Saturday, December 09, 2006

The Debate Rages On

Just to reiterate my disdain for the attitude of Caucasians here in Melbourne towards Asians..


Walking along the streets of Melbourne.. Where are the Asians here? What are they working as? I'm talking about the Asian community at large, not just the Chinese. From what I've observed, you can easily locate Asians seated at the front-most seat in Trams and Public buses, and in case you are still wondering, it's the Driver's seat. Walking in the shopping centres.. a large number of them would be situated behind the counters in the food court. It's sad to see people of our community being in such 'low-level jobs'..

I've been nudged intentionally on the streets 3 times already during my time here in Melbourne. I don't know what's the problem with them. It's not like the street is crowded like those in Causeway Bay, HK. I'm quite certain that it was intentional given the force of the nudge and no apologies there after. In school, one of the local caucasian student's unfriendliness towards Asian students is noticed not just by me but by several of my friends as well. I'm not saying all the caucasians here are like that but more often than not, I do get the feeling from their attitude that we are not very welcome here.

This is the kind of treatment we get from them. Why the hell should we, in Asia, treat them better than how we treat people of the same colour.

The Singaporeans
Representatives from Indonesia, South Korea and Singapore (+HK)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

How do you tag on the tag board?

Anonymous said...

It's not low-level job dude. Jobs like a bus driver matters in our everyday life.

I have a friend who aspires to be a bus-driver in Singapore. I truly respect him.

Anyway, I get your idea about the racism. I hope to learn how to fight it as well! ^_^

Jerry

Anonymous said...

Haha.. I Know.. Thats why it's 'low-level', with the inverted commas..