I was ashamed for my silence….I will never fell better about it.
During the days that I spent here in the U.S., I am always in an awkward position. Known me is a Chinese, some people would ask me something about Tibet or Taiwan. This is a very sensitive political topic. I can only present the standpoint which a Chinese should hold. At the same time, they would list several instances to conflict with mine. Because of my poor English, I do not know how to explain or persuade them, did not say too much. I blamed myself, can not forgive myself from keeping silence.
Discrimination is caused by misunderstanding. What I want to say is that we should not judge things before really understand them or knowing only a part of them. Know it doesn’t mean understand it.
You don't have right to judge before you know it enough
ReplyDeleteI can understand your situation very much, since it has been part of my life, too, to debate over those issues. In many cases, I resumed to silence, either, with a sentence "you don't have right to make any judgment before you know something well." Actually, even with good English, it is still a tough issue to talk with American people before they have a full picture of China.
What we should do is not to debate with them, but to tell them more about China, both good and bad.