White, Black, Brown, Beige...and the problems thereafter

Color is a cool thing. Have a car painted White and it looks ultimately gorgeous and glamorous and if your gonna play it safe, have in painted in Silver instead. No need for intensive care because your car will ALWAYS look clean. But on the other hand it is the most dull color made and created for lazies by a bunch of imbeciles who think Bugatti is a type of corn.

But then again, color does have its impact on people in a way only some of us can imagine. And imagination is said to be limitless, yet in this case i do concur that you need to be it to believe it. Make sense? Rather.

I am now living in a world full of color, diversity, uniqueness, adventure, and hatred. Yes, hatred. With all the greatness that color has brought into our god forsaken lives, it has also given birth to a means of which we can label others with. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where my hatred resides.

Indians are Black, Americans are White, Chinese are Beige, Malays are Brown, etc. We somehow associate race with color and that is not where it ends. Its the "description that follows" which creates a problem the world will never see and end to. When i was young, my dad always said, " Zac don't talk to strangers...especially the black ones." As a child you don't really question, you just follow, because they say the adults know best. Years go by and you finally begin to open up to the world because the grip and influence your parentage had on you loosens up, the mind finally has its own free will and if you so wish it, you CAN question these things.

On my own i find that the way people look at races and color has caused a major gap between them and it is just so wrong. I know, because i feel it. For 25 years, i feel it. I am mixed, in race and color. People consider me lucky, assuming that i can walk in both worlds. It does sound like an advantage don't it? But it comes at a price, a very expensive tag to be precise. No one ever sees you as their own. You are not accepted. You don't belong. Because of your color, your race.

You see, we live in a world where people label others by those means. Malays are lazy, Chinese are money minded con men, the Indians are rough and crooks with a forked tongue. Does color determine what we are as individuals? If your answer is yes i shall advise you keep reading.

Imagine if there was no color or race. But you and I still remain the same individuals with the same personalities. How will you judge Kumar, Seng Chee, and Firdaus? They are nothing more than names. You would be forced to judge them by their individual personalities, attitude, character. That is because you have no other means to label them, no race, no color. Now don't get smart with me and say that we still have OTHER means to judge. Like appearance, dressing, language, education, and such. These are mere excuses given by people who are afraid of knowing the truth. Afraid that their pre-judgement be proven wrong. Afraid of differences.

The differences we have as individuals is what makes us special and unique. Deny this and you will be a hypocrite. You chose to pay premium for that dress because its fresh of the line and no one else has it. You chose not to buy the same car as your colleagues. You choose different colored clothes because you don't wanna look the same everyday. You chose. Not me, not God, but you. You accept differences in almost every aspect of your life. So why cant you accept the differences in humans?

I remember asking a gentleman why he had bought a Skoda over a BMW, which he could well afford. He tried each and every way to justify his act of being "different and unique" even thought the Skoda was butt ugly irregardless of the fact that its power house came from VW. He then ended it with a statement, " No matter the brand or how different it is from the other, a car will always be a car. And i love cars. All of them."

Regardless of race and color, we are all humans. And we deserve to be judged as we are. Humans. Not by race and color. Take a moment to digest this and see me for who i am. Look beyond the skin and the name. And so that you understand where i'm coming from. Living with the fact that i could represent 2 races, means that i can be denied by 2 races as well. And in this time and age, denial seems to be the easier choice for most. Shall we make a change?