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Will the Virginia Tech massacre result in racial discrimination surfacing once again?

The Virginia Tech massacre has shattered the hearts of many, especially those whose family members were lost during the heart-wrenching tragedy. However, as time passes, the melancholy may just transform like a fitful monster into fiery hatred and violence. The victims who have suffered emotionally may end up pushing all the blames for their losses to a single race which Cho has irresponsibly stained with his irrational acts.

Indeed, racial discrimination is one major issue we all fear will result after the Virginia Tech massacre. Cho, a Chinese Korean had recently shot down 32 students in Virginia. I believe this will cause a huge conflict and dislike for the Chinese in the near future. Caucasians will have a warped view of all Chinese as their rivals and hence such generalizations will evidently lead to racial discriminations and conflicts.

For the past few years, racial discrimination has finally subsided dramatically ever since World War II whereby the Japanese were hated by many. In the past, Chinese immigrating to western countries were often called the ‘Yellow skins’ as they resembled the Japanese, whom the westerners despised previously. Verbal and physical abuses were often hurled at Chinese foreigners living in western countries. Unfortunately, this peace will be broken once again all because of Cho’s selfish and merciless acts. In the near future, the vicious cycle may just continue and result in racial discriminations and the possible conflicts which may follow.

Nonetheless, we pray hard for the incident to be remembered as a lesson taught and not an incident of hatred and violence. From this massacre, parents should learn to understand their children more and not allow history to repeat itself, like how due to negligence, Cho’s mental state deteriorated as time passed. Cho’s mental state was severely unstable, yet he was not well taken care of and treated. This led to the outburst of his emotions which he had contained within himself all his life. Hence from this incident I hope the public will learn something instead of feel hatred for the Chinese.

posted by Phoebe @ 5:53 AM