I have had a very memorable discussion with a friend during the trip to Katoomba last semester. She has Gujarati descent, born in Australia, and grew up in Thailand. We discussed about the US presidential election 2016 where there were a lot of discrimination towards minorities, that the discrimination were supported by one of the candidate.
Then she said to me "it (discrimination) is not something you can bring into debate. It is not debatable. It is something that really happens.". What she was trying to say is that anyone should not argue on discrimination and injustice that happen towards some groups of people. Discrimination is just not acceptable. Thus, how can someone keep judging and blaming the discriminated people? They judge other people by using their own standards and use those standards to tell other people what is acceptable and what is not.
I was amazed by her beautiful mind. I listened to all her stories during the trip. We talked a lot, not only about the politics, but also education, cultures and many things. I wish everyone in the world could have a wisdom like she has.
I was amazed by her beautiful mind. I listened to all her stories during the trip. We talked a lot, not only about the politics, but also education, cultures and many things. I wish everyone in the world could have a wisdom like she has.
