JUNE 3 — There has been a flurry of outrage against the recent killing of George Floyd in the US. The subsequent violent protests in many parts of the US has also caught attention worldwide. The hashtag #BLM for Black Lives Matter has been sprouting around all over social media.
A simpler term for bigotry is prejudice but that doesn't quite cover it. Bigotry is so much stronger and is often accompanied by discriminatory or untoward behaviour. Something, quite sadly, that you find very prevalent in our country today. How many of you have silently sworn or cursed at someone in your head while in the car, a shopping mall, the office or wherever and used their ethnicity as part of that curse? How many of you have commented on someones success and attributed it to purely to their race? How many of you have sardonically commented that someone deserves misfortune because of their race? How many Malaysian parents still frown upon mixed marriages? You see where I am going with...
How many of you distance yourselves from someone once you find out they are gay, or lesbian, or bi? How many of you are reluctant to hug them or shake their hand for fear that their “gayness” may be transmitted to you? All of this happens. Let's not pretend it doesn't. I could go on with more examples but I think the point has been made.
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