Thursday, May 07, 2009

孟加里來抓你

从前,在一个马来西亚华人家庭里。。。

小孩子在玩着。他的母亲被吵得不耐烦了,骂道:『别吵!吵死人了。』小孩不理会,还是在闹着。于是,妇女用上了她的绝招,她恐吓孩子说:『你不听话,等下孟加里來抓你!』

华裔妇女所说的孟加里既是孟加拉裔人。其实,华人往往分不清孟加拉裔人和锡克裔人。只要是头缠布巾(turban)的都一律称为孟加里。对于小孩来说,这些衣着古怪的叔叔是很可怕的人(bogeymen)。

Fast forward到互联网时代。我常常收到友人转送过来,有关于罪案发生经过的电邮。电邮里所描写的,是『印裔抢匪掠夺华妇手提袋』或『印裔匪徒掳走并强奸少女』之类的故事。没错,大马南亚裔人士,因为贫穷而有较高的犯罪率。不过,这种强调肤色的报道方式,是否造成了不必要的恐慌和偏见呢?说老实话,我还真不清楚电邮里的故事是真实的还是捏造的。


在这里为大家说个故事。。。

许多年前,美国有一个白人妇女,名叫Madelyn DunhamDunham夫人原本对黑人有恐惧感,因为他们的犯罪率较高。偏偏她的女儿嫁给了一名黑人,并生下一个黑皮肤的男孩。女儿在外国工作了几年后,决定把孩子送回美国。Dunham夫人抛下成见,把外孙儿抚养长大。

谁是Dunham夫人的外孙子呢?美国现任总统奥巴马。

13 comments:

  1. luckily mrs dunham didn't ditch him last time...

    i remember my popo used to said that to me when i was rebellious...lol

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  2. 你说的对,以前我小时候,大人的确用孟加利来恐吓小孩的。。哈哈。。也许样子长得黑,孩子怕就成为。。。。哈哈。。。大马印裔的确比较凶狠,而且偷东西得人也比较多,应该不是歧视啦。。

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  3. Woah... Really?!

    The more you don't want, the more it comes hunting.

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  4. annant
    If Mrs Dunham ditched Obama, the history would be different.

    花木兰
    希望不是歧视啦。

    THB
    Hunting? So scary!??

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  5. my grand parents also said that to me when i was young. :p

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  6. wow..interesting story abt obama. my grandma used to scare me with tht story too. or told me the charcoal man would come and catch me =/

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  7. kikey, xin
    Looks like the bogeymen tactic is commonly used...

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  8. 无可否认,大多数犯案的都是印裔。

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  9. Interesting! This reminds me of my late grandma! :D

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  10. christine
    白领犯罪案似乎是华人最多!

    tekkaus
    This was a commonly used tactic.

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  11. used to have one teacher who I tumpang her car to school everyday. She used to like to scare her two children when they are noughty "If you still continue to cry, I'll call An-neh-neh to catch you"

    damn racist statement. and also indirectly inplant some fear into the children.

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  12. Calvin Foo
    Teacher also said that? That's bad!

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  13. really... that sounds interesting ~ ^_^ din know Obama has got such a storey....

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