On racism (2)

I was truly amazed by the letter of Mr Ross Gulliver in your issue of July 17, 1995. I moved to Indonesia in 1974, have been married to an Indonesian for 18 years and cannot recall any occasion when, as mixed couple, my husband and I have been "bombarded with insults."

Have we during these years been blind and deaf? Furthermore, as a bule (as Indonesians refer to Westerners) I have walked around Jakarta for the last 21 years without ever "attracting abusive racial comments"; on the contrary I have found Indonesians to be extremely pleasant. So, what's your problem, Mr Gulliver?

OLVIA REKSODIPOETRO

Jakarta