BOOK REVIEW: OBSlERVlING RACISM '1I'HROUGH WIDTENESS AND ITS ENTITLlEMENTS

Pratiwi Wini Artati (is a full t:ime government officer in Instructional Technology at ICT Center for Education - Ministry of National Education Jakarta. She graduated from the Faculty of Letters Soegijapranata Catholic University in 2004. She is now currently pursuing h)

Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature
Vol 8, No 2: December 2008, Nationally Accredited

If only prejudices, stereotypes, and discrimination were totally diminished from this world, needless to say that peace is something that we could always breathe in and out easily, effortlessly. If only everyone did not focus on differences, everybody would have always lived in harmony for such a long time ago and in the future to come. Putting aside all differences and paying more attention the commonality and similarity that tightens the values of humanity is what we need. We often hear and imagine this will come true. Yet, the world is filled with discrimination in almost every aspect in human life.