doing my asgt... is it due to someone, or it's the time that is pushing hard?
anyway, jus wanna say.. prejudice is really still existing. not to say i thot it's gone. but.. i really saw it..
once, on the mrt.. in the morning rush hr.. i boarded the mrt, and an indian (low-income family dressing style, or very casual and..) hubby/wife was standing at the pole tat stood between the 2 doors. they were standing at 1 side of the pole tat is. then, the whole bunch of ppl simply rushed by the other side while boarding, while the couple's side was sooo calm n no-1-going-tat-way. i noticed that.. n i simply walked tat way.
after tat, the rest of the ppl oso came rushing in my way..
until the next stop.
another whole lot was rushing in.. the "leader" of the pack is an Office Lady. haha.. perhaps being a higher class personnel, she was RESISTANT to being too near the indian couple. no matter how hard she tried "moving to the centre of the car", she always ensured she left a safe distance between them and her. i'm unable to see wat's blocking her. but from wat i remembered, they had nothing. jus the 2 standing by each other. n yes, her face said "luckily, i can still stay here".
den ytday, i was dining at the bro stall.. wah.. long time no see them siazz!!!! miss them? not really.. these days, my words can't b tat flirtatious sounding anymore.. anyway, at the stall, at 1 side of the seating lot, a bunch of 8 guys.. malay/chn ppl.. a bit rowdy acting.. was seated n chatting loudly n having.. cream soda i tink.. den, i noticed tat, every1 was crowding at 1 side away from them.. as though putting up an invisible block, differentiating their classes..
but to mi, wat's wrong wif them? they're there wif frns n catching up. wat's the big deal? doesn't any1 else does that?? jus 'cos they appear rowdy, they are avoided like plague? oh, a number of those on other side were old folks.. those neighbourhood folks. i understand. they stil hold a certain stigma towards those rowdy acting groups.
but.. got 1 couple who's in their late 20s/mid 30s sitting there.. n distinctly 1 table away..
u can say tat, the rowdy group came after the folks.. but it's doesn't appear so to mi..
n know wat, the rowdy group, once the majority is gone, the few ones left behind took to a smaller table.. now.. is this not courtesy?
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We all have our little prejudices unfortunately.
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