I came across an unnerving comment a while back go on the Ismail blog.

See I had placed a title called “We Are So Jakun” relating to this post here and this post was purely out of fun, which had no ‘bad’ meaning to it at all. So what has gotten me a bit peeved is this person who I’m sure has an opinion of his own.. suddenly decides to say that the title I had given to the piece was considered racist and being discriminative. I for one am a person that doesn’t like discrimination.

Don’t let me stop there though, I would like for you to read what he/she said.

What a disgusting title. Is it really necessary for someone such as yourself to be using the word ‘Jakun’ in that context so shamelessly? Are you not in the least aware of its racist connotations? I expect better from someone participating in a play about a man whose ideals would have never allowed for such terms. Ismail himself detested the word ‘nigger’, and he would have been appalled by your usage of the term here, as well as sorry for the indigenous clan from whom the term originates from. Shame on you for your ignorance. - blogger

I do not usually like to pick on something but this I would. For you are pointing out to such an accusation, which I do not accept, without even reading the post in it’s context.

Maybe it’s not a norm.. and you are not use to it… that could be my fault.

I apologise for the fact that I had used the term ‘jakun’, but in my own defense this was in the context of one saying oh hey I’m feeling very .. in awe about the orchestra… for lack of a better explanation but that is what i had meant. It’s like as if I have been coming out of the earlier days in history… imagine a person from the 1800s looking at a high end gadget such as the handphone. Obviously he would be in awe.

Do you get my meaning now? The context of it was not meant to be anything at all racist or even remotely mean. If anything at all it was because i had a lack in my vocabulary. So you know what.. yeah shame on me for being ignorant to people who do not know how to take a joke. For the sake of others not having to get the same idea, since there doesn’t seem to be any freedom whatsoever in writing, the title has been changed.

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