Harmony is something very important and needed in every type of group. The easiest way to understand harmony is by watching an orchestra. In an orchestra, many different instruments such as cello, violin, trumpet, flute and tuba are played. Each of these instruments produces a different and its own distinctive sound. For instance, cello produces a low-pitched and violin makes a rather high pitched-sound. However, when all of these instruments are played together, a beautiful, pleasing and soothing music is born. This is only possible with the existent of harmony. The statement ‘harmony within diversity must be nurtured and cherished’ means that we should value highly and improve the unity in a group which consists a variety of things. From my perspective, I can relate the statement with the lives of citizens in Malaysia. Malaysia is a multiracial country with citizens from many different races and ethnic groups. Some of the examples are Iban, Bajau, Malay, Chinese, Jakun, and Batak. The lifestyle of …show more content…
It actually plays a major role in maintaining the peace in our country. Imagine a place where people do not mix with others who are different. They would not eat, play, work or even talk together. Their eyes are filled with anger and irritation as they look at others from different races. It will eventually lead to citizens making enemies with others from the same country. Just like the dark history of Malaysia which is the chaos on 13 May 1969. On that day, Malays and Chinese had killed each other and many had died. This incident is an unforgettable memory for those who experienced it. The feeling of being afraid and scared to come out of the house must be eradicate. Let us just live in place where we can happily work together with everyone. As the Bondei proverb goes ‘sticks in a bundle are unbreakable’, we can focus ourselves more in developing our country into a better and more successful
People even currently separate themselves from people of other cultures or viewpoints. This is not only harmful to you but many others. We as a species should not separate each other
Longtown Ohio has had races mix freely for the past 200 years. Now people just see someone with a different skin color and think only negatives toward that person. Even if we have freedom of speech and press, that doesn’t mean we can talk about others because of how they look. The world should be free to all, not just a certain skin color. We should be able to interact or go through marriage with other skin colors.
Prejudice causes problems for communities. Great examples of prejudice causing trouble for communities are in To Kill a Mockingbird. Everyone in the small town of Maycomb describes Boo Radley as an awful human being but n one has actually met him. When Scout wanted to know what Boo was like, she soon found out: “Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about six-and-a half feet tall judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were bloodstained-if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time (Lee 16).
Like in the BLM protests it divided whites and Blacks because of the violence that happened from all protests that happened with it. Another one is Asian hate and that basically divides all of America up into its own groups. Too much happens and the more that does, the more we divide and the further we get from
I agree with Walter Williams on the importance of this issue when he writes, “Regardless of their chosen strategy, one can safely predict that they will organize themselves on the basis of that "less-preferred" characteristic, whether it is race, religion, language or region. It is precisely this form of human organization that has given rise to history's most brutal and tragic episodes.” Williams' point is that if the government's allocation of resources is given to selected groups, then these groups gain over the non-selected groups. This will cause division and self-segregation among a society, which always leads to
Yet, racial integration leads to amalgamation and homogenization, which destroys
Separation between peoples is horrible and shouldn't be allowed in our free country, America. Even though horrible things like this have been happening around the world on of the main things we should take it for is a learning lesson. Segregation is horrible. People should be equal. War is awful.
Eventually, as more incidents occur between the races, the distrust, and eventually anger begins to spread as well throughout the public, replacing the fear, which then gives way to anger. Throughout this course, it slowly infects the government, worsening tensions
It results in shifting attention from what counts to what does not count. Police should be paying attention to behavior when analyzing suspects, not to their physical characteristics. For example, a study in Minnesota in 2002 found that minorities were stopped and searched by police more often than whites, but contraband was found more often in the cars belonging to white drivers. If all cars had been stopped at the same rate, than “22,500 more Whites would have been stopped, while 18,800 fewer African-Americans and 5,800 fewer Hispanics would have been stopped” (The Leadership Council). When law enforcement is racially profiling people, they are enlarging their suspect pools solely based on what someone may look like, which will lead to more time being wasted dealing with people who most likely did not commit any crime.
Humans have a need to categorize the world around them. We like things to be labeled and orderly. Dividing humans up into races probably started innocently enough. Basing the races on geographic location and observable, objective traits like skin colour and facial features isn’t inherently bad, but becomes problematic when one group decides they are superior and begins attributing negative characteristics to other races. The Europeans did exactly that when they needed reasons to justify their colonization and enslavement of other people.
Even in a society that, overall, is diverse, people with similar ideas and experiences tend to congregate in small groups, where they are comfortable. It is much easier to remain in homogenous groups, among those who understand each other. When different groups combine, many different life experiences and points of view will be present and will potentially clash. Misunderstanding is bound to occur in some form when individuals of different backgrounds interact. When misunderstandings occur, people tend to respond with violence, fear, or stereotyping.
During childhood I was taught my parents that I was to respect every body no matter if they looked different than me. Having grown in such a diversity community I never encountered problems with people form different racial or ethnic background. I believe it is a blessing to have grown up in such a diverse community because you get to see interaction between people from different cultures. Therefore, I think it enables you to approach people from different ethnic groups with an open
Their are so many different types of discrimination around the world that can surround mixed-race people. Now, things are the slightest bit better
In simple terms, different identity groups such as those whose languages, religions education-levels, genders, and ethnics come together, they create a diverse
However, the same cannot be said for the past few decades. This is because of selfish politicians playing the controversial “race card” to gain support from a particular race. These selfish actions have worsened the relationships between races and affected the harmony that was once our nation’s pride and joy. Thus, it is our role as Malaysians to find new ways of promoting racial harmony, because honestly, who would want to live in a country where everyone hates each other?