4 used in teaching learning process as Jazir Burhan says that Bahasa Pengantar adalah bahasa yang
digunakan dalam menyampaikan pelajaran di sekolah- sekolah. II. DISCUSSION
The discussion will be divided into three parts. The first part deals with multilingualism and multiculturalism. The second part of the discussion
addresses the role of national language, Bahasa Indonesia. Finally, the last discussion is on the management of multilingualism and multiculturalism.
A. Multilingualism and Multiculturalism:
Educator must realize that multilingualism and multiculturalism are not merely fashionable terms but everyday classroom realities. Both of multilingualism and multiculturalism are two things
that we cannot separate each other. It is like two sides in the same coin. They have become global phenomenon and sensitive issues as well. Sensitive issues mean that multiculturalism “encourage”
conflict as an example race and cultural prejudice. Indonesia has SARA Suku Agama Ras dan Golongan. History proves that conflict is caused by SARA happened i The following are the facts
that riots occurred during the course of the Indonesian History.
Around 1980 there was Pribumi – Chinese “war”, the conflict started in Surakarta. At the beginning the conflict was personal business between Pribumi or the Native and the Chinesse. In
these conflicts, the Chinese was supported by other member of Chinese community. At the name of solidarity, the Pribumi the Native attacked the Chinese community by destroying their own
properties. The conflict promoted the national conflict since it developed from local‘s riot to national’s one.
We still remember on Sampit’s issue, when Maduraness and Dayak tribe were at war. The conflict is begun when the Maduraness wanted to make Sampit as the Second Sampang. The Dayak
protected their own land as a result there was horrible war. It is a real horrible war, The Dayak killed men, women and children of the Maduraness without any exception. The way they killed
them also something frightening, the Dayak cut and separated the head from the body of the Maduraness. It happened around 2002 in Kalimantan.
Another sensitive issue is religion diversity of Indonesian people. We sometime learn from Television News program and Daily Newspaper, how conflict arose from the religion diversity.
Poso’s Riot is one of the examples of religion conflict in Indonesia. It is about Christian and Islam followers. This kinds of conflict also happened in a big country like U.S.A. This country has along
and frightening history of race prejudice. From Ku Klux Klan to LA’s Riot Los Angeles’s Riot
5 signify the conflict of the races in U.S. The Ku Klux Klan is a racist, anti-Semitic movement with a
commitment to extreme violence to achieve its goals of racial segregation and white supremacy. Of all the types of right – wing hate groups that exist in the United States, the Klan remains the one
with the greatest number of national and local organizations around the country. The Ku Klux Klan first emerged following the Civil War as America’s first true terrorist group. Since its inception, the
Ku Klux Klan has seen several cycles of growth and collapse, and in some of these cycles the Klan has been more extreme than in others. In all of its incarnations, however, the Klan has maintained
its dual heritage of hate and violence.
At first, the Ku Klux Klan focused its anger and violence on African-Americans, on white Americans who stood up for them, and against the federal government which supported their rights.
Subsequent incarnations of the Klan, which typically emerged in times of rapid social change, added more categories to its enemies list, including Jews, Catholics, and different groups of
immigrants. The Ku Klux Klan is a secret white supremacist organization that has sprung up in different times in American History. The Klan existed during three periods. It subsisted during
Reconstruction, during and after World War I, and in the 1960s during the civil rights movement
Around 1991 in U.S.A suffered from L.A’s Riot when White and Black people were at war. Black and White conflict has been long and complicated problems that the country has to solve.
Though they struggle to maintain the diversity during the course of the history of the nation but racial conflicts are always there. It seems that Melting Pot doesn’t work.
B. The Role of National Language, Bahasa Indonesia
