“Do not judge the book by its cover” are you similar with that sentence? Do you agree with that? Have you ever judged a person by looking his/her cover before recognizing his/her personality? Judging a person by his cover could not be accepted by anyone.
Prejudice, stereotype, and discrimination are some aspects usually used to judge someone. People could generalize someone’s personality Because of different culture, religion, skin color, etc. Every people in the world has different character and personality, some people might not be able to live with people who have different background. They usually feel more comfortable with people who have same background and it is happened in our country.
Indonesia has many cultures which are very unique. Some people have some stereotype belong to their cultures because of that uniqueness. For example, some people assume that Bataknese people are rude but in fact not all Bataknese people are rude, aren’t they? I have some friends. They are Bataknese and they are very kind and polite but they talks faster than Javanese.
I am Javanese and I proud of my culture. I was born in Madiun but I live in Jakarta but I know some tradition in Javanese and I could speak Javanese fluently. When I introduced my self, Some people did not believe that I am Javanese but they thought that I am Betawinese because the way I talk likes Betawinese. My accent likes Betawinese because since I was a year, I lived in Jakarta.
According of my experience, I realize that stereotype of something is not really real if there is not a strong reason about that. Sometimes it would be right but more often it was wrong. Like in my other experience, I have a Betawinese. As you might know that some of Betawinese are talkative and sometimes talk rudely but my friend is not like that. My friend is a silent person and does not like talk rudely
Another case, I have a friend in my campus, she is Sundanese. Some people argue that Sundanese girls are money oriented but my friend is not money oriented. It was so natural if everyone needs money but if we spend much money just for inappropriate things, which is an “amazing” problem.
In my conclusion, do not ever identify someone by looking one or two perspective, but you have to see in other perspective. It would be so hard because judging someone is so easy and some people thought that what they saw is right. In fact, not all what you saw is right. It could be also a big mistake. You have to take care of your mind and try to open your mind.
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