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C h in ese’s h u m an rig h ts, esp ec ia lly N e w O rd e r re g im e w h ic h is c le a rly p o litic al righ ts o f C h in e se c itiz en s w e re v io la ted an d ig n o re d .
b. R elation
T h e d isco u rse a lso ca n b e se en fro m h o w th e re latio n is fo u n d ed in th e tex t. T h e tex t e n c lo se s tw o sid es; th o se are e th n ic C h in ese -In d o n esian an d th e In d o n e sia n
go v e rn m e n t S o e h a rto R eg im e . T h e tw o sid e s a re d escrib e d d iffe re n tly in th e tex t. T h e e th n ic C h in e se is d e sc rib e d as w e ak sid e a n d m arg in a liz ed . A n d th e o th e r h an d ,
th e g o v e rn m en t
S o e h a rto reg im e
is d esc rib ed
h igh er, stro n g e r
an d co n sid e red as d e te rm in a n t fo r e th n ic C h in ese life .
T h e re la tio n fo rm o f th e te x t w h e th e r th e p u b lic s a re p o sitio n e d in to ethn ic
C h in ese sid e o r th e g o v ern m e n t sid e can b e s ee n a s fo llo w s: “It
is true
that now
many of
the cultural
rights of
the ethnic
Chinese have been restored. In actuality, however, the government is still far from going all the way in recognizing the human rights of our ethnic
Chinese population. Many of
their political
rights are
still limited,
and as human
rights are universal, to grant some cultural rights and to deny others is simply wrong.”
Third paragrap h
T h e tex t ab o v e sh o w s th a t th e n e w s is re la ted to e th n ic C h in e se w h o g et lim ita tio n in p o litica l rig h ts.
“Acknowledging the
cultural rights
of the
Chinese does
not give
the governm ent an excuse to forget about the recognition of other rights. Human rights are som ething that cannot be abolished or limited in
any way. For 30 years under
the New
Order regime,
the political
rights of ethnic Chinese citizens were violated and completely ignored -- a fact that, to the present day, causes unease and trepidation among
Chinese communities throughout Indonesia.” Fourth paragraph
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B a sed o n th e te x t, th e p u b lics are p o sitio n e d a s if th ere is d istan ce b e tw e en eth n ic C h in e se an d th e G o v e rn m e n t N e w O rd e r reg im e .
“The SBKRI
requirement has
been perpetuated
through a
new citizenship law, although the original intent was to provide proof that
a foreigner
had been naturalized as an Indonesian citizen. Worse still, Karawang and Bekasi still
issue national
identity cards
that specify
keturunan, which
indicates persons of
Chinese descent.
This may
have occurred
through ignorance, stupidity or because the official was
racist -- nevertheless, the discriminative m entality is evident.” 15
th
paragraph T h e tex t a b o v e p o sitio n s th e p u b lics in th e re la tio n o f th e go v e rn m en t
an d th e re is d istan c e b e tw een th e g o v ern m en t an d e th n ic C h in ese . T h o se tex ts a b o v e n o t o n ly d e sc rib e h o w th e e v e n t is m a d e , b u t also
sh o w h o w th e so c ial p o w e r is re p resen ted in th e n e w s.
c. Identity
T h e te x t d escrib es h o w th e jo u rn a list p o sitio n s h im se lf w h e th e r as
eth n ic C h in ese o r th e p o sitio n o f go v e rn m e n t. It c a n b e s een fro m th e te x t as fo llo w :
“It is
true that
now many
of the
cultural rights
of the
ethnic Chinese have been restored. In actuality, however, the government is still far
from going all the way in recognizing the human rights of our ethnic Chinese population. Many
of their
political rights
are still
limited, and
as human rights are universal, to grant some cultural rights and to
deny others is simply wrong.” Third paragrap h
B a sed o n
th e te x t
a b o v e , th e jo u rn a list
id en tify h im se lf
a s e th n ic
C h in ese w h ic h is
still co n sid e re d
a s m in o rity,
ev en cu ltu ra l
rig h ts o f
C h in ese h a v e
b ee n re sto re d . T h e jo u rn a list c o n sid ers th e go v e rn m e n t h as n o b ig in ten tio n to g iv e e th n ic C h in ese fre ed o m .
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