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Ernest Prakasa @ernestprakasa
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Menurut gw, melanggengkan istilah “tionghoa”, sama saja memelihara luka masa lalu. Kita perlu berdamai dengan sejarah yg gelap. “Cina” adalah sebuah kata, yg dimaknai oleh konteks kalimatnya. Jadi ga usah takut ngomong “cina”, oke? ✌️😊
“Cina” adalah identitas, “tionghoa” adalah stigma. Sama aja kayak teman2 tunarungu yg lebih suka disebut “tuli”, karena itu adalah identitas, bukan penanda kekurangan.
“Lho kok ‘tionghoa’ malah stigma? Bukannya itu justru kata yg aman?” Justru itu, kenapa sebuah kata harus ada “versi aman”-nya? Kata adalah kata. Memakai “versi aman” = mengakui versi aslinya (“cina”) tidak aman. Jadi itulah kenap menurut gw “tionghoa” = melanggengkan stigma.
“Tapi kata ‘cina’ itu serem, jadi inget kerusuhan dll.” Memang. Kata itu mengandung banyak sekali luka. Tp mau sampai kapan kita pelihara luka itu? Bangsa Jerman bisa move on dari Nazi, Afrika Selatan bisa move on dari Apartheid. Demi masa depan, semoga kita pun bisa move on.
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