Stuck-up crew member

From Kompas

I refer to Fifi Haryanti's letter in Kompas of May 3 in which she criticized the attitude of an Ansett crew member. I am not surprised that there are still Indonesians who think that western people with blond hair and blue eyes are a superior species which warrants more polite treatment.

Her experience in the airplane is one case among many similar cases that I know of. On average Asian women, especially Indonesians, are proud and stuck up if they work for or have a personal relationship with a western man. These women see things from the exterior only.

As human beings we are all on the same level. It is acceptable if we admire the West for its sophisticated technology when compared to Indonesia's. I appeal especially to women to wake up and see the reality. Don't think that our dignity is less than theirs.

HERTIEN K. SURTIKANTI

Greenwich, Australia