piece of land.

Racial equality is everyone’s dream, to be precise the majority, because the beneficiary races constitute the minority. Thus I’m not really optimistic regarding to this issue, though there are so many organizations and activists are fighting for it. As a modern civilian, we live in a multiracial, multicultural society, and we are so proud to tell the foreigners that this is one of the uniqueness of our country. Yet, racial issue sometimes can be classified as sensitive issue, which always confuses me. When it comes to sensitive issue, the best way to combat it is silence… (so I shall not continue to elaborate more because it is sensitive, and I don’t want to get ‘rashes’)

I totally understand that it is not an easy job to bring racial equality to a particular community, therefore tolerance among the civilian is the best solution of all. To all the people who are suffering from discrimination or prejudice, be patient and wait for justice. At the same time, be thankful that your condition isn’t as bad as the Jews several decades ago.