Neo-Racism

Racism is antagonism and prejudice based on race, usually precipitated by ignorance, hate, superiority complex, and insecurity.

Racists are typically denigratory and condescending to targeted groups, and blind to verifiable facts. They embrace and perpetuate demonising anecdotes, no matter how preposterous, to reinforce bigotry. Hollow accusations are enough to justify suspicion, despise, and hostility. Wars, even genocides, had been committed based on racially directed hatred.

Years of political correctness have driven traditional racism into the closet. Modern xenophobes no longer manifest prejudice through racial stereotypes; but the attitude and mentality have not changed, only evolved into neo-racism, or “clash of civilisations”.

Today’s China-bashers are neo-racists who may eat dim sum with an open-mind with Chinese friends who endorse their biased views. But a Chinese who supports China and the way the country operates, regardless of sound rationale, is to be suspected and derided, even caricatured. In other words, a person of Chinese ethnicity is okay, as long as he’s not really Chinese.

新包裝種族歧視

「種族歧視」一詞，泛指針對 「人種」 而產生的偏見和敵意。較常見的成因包括無知，原始仇恨，優越幻覺和缺乏安全感。

心存偏見的人，單憑不太科學的「種族界線」，便足以鄙視，甚至攻擊對方。他們對一切妖魔化對方的故事，無論如何荒誕，都會照單全收，以鞏固心中成見。歷史上不少戰爭，甚至種族清洗，也由此引發。

經過近年的「政治正確」洗禮，人種歧視表面已經息微。「人種」不再成為攻擊藉口，但仇視「非我族群」的心態未有絲毫改變，只不過換了包裝，或改名 「文明衝突」 而已。

當今盲目反華的人，其實是昨天的種族歧視的延續。

全新包裝的歧視分子，可能懂得拿筷子吃拉麵加豆瓣醬，甚至本身是黃皮膚黑眼睛的華人。他們自以為打破了種族界限，自命開明，卻築起了同樣狹隘，更加執著的意識形態藩籬。被認同的人，不論膚色，都可以是同類。但任何支持中國的華人，就算有理據有邏輯，也屬異端。換句話說，他們接受華裔，擁抱漢奸，但無故敵視真正的中國人，與傳統種族歧視並無分別。

香家的曱甴

“香家的曱甴”    譚炳昌  25.08.2019

某天，香家兄弟姐妹團聚於長兄家中飯局，正準備用膳之際，嫡孫香耿，時年十五，走進飯廳中央，在古董波斯地毯上鋪了報紙，蹲下來要拉屎。香耿皮膚黝黑，品性刁鑽靈巧，乳名「曱甴」，蟑螂的粵語也。五叔見狀大吃一驚，連忙喝止：「曱甴！發神經乎？幾歲啦？屙屎到廁所去！」

曱甴在家中一向為所欲為，不慣被責難，一時間未及反應，最疼他的二叔突然拍桌怒斥：「老五！吃喝拉撒睡是基本需要，你也想壓制，還有人權可言嗎？年輕人有自己一套，現在並非清朝，身為長輩要識時務，不可作威作福，騷擾後輩辦公！」  曱甴見有二叔出頭，便不理五叔，閉目運勁，專心出恭。

老五見老二來勢洶洶，突然感覺自己某程度上理虧，急需辯解：「二哥，我明白年輕人有新作風，需要另類空間。但凡事總有分寸，在飯廳當眾大便，古今中外也不能接受，試問與人權有何相干？侄兒交友不慎，被街口那流氓老梅擺弄而已。」 曱甴有輕微便秘，蹲在那裡拉不出屎來，開始煩躁，便抬頭罵道：「You guys shut up！看不到人家在屙屎嗎？嘈之巴閉！」 二叔連忙傻笑，閉嘴致歉。

三姑六嬸怕兄弟叔侄間語言衝突，有傷和氣，便連忙勸說：「曱甴乖乖，我們正在開飯，便便有細菌哦，你在這裡拉屎不衛生，也很臭臭哦，哈哈！不如你起來，去廁所舒舒服服，屙個痛快，姑姑用花露水幫你搽屁股，好嗎？」 曱甴把眼珠一反，露出底白，並不回答。

五叔不耐煩了，見大哥低頭不語，便說道：「大哥，你管不管孩子啦？」 大哥見五弟氣憤，便勸說兒子道：「曱甴乖，聽五叔話到廁所去，明天爸爸買新手機給你。」 誰料曱甴甚有原則，富貴不能淫，誰稀罕新手機？他蔑視地吭了一聲 「挑！」，繼續低頭運氣，順便閱讀鋪在腳下的蘋果日報娛樂版。

大哥被兒子當兄弟姐妹面前「挑」了一聲，心理難受，哭了起來。眾兄弟無語。最後還是五叔開口提醒道：「大哥，這是爸爸最喜歡的波斯地毯，萬一曱甴拉出來的東西水份多，顏色深，誰來負責？」 大哥被一言驚醒。兒子在家中唯一稍有顧忌，也最痛恨的，便是爺爺。於是拿起電話，急撥正在內地出差，狩獵紙老虎的爺爺。

爺爺聽後輕嘆一聲，然後說道：「你們別把我的地毯弄壞，或者把房子燒掉，否則通通不放過。曱甴拉屎的事，你是爸爸，用腳趾頭想想應該怎辦吧！家法藤條掛在我睡房門後，隨便借用。至於街口老梅那「冚家鏟」我會跟他算賬。」 說罷掛上電話。

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HK Deserves Riots, and Separation of Powers

Hong Kong’s riots remind me of my late father’s somewhat unorthodox adage: “If a son beats his father, the father deserves it.”

Under normal circumstances, a father-beating son is either the product of atrocious upbringing, or the father is being unthinkably heinous. None of my father’s seven children ever assaulted him, not even verbally. He was trying to make us think about the cause and consequence of things.

These days, the young of Hong Kong is beating up their old man — the society which has brought them up. Does the “father” deserve it? I’d say yes. That’s why in this Reflect on Hong Kong series, my discussions are more focused on the last generation’s role in Monster Parents, The More Chaotic the Better, and “Angry Youths and MADs”.

I am not trying to justify the fatuous brutality and suicidal destructions of the young thugs. But unless we understand why they are the way they are, and face up to it, the problem will never go away.

Angry Youths and Cheering MADs

The Hong Kong riots should be viewed differently at the national and local levels. At the national level, I’m sure there’s a strategic plan which takes into consideration geopolitical factors beyond my prattling scope. The bottomline is a hundred percent secured; there’s no suspense.

At local level, I have previously explained why Hong Kong should be left to boil in chaos a little longer (link, in Chinese only) for the time being. Meanwhile, as we sit back to witness homegrown barbarism in horror, why not take a look at who they are, and what has made them.

More people now understand that Hong Kong’s problems come fundamentally from three failed areas — Education, Judiciary, and the Mass Media. Recovering these “occupied territories” will take resolve and patience. Hong Kong Government has no problem with patience, but is not very good at making up its mind.

The problems with education, however, are urgent. Unless they are fixed, there’ll be a continuous supply of angry mobsters.

反思香港 - 憤青與廢中坑

香港的亂局需從兩個層面考量：首要是國際大局，這方面相信國家已經有戰略方向，不用我們吃瓜群眾操心了。底線是百分百沒問題的，毫無懸念，不用緊張。

其次是香港如何自己收拾殘局，開始長期的艱苦復原。這方面要做的事情很多，方向亦很模糊。暫時唯有讓它亂下去的原因，以前討論過了（鏈接 「越亂越好」）。大家都在等看大結局的同時，何不花點時間，看看這些暴徒是什麼人，來自哪裡，好待風暴過後處置。

漸漸多人開始明白，香港的基本問題來自「教育，傳媒，司法」 三大領域的失陷。收復這些失地要下決心，給耐性。對港府來說，耐性是長期老習慣，決心是大膽新嘗試。不過光復教育「淪陷區」急不容緩，否則 「憤青」源源不絕；這點要瞭解，才有希望杜絕。

香港暫時“越亂越好”

有關香港的暴亂，我在吃瓜群組中多次提出 「越亂越好」，並非賭氣之言，而是覺得這亂局不能避免，而壞中求變的方法之一，是讓它亂。

「一國兩制」 是上世紀八零年代鄧小平設計的概念。由始至今，轉眼三十多年。這期間國家發展驚人，很多方面甚至是歷史創舉。大家習慣了奇跡不絕，很容易忘記了八零年代的中國是什麼的樣子。當時剛改革開放，家裡有電話的人也不多；中央無論經驗與信心，都不足以接管香港。鄧小平的 「一國兩制，五十年不變」，現在事後聰明，當然有不足之處，卻不失為天才之策，精彩完成了歷史任務。在執行方面，除了缺乏經驗，過往幾十年國家要辦的一等大事也實在太多太多，疏忽了替香港「去殖民化」這件嚴重的 「二等大事」。

回頭看，完全放手讓港人高度自治也過於理想。香港政務官是英殖時期的本地執行人，老闆說什麼，全力以赴。老闆不開腔，自己關門看報學英文。回歸後，英國老闆走了，北京又不補上，政務官猶如找不到皇上的太監，不知急什麼好？唯有婆聲乸氣地亂搞。美英勢力比較清楚香港，見狀乘虛而入，經 「司法，教育，傳媒」 三大渠道把香港重新殖民。這回沒有了管治顧慮，目標單純明確，一心分化操縱，手段比英治時期更陰險極端。

Dissecting Monster Parents

The anti-China self-hate-racists in Hong Kong have reached a new level of absurdity and violence, ransacking police stations and the parliament (LEGCO). Pundits have offered many explanations for their pathological behaviour. The vague consensus seems to be that Hong Kong has failed miserably in three sectors: the media, judiciary, and education. I pointed out exactly these subverted areas in my satirical Cultural Revolution Posters seven years ago. If these losing “war zones” were obvious to me then as a casual observer, one would think the government must have had noticed as well. It’s puzzling why it has done nothing, and continues to do nothing except offering apologies to everyone. Perhaps in an institutional form, the government is also a “monster parent”?

Monsters breed monsters, naturally. Hong Kong’s monster parents — be them individuals or institutions — cannot deny responsibility for having raised a generation of junior demons.

剖析怪獸家長

在香港滋生了一群 「自我種族歧視」 怪物，長期盲目反中，胡亂搞事，最近更荒誕暴力，到處欺凌搗亂，連警察總部和立法會也肆意破壞。專家們就此作出了不少分析，輿論慢慢指向了香港的三大淪陷區：教育，傳媒，司法。其實我多年前已經用 「文革大字報」 的諷刺格式提出警告。奇怪的是，連我這站在群眾後排啃瓜的人也看到的問題，政府卻懵然不知，年復一年毫無作為。可能政府本身也是頭「怪獸家長」吧。

怪獸生怪獸，傳宗接代，十分自然。香港的怪獸「家長」，不論個人，學校，或政府，也難辭其咎。

長期韜光 只會養“悔”

不少老朋友認為中國這幾年太高調，招致狼群發難。「國家有作為固然好，但自己高興便算，何必自詡厲害，惹惱匈奴呢？」 這觀點雖然可以理解，我卻有不同看法，姑且嘗試分析。

這些友人大都是年屆退休的「穩定人士」。上了年紀的中國人，一般比綿羊更溫馴，萬事寧可退讓，以和為貴。這本來是美德，可惜現實從來不會姑息委曲求和的人。我們險些被滅族只不過近世紀的事，應該記憶猶新。更重要的是，我們並非為變而變。為了國家安全，民族復興，我們必須訂立長遠目標，設計發展藍圖，組織戰略步驟，培育接班人才。這一切都會影響到國家的外觀形象和應有姿態。

Trudeau the Second

Photo from REUTERS/Chris Wattie

链接中文版：杜鲁多二世

Most Canadians don’t realise that their country enjoys an exceptionally positive international image. Comparing with other members of the Anglophone Five Eyes clique which once regarded itself representative of western civilisation, Canada is generally trusted and liked by the rest of the world. Though a core member of the “Western bloc”, Canada at least tries — or tried — to be relatively fair and independent minded most of the time.

Canada’s reputation is not by accident. It’s the result of a reasonably consistent tradition crafted by a generation of liberal and sensible (liberal and sensible weren’t contradictory terms back then) politicians, iconised by the charismatic Trudeau the First who befriended Castro while the CIA was making dozens of assassination attempts on the “defiant” revolutionary. By bravely refusing to join Bush II’s “coalition of willing” to plunder and destroy Iraq, Jean Cretien quietly continued liberalism with Canadian characteristics. Statesmen like them helped Canada to straddle a delicate divide for decades, while maintaining a respectable degree of sovereignty. That’s no small feat considering who its neighbour is.

Building trust and respect takes decades. Destroying them takes no time. Trudeau II is working hard at that.

杜魯多二世

Photo from REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Link to English version: Trudeau the Second

加拿大的國際聲譽一向不錯。在一度自以為是西方文明代表的英語幫「五眼聯盟」中，世人較多信任和喜歡加拿大，覺得這冰天雪地的「西方」成員國相對難得地公平看事和獨立思考。

加拿大的聲譽並非偶然，也不是一朝一夕的成果，而是上一代「自由卻不胡鬧」的政治家努力耕耘的結果。當年風采不凡的杜魯多一世與古巴的卡斯特羅為友，不顧中情局多次嘗試暗殺卡斯特羅的努力，令美國極為不滿。自由黨獨立特行的傳統延續到克雷蒂安（Jean Cretien）。他當總理時頂受了巨大壓力，拒絕參加布什二世組織的「伊拉克搶掠團」，維持了加拿大頗高的自治風格，很不容易。

爭取國際社會的信任和尊重需要很長時間的表現。而破壞公信只需旦夕。

讀南懷瑾“新舊教育的變與惑”有感

挨打挨足了百多年的中國，最終竟然死裡逃生，帶著嚴重內傷走上了復興之路，步履越來越穩定有勁。這近乎奇跡的復活，除了有賴革命注入了激情和活力，也很大程度上多得延續了幾千年的文化根源。隨著國力復蘇，國人逐漸回復自信，開始積聚能量，一旦時機成熟，自然會在不同領域發揮作用。在這歷史性的文化復興過程中，南懷瑾老師以個人力量默默耕耘，努力「為往聖繼絕學，為萬世開太平」，作出了不少實質貢獻。

雖然南老師說自己沒有弟子，但實至粉來，今天南粉滿天下，在互聯網大環境的配合下，實際上桃李滿門。我是南老師無數忠實讀者之一，最近讀了劉雨虹老師重新編訂的 「新舊教育的變與惑」，感受良多。南老師對國際環境的預言，在幾十年後的今天看來，大部分都已實現。如此料事如神，莫非真有神通？

Deaf, Dumb, Blind, and Irrelevant

 

中文版鏈接：失聰失明的無釐頭革命家

Being too dull to recognise and connect with reality is forgivable, even pitiable. But self-imposed blindness is more difficult to understand.

In Hong Kong, a dwindling bunch of armchair activists, not necessarily classical dummies according to credentials, appear mulishly blind to facts and reality. Doggedly they chant “freedom and democracy”, imagine totalitarian regimes in the wrong places, and fantasise themselves revolutionaries without a cause. If not so tiresome, they could be rather amusing.

Hong Kong’s actively inconsequential “rebels” don’t seem to realise that the world has moved on well beyond their political infatuations. A global awakening is happening beyond their closed lids. The hackneyed pretexts of freedom, democracy and human rights have lost potency to all but the densest. Even genuine liberal democracies are becoming painfully aware of the failings of populism and short-term governance, and are soul-searching for solutions. But in spite of their relative proximity to the real world, revolutionaries with Hong Kong characteristics seem hopelessly addicted to the Democracy Empire’s dated spell. Short of a conspiracy theory suggesting material motivations, or a medical diagnosis of persecutory delusion, their frothing zeal can only be compared to religious fanaticism.

失聰失明的無釐頭革命家

 

Link to English: Deaf, Dumb, Blind, and Irrelevant

天生愚蠢，缺乏認知能力，無法分辨是非的人，不知不覺與現實脫了節的話，其實值得同情。但自願性失聰失明的人，又應該如何對待呢？

在香港這怪地方，有一撮日漸變得無關重要的業餘「民主革命家」。單看學歷之類，他們不全是傳統傻瓜，但行為上堅決與現實脫臼，令人費解。他們的「革命」綱領比較簡單，不外乎幾句老口號：「自由萬歲！民主萬歲！」 口號喊多了會上身，部分「民革家」 漸漸相信了自己是正義與真理的化身，整天橫衝直撞氣沖沖，找暴政搞抗爭做英雄，卻往往找錯地方。假如這撮人不是那麼討厭，其實不失娛樂價值。

更吊詭的是，當「民革家」滿嘴白沫呼民主之際，世界卻背著他們的方向演變。「民主自由，人權道義」 等搞事和侵略藉口，大致已被世人看穿，市場面臨崩潰。就算少數真心民主，篤信自由的國家，也開始領略到民粹主義的禍害，正在反思，謀求破解治理死結。但香港「民革家」們可能太集中精神擾國擾民，沒有留意世情，仍然緊抱幾句20世紀口號搏出位。假如陰謀論屬實，他們真的是外夷豢養之物，受命搞事，又或者精神有病，這行徑倒好解釋。否則便只有與宗教狂熱作比較了。