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Preeta Samarasan
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Preeta Samarasan
@PSamarasan
Malaysian-born Tamil writer in France. Author of _Evening is The Whole Day_, _Tale of the Dreamer's Son_, and lots of short fiction & essays.
Katılım Eylül 2020
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If you've posted updates on OzAsia, I'm following you on Twitter as preamble to (possibly awkward) in-person introductions in Adelaide this week. See ya! 😊
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@IonaItalia LGBT people, atheists, dissenters, *and members of religious minorities*. Because Muslim-majority countries don't have a great track record of equal rights/justice for minorities, and that is actually an important part of any conversation about the Middle East.
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We've seen this erupt time & again: Charlie Hebdo, 7/7, the grooming gangs, forced marriages, the murders of Ahmadis. We should have welcomed LGBT people, atheists and dissenters from Muslim-majority countries & made it crystal clear to everyone else what our values are.
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The Rushdie fatwa should have been a wake-up call to Britain. We should have held an absolutely firm line against people who advocate violence in the name of Islam: in government, in the media, in our immigration offices. This is the result (aided by some idiots on the left).
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@MaureenTai @shikhaslamba @LDamour One of my daughter's best friends received a vape FROM A STEPPARENT for her TWELFTH BIRTHDAY. That's the milieu we live in, so yes, we've had these conversations too. (Thankfully my daughter was as horrified by the vape gift as I was.)
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This has become more real in our household recently as my 13 yo attends more parties outside his direct friend group & there are, sadly, kids his age who drink & vape & frolick. We've had some good conversations & hopefully, the compass has been (re)set 🤞🏽🙏🏽 @LDamour
Lisa Damour, PhD@LDamour
It can be hard to know how to react when teens talk about the risks their peers are taking. Here’s a way to respond that can point the conversation in a useful direction.
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If you're free this Wednesday at 9:30AM PDT, please tune in to our conversation! Register here:
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Sigh, @GrabMY , what gives with assigning my mother's lost phone issue a case number, and then not providing a single update or responding to my questions about progress on the case? If you're planning to do nothing about items left in Grab cars, just say you can do nothing.
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@GrabMY, my 86-yr-old mum left her phone in a Grab car in Ipoh this morning; we've tried calling the phone but the driver doesn't answer it. Please help!
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@Nothingness_Mu @IonaItalia siloed-off communities of East Asians? Where are you seeing this?
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@IonaItalia I have so much to say here but I will only ask one question: are people worried about siloed off communities of East Asians, Indians or even Hispanics. Bcoz they are quite misogynist and homophobic too. If not then that's kind of islamophobia and I say this as a staunch atheist.
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After watching the Owen Jones interview, I've been thinking about whether I do think diversity is good or not. On balance, yes, I like melting-pot-style diversity, i.e. different races, skin colours, styles of dress, cuisines. Cultural exchange of that kind is an innate good. 1/
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@Nothingness_Mu @IonaItalia Statistically, yes, the evidence seems to indicate that, but it's not that these conflicts do not happen in the US.
washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09…
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@IonaItalia Though I am aware that British Muslim are way more conservative(for a lack of better word) than American ones.
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@gangeticus @hereticmalay And it should be our standard answer whenever they argue that assimilation is standard in Western countries: yes it is, but you get equal legal rights in exchange.
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@hereticmalay @gangeticus Yes, because assimilation in M'sia, unlike assimilation in other countries, is not a *deal.* It is a demand. And it's never enough. We should also apparently abolish vernacular schools, and then carry on with being 2nd/3rd-class citizens.
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@gangeticus I feel sorry for the kid. He sang in malay perfectly, but still will be treated as second-class citizen by malays along with the negative racial stereotypes.
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@gangeticus Oh no, I think a Tamil song at a Malay wedding would be a hit as long it were performed by a glamorous hijabi (preferably a celebrity) with zero involvement of actual Tamils
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Preeta Samarasan retweetledi
Coming soon! Thank you, @BukuFixi and @AnugerahGee for the drawings on the cover. ♥️💙🧡
Buku Fixi@BukuFixi
*ahem*
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@groudondeeznuts Also, may I point out with all due respect, EVERY religion is "all your guru baba making up stuff as they go." Other people want to follow the stuff their guru baba made up just like YOU want to follow the stuff YOUR guru baba made up.
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@azmirliberty And if people reading that think it's a "nuanced take," yes, there is something wrong.
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@PSamarasan There must be something wrong if people still need to emphasise “my best friend is X ethnicity” in 2023.
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We surely must award this uncle the Murukku Lovers Medal at the next General Meeting of the Indians. Really hope his plus one for the ceremony will be his one Indian friend from across the causeway.
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Zaid Ibrahim@zaidibrahim
Today I spent many hours at Brickfields. I feel comfortable with the Indians. I like the food, murukku and Muru the cooling drink you must have after curry. My best friend is an Indian across the Causeway Many Indians are from the middle and lower economic classes. I am comfortable with them. Fewer pretensions and they are always helpful. The only gripe I have is why the Indians rely too much on their Indian leaders to solve their economic woes. Even educational woes. MIC has some good leaders but as a group it’s weak. Give your trust to Malay leaders too The Indian community should move on and support Malay leadership who can help them. If Umno has become useless give support to other Malay groups. But Umno can be salvaged if they suddenly realise they must have proper elections to pick the leaders. Together the Malays and the Indians can give a stronger push to protect their interests. The Chinese are strong in their own right. They need no help from other communities. It’s the others who must help and collaborate. That’s the story in Malaysia. Do you think the Malays / Indians can solve the price of essential items; and the supply of rice and sugar on their own? Only by being together can the National issues be addressed meaningfully
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@pleomorphic2 tsk tsk but why are we so negative when he is saying NICE things and only has ONE gripe???
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