It was the first time that Venice seriously made a possible connection between "racism" and "language barrier" after being insulted harmfully when she was working & traveling in Australia last year.
Most of the Asiatic young people who have the experiences of working & traveling overseas have faced the problem of racism, and so did Venice. The 28-year-old girl who originally expected to broaden her horizon in Australia was soon become depressed because of the same problem. The worst of all, even she clearly knew where the trouble lies－the language problem is always on the top－ to speak for herself was still a mission impossible to complete.
“Those who cannot speak English fluently are being ignored purposely by the Whites in Australia,” she sighed with a bitter smile. “We become airy there, and it might even be the better condition. When my boss is in a mood, he even mocks at us in such an offensive way, like calling us “dish washer” rather than “kitchen hand”, or just asking us "do you know English, don’t you?" It really drives me crazy.”
Even can’t stand the racism problem anymore, the Asiatic young “invisible men” still choose keeping silence rather than speaking out for themselves. Like what Venice said, “Although I know that keeping silence will make the linguistic gap bigger than ever, it is still hard for me to speak English since I didn’t get used of it. I just give up having conversation with them there. ”
As the problem is just getting stuck here, it is impossible for invisible men to improve the racism problem anymore. Only when everyone can stop complaining and really tries to cross over the linguistic gap that it is possible to end the vicious circle.
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