Ethnocentrism raises its ugly head in China

It must appear daunting to people working in the race relations field who are seeking ways and means to end racism, racial discrimination and ethnocentrism including all the other isms. As the old world order crumbles those in power and who have enjoyed unearned privileges historically are finding it hard to share and share alike. They use force to get their ways but time for change is set and nothing will thwart it. The universe is setting the stage to make the world into a more viable, more equitable and more just system. We as human beings are mere cogs in the wheel of the Creator.  In the same way that we cannot stop the tsunamis, the earthquakes and the hurricanes from happening even though we know they are coming, we cannot stop change. Through technologies such as internet and all the social networking sites, the world is getting more and more intertwined. We are connected to the farthest corners of the globe. The light of modernity shines in every corner and there are watchdogs sounding the call and alerting those of like minds that an injustice is happening somewhere. Leaders can no more find protection under the cloak of secrecy, the internet like a worm invades every dark hole. We see in real time the cruelty and injustices meted out against minorities all over the world.  The time has come to end this. We are responsible for each other.

     In

China

the Hans and the Uighers are at war. The Hans wants to maintain its privilege though unearned and the Uighers have found the courage to stand up and be counted. They want to be who they are. They want freedom and justice and fairness. They want their basic human rights and they deserve that much.

  According to the New York Times, a 2009 Amnesty International report on threats to Uighur identity charts the recent history of the erosion of the Uighur language in education, beginning with a policy in the 1990s that eliminated Uighur as a language of instruction at the university level. Today, at

Xinjiang

University

in

Urumqi

, only Uighur poetry classes are taught in Uighur, the report says. In 2006, the government began carrying out policies that make Chinese the main language of preschool instruction.

The Chinese will have to learn that what they do now will affect generations to come and like what is happening in the USA where they are trying to right wrongs of the past, the young generation who expect fairness and equality are confused about the government actions through Affirmative Action and equity policies which they see as unfair and reverse discrimination which in reality is only the government’s attempt to right past wrongs and level the playing field. They want jobs just like blacks, they have to feed their children and they want things to be equal. We are mature as a species and it’s time we do the right thing.

The Native Americans say: When we walk upon the earth, we always place our feet very carefully upon the ground, because we know the faces of our future generations are looking up at us from below, and we never forget them.

The weak has found their strength, the downtrodden of the world are rising up, people everywhere are feeling the winds of change blowing in their direction and they are seizing the day and the opportunity to be heard and right past wrongs. There is no superior race, ethnic group or religion.  All of us who dwell on the earth are here for one reason that is to understand our Source of being and to live in alignment with that Source.  We have to learn to recognize our false selves (the ego) and embrace that which is good within us, that which we came from.  If one person from the Hans ethnic group should stand up and another join him, they can start a movement for positive change. When there is peace, there is harmony there is love and respect and forgiveness. The earth is one country and mankind its citizens. Let us live in peace, please.