Is blood red?

I love Lat the cartoonist. He is a true Malaysian. His cartoons show the common people playing, working and leaving together in harmony. We can be Malay, Chinese, Indian or lain-lain but when it comes to a common cause, our race doesn't matter.

My husband and I never taught our children about race. I remember, when my daughter (at the age of 5) was asked, what race she is, she said, "English" because she spoke English. She didn't know what race her friends were because she never saw what colour they are. They are her friends.

I believe it is the parents' responsibility to make our children colour blind. I have friends of all races and nationality. We laugh together and sometimes cry together. We may dress differently and are from different religious back ground but we are citizens of earth. We are here for a short time. Do we live in peace or do we cause chaos, a legacy we leave our children? All because we cannot look pass a person's colour.

Every one I speak to says the same thing, "I don't have a problem with Chinese or Malays or Indians." If this is what the common people are saying, why are some saying we have a racial problem?

Is blood red? Yes it sure is. Every human being has red blood.