Of George Floyd, racism and hypocrisy

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Last year, I traveled to Australia. Upon arrival, I was pulled aside by immigration for “further examination”. I acquiesced and answered their probing questions patiently. This was, after all, quite normal to a dark-skinned person like me. And It was not the first time I’d been “randomly examined” at an airport. Maybe that’s why I could easily empathise with the family of George Floyd who died after being pinned down by the knee of a US policeman, just as millions who have been subjected to blatant acts of racism were able to all around the world, Growing up in Malaysia, I was never allowed to forget my race and colour. I was called blackie, keling, and many more racially-charged epithets. One girl in kindergarten refused to play with me as she was afraid my colour would stick to her. Another girl referred to me as “the black boy”. Among many in my social circle, being fair was i…