Keep calm<\/p>\n
This is in response to Mr. Ross Gulliver's letter On racism in
\nThe Jakarta Post, Aug. 3, 1995.<\/p>\n
Mr. Gulliver, I follow your comments and those of others
\nregarding street insults or \"racism\" as it has been labeled in
\nthe titles of the letters published recently.<\/p>\n
As a foreigner and well-wisher, I write mainly to sympathize
\nwith you over those experiences which you underwent and probably
\nare still undergoing as a mixed couple. If possible, all I can
\nsuggest is that you stop any further response to provocative
\narticles which can't deter those insults. Please, continue to be
\nkind even to those who insult you. As believers in God, we can be
\nsure that God is always on the side of the truth.<\/p>\n
In fact, your situation might be better compared to mine as a
\nblack man, not even of a mixed couple. I am now getting wed to a
\nsituation where people not only laugh at me audibly for nothing
\nbut they at times call me names that can disturb one's mind for
\nhours or days. Could you imagine that, if white man can
\nexperience it, then what would be the fate of a black man whose
\nimage is not always understood by others?<\/p>\n
Let me end by quoting from your letter to the Post of Aug. 3,
\n1995 in which you stated thus \"pretending that it doesn't exist
\nwon't make it go away.\"<\/p>\n
BUHARI ABDU<\/p>\n
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