Objective issue on Chinese

Wed, 29 Jul 1998, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

After a deluge of articles from the Chinese community,
complaining about their fate, and the rather polite, Indonesian-
style reactions from the government and from local media
acknowledging this, it was interesting to read Donna K.
Woodward's letter on July 23.

Her razor sharp analysis about the former relations between
ethnic Chinese and indigenous Indonesians, after an interview of
Sofyan Wanandi on July 17, is worth contemplating.

Today, only expatriates like Donna Woodward in Indonesia are
able to give an objective account of this emotional issue without
receiving the wrath of the Chinese community, who are feeling
victimized. Feeling victimized means blaming others for their
fate, always feeling right and never admitting mistakes.

SUMARSONO SASTROWARDOYO

Sawangan, West Java

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