Western view?

Western view?

Well, finally we know! Our heartfelt gratitude goes out to Mr
Farid Baskoro for his most informative sentiments on the
feelings, thoughts and actions of Westerners here in Indonesia
(The Jakarta Post, June 22, 1995).

Now we know that we automatically assume all expatriates are
white people, we don't know the meaning of the word native, we
refuse to trust Indonesian doctors, and that we change the color
of our skin, depending on the exigencies of the situation.

Thanks again Mr Baskoro--we don't know where we'd be without
you. Although we assume your intentions were altruistic, you have
achieved the opposite of what you intended. Generalizing is very
dangerous, especially in the case of race related matters.

MARCUS GLIWITZKI

Jakarta