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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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"because for so long the one had been sacrificed for the other"?
Does "because for so long the one had been sacrificed for the other" mean "because for so long either Indonesian were sacrificed for Chinese, or Chinese were sacrificed for Indonesian"?
Context:
Solidarity from the international community brought about a renewed awareness of ethnic and national identity—Indonesian and Chinese—among Chinese Indonesians "because for so long the one had been sacrificed for the other".[45]
MOre:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1998_riots_of_Indonesia#Government_response
Context:
Solidarity from the international community brought about a renewed awareness of ethnic and national identity—Indonesian and Chinese—among Chinese Indonesians "because for so long the one had been sacrificed for the other".[45]
MOre:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1998_riots_of_Indonesia#Government_response
Top answer
NL888 "because for so long the one had been sacrificed for the other because for a long time, the Chinese Indonesians had sacrificed their ethnic identity ('Chinese-ness') to their national identity ('Indonesian-ness').
- NL888 "because for so long the one had been sacrificed for the other because for a long time, the Chinese Indonesians had sacrificed their ethnic identity ('Chinese-ness') to their national identity ('Indonesian-ness').
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NL888"because for so long the one had been sacrificed for the otherbecause for a long time, the Chinese Indonesians had sacrificed their ethnic identity ('Chinese-ness') to their national identity ('Indonesian-ness').
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