Stuck-up crew member

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