Bimo '12
Rabu, 28 November 2012
Minggu, 25 November 2012
Greeting from Philly
Philadelphia had been a very warm city for me, though the
weather was not warm at all. One month was a very short time to get acquianted
with Philly, but I felt it was like my own city. And by the time I was close
enough with every corner of the city and was accustomed to the subway, I had to
leave my Philly. So dramatic!
Philadelphia, or many people call it ‘Philly’ is the biggest
city in Pennsylvania. It is well known as historical city because Philadelphia
was the place where the United
States of America was born. The city was old, I thought, when I set my feet on the city of
Philadelphia for the first time. I stayed
for one month during the winter in the area of Temple University in the center
of the city. Although my program schedule was so tight, I still had time to
explore the city with my friends.
Rabu, 21 November 2012
Majority and Minority Status – Prejudice and Stereotype
by Rizqi Arifuddin
In
a very diverse and multicultural society, there exists the so called majority and minority society. In one session of
my short course in US (SUSI for Student Leaders on Religious Pluralism), I studied
this issue more profoundly. ‘A miniature of the
world’, is how one of my friends called the United
States of America. In this country, there are various people coming from
different nations and cultures speaking different languages. Therefore, in the US, as in many other plural places, the existence of
majority group is observable.
Nowadays,
the majority of US citizen is indisputably
White people. They make up a large number of US
citizens. Other groups of people make up
minority group. They consist of African American, Latin American, Asian
American and others. Each possesses and preserves each own distinct culture.
Thus, the concept of salad bowl is now more preferable than melting pot. In salad bowl, each member of the society
still preserves its original ‘form’. But in melting pot, they all
blend, they all melt. The current phenomena in US society are not represented
by the latter.
Jumat, 02 November 2012
The Youth Pledge
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| Illustrated by Arsyad |
The Youth Pledge (known as Sumpah Pemuda) is the national day in Indonesia which is celebrated at October 28th. The Indonesia’s Independence is the result of the struggle of Indonesian who were colonized at that time. As Indonesian people were oppressed and become a slave, the youth from many regions strengthened themselves and gathered their power to oppose the colonialists. They wanted to end the suffering by doing revolutional movements. One of them was the Indonesian Youth Congress which was done for two times led by Sugondo Djojopuspito. As the result, It incited a congress formulation written by Mohammad Yamin. It explained the confession of youth that they admitted three points indicating their identity as Indonesian. Starting from this, it becomes a commitment for Indonesian people until they reach the independence seventeen years later, August 17th 1945.
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