| Background: a Chinese Indonesian who speaks poor mandarin and now an American. 1) All the time, too many to count. I am the embodiment of racism target. Living and breathing in Jakarta as a Chinese minority? Racism target. It was pretty violent too. Being in China, looking like them but speaks poor mandarin? Racism target. Not real Chinese, they say. Being in predominantly white small towns in Oregon? Racism target. You must not be from around here boy, they said. The places I face zero racism? Bay Area & Amsterdam. There are overwhelming diversity in those places. 2) To be honest it all starts from poor economic opportunities. If middle class all over the world have great opportunities, there will be a lot less frustrations. Less frustrations mean less radicalized people. 3) The true solution is easy but won’t happen. To have those in power suddenly gained conscious and empathy and willing to empower middle class for the greater good... is simply not possible. Those who are good in politics are good because they are attracted to power (You can observe similar behavior from CEOs as well). The best we can do is to try to be emphatic to others and to always help others in the community. |