I Wish Her Skin Were NOT YELLOW!

王朝英语沙龙·作者佚名  2007-01-10
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I wish her skin were not yellow!

On Friday evening I had dinner with some foreigners to celebrate my language

partner Loch’s Birthday. I was having a little hard time because my English listening gets very bad when it’s noisy. Suddenly I heard Loch’s friend Winny talking about Tibet issue. Winny is a Chinese American and she was born in mainland. The way she talked just like she had not any relationship with China, which made me feel ashamed for her. I have heard foreigners talking about Tibet issue 2

times so far. Last time it was also an American. But this time I felt a little

different—it’s Chinese American. Do they really know Tibet’s history? I doubt

. But they must know when America was founded, it had only 13 states. So how did

it become today’s America with 50 states? And how are the living conditions of

aboriginal inhabitants in US and in Australia? If American Indians want to claim their independence, and to drive all the immigrants away, are they able to do

that? I guess it’s not they don’t want to that.

And then after Winny, another Australian guy called Ash said that in 1895, Japan beat China and China was forced to give Taiwan to Japan. He implied that Taiwan should gain independence. But at least he admits that Taiwan was one part of China then. (then we stopped debating these issues because Loch persuaded us not to offend each other.) OK, Taiwan issue now. From my knowledge some minority

groups in American did not belong to American before but now they are willing to

be part of America. The reason is self-evident: to be a citizen of a rich country is definitely a beneficial thing. Everybody wants to live a better life, that

’s natural. But I hope those Chinese Americans could keep a little bit of their

national pride. Every government has its problems, you don’t have to criticize

your homeland as if you were superior to its people, as if you know democracy better. Even if civilization today is so developed, the rules of jungle still prevail. Power talks, not democracy.

I have a feeling that in some American’s subconscious they think they are more well-educated than Chinese people, because America is a “nation of nations”

and has been famous for its democracy. Their attitude told me that they think Chinese people are ignorant and brain-washed by their government. They are telling us that they know more about those issues than us. I hope if they are really concerned about welfares of Tibetan people, go there and teach them English and democracy, and help them to live better. Don't just talk to show their superiority to Chinese people!

(Territory issues usually involve complicated historical problems. I had no

interest in politics and history… but after that day, I have changed.)

 
 
 
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