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View all search resultsGrowing up in Indonesia, there is sych an obsession with “the foreign”, anything from K-pop to American movies, that I didn’t realize how much I rejected my Indonesian culture until I sat back after dwelling in so much dissatisfaction for so long.
This made me remember what my parents often said when I was a child if I witnessed some incident I considered unjust: “You cannot say that, because you are Chinese.” I have been trained by them to keep silent, because silence would make us safer.
The Indonesian government needs to implement strategic risk communication to curb the fearmongering and racist sentiments on social media, especially after the public disclosure of COVID-19 patients in Indonesia.
"Forget about the May 1998 riots. Let's create a more beautiful history. In Surakarta, tolerance between different ethnicities and religions has existed for ages. We must continue to maintain and preserve it," said Sumartono, who this year serves as head of the Solo Imlek committee.
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