History is written by those who win. History is also written them a majority and the ruling or the ruling minority. Thus the history of Indonesian citizens of Chinese descent, Indonesia Chinese call it, will always be on edge. We know, on the outskirts of it lined up local histories are real-but do not get the portion to be written. Because it's on the outskirts of gontok-quarrel ensued, we then find Chinese history is the history of Indonesia towards nothingness. The absence of a deliberate course.
New Order collapsed accompanied the rise of absence-the absence of deliberate it. We see then: history rewritten, reinterpreted history. There was a shift of meaning of history. Writing history for over thirty years seems to stand alone without the series that followed. Thus their only child as an interpreter, pereka, and author of history so that anyone who joins the ranks will soon find himself dispensed within shortest possible time.
Discrimination of Writing History
Indonesia write Chinese history writing is to write discrimination. Despot who ruled this nation understand well the adage: controls the past controls are part of the present. Our history is military history. History which summarizes the values of masculinity combined with a weapon as the values associated with the sublime heroism. Our history is the history of the reduction of the role of anyone deemed "not us" in the power structure of the New Order. Our history is the history of the striped uniform.
Of engineering history writing was then menggelayutkan questions that until now has not finished completely unanswered. Why are people leaving a yawning chasm Indonesia Tiongoa welfare with non-Chinese citizens? Why they did not seem to want to know with their surroundings? Why are they more familiar wrestling in the field of economics than other areas? Or: Why did they succeed in business under the authoritarian rule of Suharto?
After 1965, post-G-30, a round of misery for the people of Indonesian Chinese. Cold war, a war between two different ideological camps, each issuing its fangs. United States and Britain, Western capitalist countries, trying to stem the influence of the communist North, which is identical with the People's Republic of China. Western countries have major interests inflame anti-Chinese, including in Indonesia.
Benny G. Setiono (2008) records the intensity of anti-Chinese riots intensified so. Looting, destruction, and burning houses, shops, schools, and ethnic Chinese cars going everywhere. They accused did not care about the interests of the people of Indonesia. Also they are accused of having dual loyalties, and always tried to transfer money abroad.
Campaign and various anti-Chinese actions, plus the repressive actions of the military are what caused the prolonged anxiety and trauma for the Chinese. During the Soeharto era, they were desperately trying to avoid the political realm. They focus all his attention and his activities only in areas of business.
Reluctance to Engage in Political Activities
This is where we find a link between their success in business and their reluctance engage in political activity. We never found the minister in the New Order government of Chinese descent. Thus, we can turn to the question: why did they succeed in business under the authoritarian rule of Suharto?
Onghokham will help us find the answer. Apart from exile through antibudaya Chinese (prohibition of the use of Chinese characters, banning Chinese arts performances, changed its name to the name of Indonesia), Onghokham believes the Chinese succeed in business because bobroknya bureaucracy during the New Order. "We know that strange one system during the New Order.
Budget of the State obtained from debts. Bureaucracy, military and police have enormous power, but the arbitrary and there is no control, no supervision. Surprisingly, despite their enormous power, but a small salary. Meanwhile, there are groups which are relatively quite capable China. Logically, where there are powerful people who want to starve, do not send their children, did not meet her needs? Finally, the Chinese people become cash cows. "
Over 30 years we could not find a big role Chinese people in history books. We eliminate the role they helped deliver independence Indonesia. History records there are five Chinese citizens of Indonesia became a member BPUPKI (Investigation Agency Efforts Preparation of Indonesian Independence), the Liem Koen Hian, Oey Tjoei Pole, Oey Tjong Hauw, Mr. Eng Tan Hoa, and Drs. Tjwan Bing Yap.
Gus Dur made a conditioning kebinnekaan Indonesia. Gus Dur in 2000 issued Presidential Instruction No. 6 / 2000 and revoke the Presidential Instruction No. 14/1967 on Religion, Belief and Customs The Chinese in Indonesia. Regulations that limit the events relating to religion and customs of the ethnic Chinese outside their synagogue. Gus Dur's successor, Megawati Soekarno Puteri, then set the Lunar as a national holiday.
Previously, BJ Habibie of the Republic of Indonesia issued Presidential Instruction No. 26 of 1998. This instruction contains the termination of the use of the term indigenous and non-indigenous in all policy formulation and implementation, program planning, implementation or governance activities.
History must be rewritten. History is not the owner of those in power only. Indonesia is not a mere history of military history and relatives. Because we lakoni so far, citing Bambang Purwanto (2006), "People outside the military as if it has no place in writing the history of the New Order. Even if there are past the ordinary people become the object of study, only the past, people mostly associated with politics, especially when they become "rebels".
Indonesia is not only Javanese, Batak, Dayak, Madurese, Sundanese. Residents of Chinese descent have inhabited the archipelago even before the Dutch came. Thus: there is no Indonesian-ness in Chineseness and Chineseness in keindonesiaan. Each tribe contributed to establish the role of Indonesia. We stand on diversity. Diversity does not always related to privilege ethnic majority and ethnic minorities downsizing. Diversity Indonesia sourced from many tribes among the tribes that came from outside that has become Indonesia: Japan, China, India, Arab, and European nations. Diversity is what we call pluralism.
Our history is still so lame as works made not incorporate comprehensive study of majority-minority relations in the course of the nation. Even more so when our nation is trying to free ourselves from the grip of occupation and achieve independence.
Citing Mona Lohanda, it is very necessary a description of national history which gave place to the participation of minorities and also the time of writing history is no longer based on the assumption, that consciously or not, justify the claim that only the role of the majority relies on quantitative aspects. Whereas integrative approach gives the possibility of an observation based on the quality level of community participation as a whole.
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