Indonesians React To Violent Protests Against Racism In West Papua [Street Interview] | ASIAN BOSS

On August 17, Indonesia’s Independence Day, a group of Papuan students were accused of vandalizing the Indonesian flag and were subsequently arrested by the Indonesian police. In response, violent protests demanding justice for the students erupted in West Papua, and the Indonesian government deployed additional military and police forces to contain the situation.
In light of this escalating conflict, how do ordinary Indonesians feel about Papuan people and the current situation? What do they think is the most ideal solution to resolve this ongoing tension? Our Asian Boss reporter Ramzy hit the streets of Jakarta to find out.
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[@meg9672]

You know, I think it would be better to interview the Papuan students who were accused or native Papuans, not people in Jakarta who I bet mostly doesn't even know what really is going on. We need a fresh perspective.

[@railsloopdrown]

Agree

[@orsonsadler]

lyfkat that would be great but it's probably harder to get access to people in an area that is currently experiencing issues. hopefully they'll be able to connect with someone in west papua for their perspective. for me it's interesting just to hear how the average indonesian feels about it anyway, even though they may not have first-hand knowledge of what's going on. understanding what the average indonesian believes is still going to be a huge part of the equation when it comes to resolving these types of conflicts. for better or worse, politics revolves so much around public sentiment

[@havrinilacable]

Setuju kak

[@lia00123]

Agree!!!!

[@MrYoshiEggs]

Not sure Asian Boss has the resources and/or connections to fly over to Papua and film over there. Would be great if they could, but as we can see, most of the Indonesian videos have been confined to Jakarta.

[@honoka7917]

I've lived in West Papua for more than six years in the past. I moved to Java for school and one of the most commonly asked questions from my classmates here in Java was: "Do you guys live on trees?" "Do you wear clothes?" "Do you barter things instead of using money?" and I think that pretty much sums up the understanding that people living outside or far away from Papua have. "Appreciate and respect the diversity of this country" is a rule that has been drilled into Indonesian students for years, and I can say that most of their sentiment only reaches that extent. They see Papua as an asset as opposed to a family, and saying "They've been a part of Indonesia since the beginning. If and it must be possible, they should stay with Indonesia. " is just a textbook statement.

[@Octobre1986]

After the tsunami,my fellow Indonesian students organized a charity event for the Indonesian people. As we all lived in Germany, they chose to present their country. When they spoke about Papua, they showed traditional pictures with people who have bones in their noses and spoke about "wild" dances. One one hand, it represents the culture. On the other hand I was a bit disappointed about this portrayal. They didn't talk much about what else goes on in that region.

[@Ancient_Chronicler]

The Korowai tribe live in tree houses. Traditionally pigs were used a a form of barter and currency among many tribes in West Papua/New Guinea.

[@humanliving4283]

*screaming in live in Papus for years but still not knowing so much place because I'm a no life //slapped* Jk about it I'm kinda sad what you said is true, like all they thinking were we live in trees, or not wearing any clothes, like, dude, c'mon Most Papuans already wearing clothes except in the deeper area one, but I'm not even sure if they still using the dried coconut leaves or something again. We even have supermarkets and stuffs, even the signal to browsing lol

[@honoka7917]

@Riceee Balls Yes, I agree with you. My friend that came from Kalimantan also faced the same questions as I did. However, the fact that the majority of people who claim "unity in diversity" aren't aware of what 'diversity' they are referring to is sad. Like, we spent all those years in school learning PKN/civics and people still pose those questions in a racist manner.

[@BY-sh6gt]

The exact same thing happened to me when I moved to Java for school. I came from Sumbawa (an island that's on the right side of Lombok, unpopular region but we're definitely not uncivilized or didn't have any kind of technology), and the students basically just think that I am a neanderthal that suddenly came out of the jungle to study science

[@splattrick2432]

The last part of the video nailed it for me. When the interviewer asked "what do you think would happen if Papua seceded", residents in the capital raised up biodiversity loss and loss in 'ownership' of Papua's natural wealth. The image of Papua in the interviewees' minds is forest and swathes of natural resources, no one mentioned anything else about their culture. There is a brief mention about loss of talent but it was not specific, and an erosion in the meaning of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. "When they go we will miss their natural resources" was the message that subtly came across. Indonesians WANT to think of Papua as family, but picture a husband married to someone and the wife wants a divorce. Ask the husband "what would be different after your wife leaves you?" and the husband responds with "well there's no one to clean the house and cook for me anymore." The wife's presence is degraded to a utility, which is similar to how the Papuans are regarded only for the natural wealth that they have. It's time to think seriously about what kind of people they are, explore and understand deeply their culture, beliefs and history. Join the Papuans in celebrating themselves. Realise the family that is founded on the principle of unity in diversity. But these steps start from a reckoning that we currently have a failed system that excludes rather than includes.

[@youniverse_]

Waahh I didnt realize till ur comment. Thank you for this eye-opening point of view :)

[@Ryan-pg1tw]

Maybe you should express your opinion more respectful

[@shane5692]

I think it's way past sharing cultural differences mate. Half the Papuan population has been slaughtered that now the Indonesians almost out number the locals because of murder and migration.

[@nemophilist90]

🔥🔥🔥 that was 🔥🔥

[@syzygy1814]

IKRRR

[@SushimaruRen]

all Indonesians should find out how Papua joined Indonesia in the first place. it wasn't good. i as Indonesian only learned abt it a couple yrs ago. it has changed how i view the situation with papua. there are many things abt the Indonesian history that weren't taught at schools on purpose. just some noble lies to keep some or the majority of people happy. this and many other propaganda hv been going on since the New Order under Soeharto's presidency. i hope Indonesian will do their own "due diligence" especially in dealing with this kind of topic.

[@shane5692]

You are the very first Indonesian that has ever said they did the research and understand the pain of the Papuans. I know this subject can get heated at times but you have given me hope that more Indonesians might do the research and my people can live on their land in peace. I think too many people just believe what their Government tells them and never take the time to research for the truth themselves. I hate Government. All Governments are corrupt. Some more than others but all are after one thing. To fill their own pockets and screw everyone else. You my friend are a diamond in the rough. Just curious. You don't have to answer. Are you Christian? At any rate I just wanted to say thank you.

[@mauren8024]

I'm papuan and the elders of our family are the only one who tell us that story, we never learned that at school. That's ironic how indonesia always told us, papua is a part of indonesia and we papuan were happy and proud to be part of indonesia when the fact is we got fooled by them

[@dr-jack6233]

@@shane5692 Well you know lah the majority of the people of indonesia mostly in the bigger city like jakarta sometime only care about them self but there still a few people research thing like this because in the school they just thought boring history and never open the student view from outside world and they just thing that indonesia just fine nothing really happen even tho there is really many problem that indonesia Gov really need too handle but i just pray you people to get the best from the Gov hope for the best

[@ykn7018]

check your sources and learn again about history. Parts of West Papua was part of Kingdom of Tidore before being annexed by the Netherlands. There were papuans in the Jong Ambon delegation - on the request of sultan Tidore - during the sumpah pemuda 1928 when the students declared themselves as one nation - Indonesia. In Linggarjati Agreement 1946, Papua was agreed upon to be part of Great East, which would became member of Republik Indonesia Serikat. The Dutch Colonizer however unilaterally cancelled the inclusion of Papua in future RIS. Pepera was acknowl3dged by the UN, and inclusion of Papua as part of Indonesia is final. even in 2018 presidential election the election system used in Papua is based on noken system - not 1 person 1 vote system. that system had always been used due to the tribalistic culture during General Election in Papua, and is considered valid.

[@ykn7018]

@@shane5692 learn again about history. Parts of West Papua was part of Kingdom of Tidore before being annexed by the Netherlands. There were papuans in the Jong Ambon delegation - on the request of sultan Tidore - during the sumpah pemuda 1928 when the students declared themselves as one nation - Indonesia. In Linggarjati Agreement 1946, Papua was agreed upon to be part of Great East, which would became member of Republik Indonesia Serikat. The Dutch Colonizer however unilaterally cancelled the inclusion of Papua in future RIS. Pepera was acknowl3dged by the UN, and inclusion of Papua as part of Indonesia is final. even in 2018 presidential election the election system used in Papua is based on noken system - not 1 person 1 vote system. that system had always been used due to the tribalistic culture during General Election in Papua, and is considered valid.

[@0Flow0]

Im waiting on the West-Papuan interviews

[@shane5692]

You know the Papuans have their own flag "The Morning Star" and they could get up to 15 years in jail for just displaying it. I don't think they would feel confidant with speaking their mind without any fear of reprisals. If you want to know the truth search "West Papua Genocide"

[@dewa6777]

@@shane5692 'The Morning Star'' flag was created by The Dutch in the 1960's as they didn't want West Papua to return back to the Republic of Indonesia, instead at that time they wanted Indonesia and West Papua to be both seperate. Also there is no genocide in West Papua, that is fake made up news made by the OPM and their supporters. West Papua today is also more developed, more safer and has a lower crime rate than Papua New Guinea.

[@shane5692]

@SoutheastRice 96 Yeah Indonesia. And on their own Papuan land. You know the land that God gave to them and Indonesia stole. You know the land called Papua where all the Papuans are. You know. Where all the GOLD is. Yeah. I thought you'd finally get it after I said where all the GOLD is. Bling! Bling!

[@nehru9863]

Shane שיין you mean indegenos Australia?! They population very small number compare to papuan.

[@shane5692]

@@nehru9863 Yeah. I agree. Australia did wrong to the Aboriginals and they do wrong to the Timorese today too. I hate every Government. Even PNG Government. But I hate Indonesian Government the most because I'm Papuan and they are still killing my people today. Australia stop killing Aboriginals for quite awhile now. Indonesia still killing today.

[@annisamelania0101]

I'm not a Papuan but i've born and grow in there for 12 years. What happening now in Papua really getting me mad and sad, Papua have a beautiful place and wonderful people with amazing personality but many of indonesian people can't see that. I'm hoping what was happening now will be fixed quickly and all will be better than before ❤

[@MultiGreatNinja]

Annisa Melania if only Papua is similar to Bali cause if Bali doesn’t give them a lot of money that Hindu majority should have greatly decrease already.

[@MultiGreatNinja]

Yusuf Fakhri Aldrian yes but the community is not needed to earn money unlike in Bali the culture is part of the tourist attraction in Papua even if the local all die and their culture gone there will still be money cause all they need to do is get the resources of the land anyway.

[@annisamelania0101]

@Fabre Pupa Creamy i said that because my parent both are Sulawesi so i don't have Papuan "blood"

[@hikigayashu7325]

How can you online ??

[@mauren8024]

@@hikigayashu7325 I'm papuan and live in jayapura. I can online lol wifi still working here. Only mobile data doesn't work

[@kevinjoshua9212]

Don't let the statement of bhineka tunggal ika just a statement only, but as an indonesian people, we must aplicated that statement, shown that we love papua

[@youcallusmonkeysanddogs1317]

You love Papua, but not the people of Papua. Independence now

[@sarips841]

@@youcallusmonkeysanddogs1317 and give us reason on why Indonesians dont like Papua people?

[@kevinjoshua9212]

The fact that i said love papua thats mean i love the people, i love the culture that papua had

[@kakmainyuk3429]

@@youcallusmonkeysanddogs1317 I live in Moluccas...I have many friends from Papua...some of them want to join Police and Army...they are good friends...

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

And to the minorities.

[@orsonsadler]

it would have been interesting if they had also asked "what would papuans be losing if they seceded?" i believe a lot of the issues stem from resentment over the one-sided relationship they have with indonesia when it comes to their natural resources. they are not seeing the benefit of those resources, which indicates exploitation rather than partnership.

[@youcallusmonkeysanddogs1317]

Love the resources but not the people.

[@kakmainyuk3429]

@@youcallusmonkeysanddogs1317 nope...I love the people too...I live in Moloccas Island...I have many Papuan friends who want to join Police and Army... most the racist people is from Big City in Java even they mocked Villager too...they called people from the village "Kampungan"...

[@singbin]

@@kakmainyuk3429 tru but pls just admit that we are racist towards the papuan lol

[@tunepapuatv5911]

Strange, they want West Papuan to be still part of Indonesia, but they call them monkeys. It is the same as you are stubbing a dog using a long knife, but forcing that dog to be still alive. The real question is do you love the people or its natural resources?

[@FrankM]

Indonesians: "West Papua should be part of Indonesia, but we just don't want their people, because we are afraid of them and try to avoid them on the streets."

[@kakmainyuk3429]

not all indoneisan...most of racist people is from Big City...even with the villager some of them racist too...called them "Village People" I have many Papuan friends...and some of them want to join Army and Police...

[@joMan1060]

Infact this comments are racist by streotyping Indonesian base on small part of racist Indonesian society......... most of Indonesia never consider papua as 2nd class citizens ,and most of Indonesia disaprrove racism in papua...but media fail to acknowledge that and resulted in this stereotyping

[@darthpapa696]

Most of Indonesian are completely blind and ignore the situation has happened in Papua.

[@susah135]

I think it's because the tribal mentality that originated long ago when humans still lived in a cave, that say: "If it happens far from us and we don't feel it directly, then we don't care about it."

[@jessboo173]

Most indonesians only know papua through the non independent media and through their family who work there in a certain company that of course has a separate community that makes their interaction with Papuan natives is more limited than what it should be

[@marilynmonroe6277]

Yes we are ignored and blind. Exactly its because the government are limited the media to shoot and open up about papua. We rarely dont know what happen, even in civics and citizenship subject in school we dont get a lesson about papua. Lets just questioned to the government. We rarely seeing in the tvs about how is the real papuan life outside jayapura and big city, even if exist they mostly shoots about the natural resource and etc. I dont want to go further or else I might be killed by the government. Fact:Im indonesian and javanese

[@anudaemile5370]

then they deserve the backlash

[@gpl992]

Not East Timor and Maluku tho 🤔

[@flightlesscoffeebirdboy9655]

If only those mobs and police didn't stormed those Papuan students boarding house. This issue would not be as chaotic like now.

[@humanliving4283]

Agreed...

[@craigcollinsjr]

Exactly

[@craigcollinsjr]

The once oppressed is becoming the oppressor. They even change their natural dark skin color to look white in order to feel beautiful and superior. A caution to civilized and compassionate people who use to send aid when they were struggling.

[@craigcollinsjr]

@George Costarica , your standard of beauty and intelligence is conflated by Europeans social engineering and your innate ignorance. That or you're one them. These people discovered Indonesia long before the Asian population and managed to coexist with their environment while Jakarta sinks and the impoverished are shunned/relocated to make room for malls and other Western symbols of success that only perpetuates lust, envy, gluttony, and self hate. A society driven by people's insatiable desire to show people they can afford more things than other people can using money that's printed out of thin air....as opposed to a society that prioritizes the needs of their community and natural environment over selfish vices.

[@Tigerous]

We're only hearing one side of the story.

[@unlimitedcontradiction9023]

Sadly most of my friend concerns mainly on papua wealth but not its people....

[@ms.wilson6439]

Here too. They mentioned the rainforest/resources. They seemed....well at least Elia seemed to only care for that

[@stelamaris6643]

I am Papuan University Student in Jakarta and I have same issue too. When I rode Trans Jakarta wich is Jakarta Bus with other Papuan firends some of the people will close their noise, make me like someone who has bad smell. But some people who is nice too like the place where I life. They are smile with me and talking with me.

[@saalla4177]

That is so sad

[@Vinnafetish]

I would have never known this was happening if it wasn't for this KZbin channel. I think it's awesome that they bring attention to things that don't get attention at all.🙂

[@soobindoll9767]

I agree

[@emnakhalloufi4333]

I do hope one day they talk about ROHINGIA and how Burmese army is killing them in the worst ways ever

[@anzai5552]

@@helohelooo8208 thats nothing with religion you dumbass

[@helohelooo8208]

@@anzai5552 so then why did they burned those Churches ???

[@anzai5552]

@@helohelooo8208 there mosques are burned too, there pura are burned too in Indonesia ,you care about them because they share same religion with you it is christian ,so gtfo and take your delusional from the comment

[@fakyu9346]

DID U SEE THAT, ASIAN BOSS?? I TOLD U ABOUT THIS ISSUE!! We want Interview in Papuan City, the most possible is the city of Jayapura, u better interview both non-melanesian transmigrant and native Papuan, we wanna know both prespective, if it is not possible, find Papuan students in Jakarta or Surabaya. We want fresh prespective and u better remember we, subscribers are the one who make this channel alive

[@petirgarda1005]

Very well said. Asian Boss' interviews are getting biased day by day.

[@yusaria]

You know if they interviewe papuan students outside papua, it's risky for those student. If they said something that makes some people unhappy, we don't know what will happen to them, we know our people and I believe asian boss has big Indonesian audience with diverse background and opinion. Better be careful than sorry🤷‍♀️ though an online interview could work better, and even so, it can't be a deep question

[@fakyu9346]

@@yusaria yea right. I can be dangerous for them :/ sadly

[@singbin]

@@fakyu9346 as much as i want them to interviewed the papuans. but i'm so scared for their own safety, it could also lead to something dangerous for the papuans that is interviewed especially papuan student in java. so please dont:) thankyou. Ps: i'm indonesian.

[@tobiascabrejas5154]

In my country, we worship black celebrities from America but we look down on our own black indigenous people.

[@shanchan8247]

Unfortunately, its the same here in America. Black celebrities are worshiped even though they don't care about what happens to the average black person.

[@Tyson-ikaroatainui]

They are not your people. They are a colonised people. Free West Papua

[@tobiascabrejas5154]

@@Tyson-ikaroatainui I am not from Indonesia. I am from Phililpines. We also have black indigenous people but they do not belong to the same family as Papuans and Austronesians.

[@Mikasks]

Tyson-ikaroa2016 tainui tbh if West Papua is free they’re situation will be like Timor Leste -> foreign companies taking all their natural resources while the country gets none and ends being one of the poorest country in the world with rich natural resources. If you dont even know the consequences of being independent with rich natural resources but no technology to make use of it then please refrain from making bold statements.

[@theresaway4075]

@@Tyson-ikaroatainui you fool one

[@bgt9005]

Cultural context: 1. N word: in indonesia, N word didnt have a racist connotation, because indonesians think N word is just a name of ethnicity or lineage (more like calling someone anglo saxon etc). Only in US primarily that N word has slavery connotation. Indonesia didnt have such history. In fact, sometimes calling people black seems to have a worse connotation than N word in indonesia. Only lately due to usa culture that N word becomes more unacceptable 2.yes, a lot of indonesians are very racist and discriminatory to minorities (ethnic, religion etc). This issue had been a lot more rampant lately because of the election, and some ulamas with extremist views are getting bolder without repercussion from govt because govt wants their electoral votes (such as somad). 3. Indonesians get their news mostly from social medias (WA groups etc), such that some people in big cities are oblivious of what truly happens elsewhere, such as in papua

[@havrinilacable]

TRUE

[@slyninja4444]

Yes... Its like the swastika in Japan vs the swastika in Germany...

[@imanafdar]

i still remember calling my papua and flores friend N word because i dont think there is negative connotation in it in Indonesia because we are basically under colonialism.

[@heauxkage5611]

from what i gather from this video, they view papuans and the papuan land only as assests. they only look at how papuans can make indonesia look great as a nation and not specificallly at their plight. if they truly cared about their 'fellow indonesians' they would try to see why the papuans are protesting instead of telling them to 'just have patience'. also asian boss i like that you are shedding light on the west papua issue but it would be great to hear from actual west papuans. thanks.

[@noorhilapok8221]

heaux kage That's why, we Papuan want to have self determination. That's only things. We want

[@xwtek3505]

The problem is indoctrination. If a media have a pro-papuan independence here, it would be banned.

[@Kiddie_1979]

West Papua forcefully integrated into Indonesia. West Papuan still fighting from Indonesian occupation and colonialism. Free West Papua.

[@singbin]

no, it would be dangerous for the papuans, they can't speak up even for themselves. now i must shut up before the government find my ip addresses.

[@humanliving4283]

I live in Papua, in an Island, it's kinda saddening like the discrimination still ongoing in here by SOME not the same ethnic as Papuans. So.. Well, it's just sad, I feel Indonesians humble and unity in diversity is starting to bleaker. Oh well Idk anymore what to say.

[@KCHRider]

I went to Papua and it is under developed. I feel u brother. Natural resources like gold in Papua is taken without return back anything to Papua.

[@mrtasty6843]

@@KCHRider this is super true

[@AA123TD]

problem all over the world right now. It is so divided. I blame social media. People can hide behind their screen name and say the most awful things. I say the internet is coming alive. Hong Kong, USA, Brexit, Indonesia, all these places where there is diversity in race or political thought is fraught with heightened tensions and in many instances are being manipulated by foreign governments poisoning public opinion online. Good rule, if you wouldn't say it to someone's face, it shouldn't be said online.

[@humanliving4283]

@@AA123TD sigh, sorry to say this online. I just say the truth, but of course not all of people in here like that. I'll delete this if you don't like it anyway.

[@AA123TD]

@@humanliving4283 I wasn't being critical of your post. I was agreeing with you. You used good words about the situation.

[@oxAkatsubakixo]

I can proudly say that I never have any negative racism thought toward the West Papuans and actually quiet shocked when I found out years ago that they were also being discriminated. I admit I was pretty ignorant that time thinking Indonesian natives get along well and only the Chinese Indonesians were discriminated. When I found out that some people I know and pretty close (my co-worker and my middle school friend) could actually be very racist toward East Indonesians, I was speechless and shocked. That also made me sad as well. To have someone you know can actually thinking something really cruel is more impactful than some news talking about racism issue. I also heard a painful story from my brother, how his friend was discriminated being a West Papuan. As double minority (by ethnicity and religion), West Papuans and Chinese Indonesians, are being discriminated in completely opposite way. WP is being treated lower, like they don’t exist, less than human while the CI is being treated like thorn in their flesh. They feared West Papuans while Chinese Indonesians feared them. I don’t hate native Indonesians and I understand perfectly there’s always good and bad people no matter what color of their skin or their religion, I have friends from different religion and ethnicity as well. However, as a Chinese Indonesian, I’m still afraid whenever there is political turmoil in Indonesia because we always become the target. In fact, by the end of 2013 and beginning 2014, before the crucial Presidential election, there were many robbery toward Chinese Indonesians’ house in my city. There were three attempted robbery at my house and I was inside. Lie if I said I wasn’t scared. My family isn’t rich, however we aren’t poor either. The sad truth was these robbers couldn’t get to the real rich ones’ houses because they usually armed with high security. We’re just hoping that government put action toward racism and acknowledges the long bloody racism history in Indonesia.

[@epg96]

Lower? So why they could join governmental office workers?

[@oxAkatsubakixo]

Evan Pangaribuan As I said, I didn’t notice discrimination toward them until I witnessed it myself. Government seems always giving (not many) but still some seats for them. There weren’t any news before about their discrimination, usually it’s always about Freeport and OPM. Discrimination toward them is more in their daily life, like being called monkey, smell bad, primitive, etc. In my case, my co-worker refused to eat in the place owned by papuans. I didn’t get it when she said it was ‘dirty’ because I ate there many times and the food was fine. There wasn’t any fly and the atmosphere was nice. Not until, my other co-worker explained to me later what she meant as ‘dirty’.

[@oxAkatsubakixo]

1294DS Even Chinese Indonesians are varied, there are racist and non-racist ones. On general, I think they wouldn’t say much if it’s not directly effecting them. I’ve been living in US these past few years, so I could only ask my family and some friends’ opinions. When I asked about it before, they didn’t say much or didn’t have any opinion about it. “Oh yeah, that’s currently on the news.” That’s the answer I got. Right now, the west papua issue has been buried/overshadowed by another political issue in Indonesia.

[@Isaac-ho8gh]

Indonesia's basically a shitty "white person" country. Just like European colonists, they colonised many ethnicities and forced them into one country.

[@stephenanderson1594]

I am an African American and the plight of West Papuans sounds familiar as we are still fight for equal as a consequence European colonization and slavery. European colonization is why the Papua Island is split as the the Dutch took the western half and the Germans and British took the rest and Indonesia was also owned by the Dutch and gave West Papua to Indonesia after independence from the Dutch.

[@saalla4177]

America is also part of the problem in West Papua...mining their land without providing good benefits to the real landowners!

[@stephenanderson1594]

@@saalla4177 I agree with that. We have issues with how we are treating our Native American people and respecting their land better as well.

[@antonpakkung]

Everything you said is bull’s c**p, non of it is true.

[@dablaccseaproductions5279]

@@antonpakkungits true alright

[@a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i93]

Most of the people interviewed are open minded and very respectful to the Papuans. Why not try to interview the racist ones. We'll see the problem then.

[@bpcgos]

Because there isnt one, at least openly, not like the country that we called superpower but still have problem just because of others skin colour.We value unity in diversity slogan by our finding father. And there would always be minority of people judge others,but in indonesia not by their skins, but usually their tribes/ethnics, its very rare they did it openly

[@bumiputera2273]

There is no reason to be racist against Papuan for non Papuan Indonesian. We love them. This is more about geopolitical issue.

[@youcallusmonkeysanddogs1317]

They are not. They love the country and it's resources BUT hate black

[@arifiantomuhammad8552]

Never met a racist person in Indonesia. I've travelling most of Indonesian big Island. Everyone respect every culture and skincolour. This is the first time there is a news about racist to Papua. note: Many other ethnics of Indonesian has darker skin as well. Not only Papuan.

[@unlimitedcontradiction9023]

even the racist one won't show their true color in public especially in front of camera. on a close forum though.....

[@ProximaCentauri88]

This is the most ONE SIDED interview in Asian Boss history.

[@sitinajiahalhar2116]

For Paupa People. I am sorry, I am sorry that you have to go through this. I as Indonesia who lives in Jakarta, I can feel a lot of government-provided facilities here. But I don't know that there are my brother and sister who does not feel the independence! Please stay with us as NKRI! Please~ I love you guys, My Family, My brother, my sister. Please stay with us.

[@herlinamacaca1371]

They are my brother n sister .. we have so many different but we are indonesia ,, i love papua n i love indonesia ..

[@holyiiileagueiii1530]

Horrible that your country has so much racism !

[@someonetryntoberelevant420]

Masaru Zayato horrible of you to type what you just typed

[@holyiiileagueiii1530]

Someone Trynto be relevant So racism isnt horrible ?! Your a sicko !

[@herlinamacaca1371]

@@holyiiileagueiii1530 are u blind ? ur country not horibble enough ? what happen to foreigner in ur country feeling being racisme n discrimination ? how about vietnam people suicide because of they threated so bad with japanese people ... Think ur country , think ur self are you not enough to blaming another country ??

[@Ride-With-Me-69]

Semoga Indonesia terus maju, sukses dan bersatu. Salam dari Malaysia.

[@user-oo9tm7qn5m]

First time aku nampak orang malaysia bodoh

[@sholihinhafi5670]

@@user-oo9tm7qn5m bukanye selalu bodoh

[@spongebobkrabs471]

@@user-oo9tm7qn5m rasis aku punya keluarga disana 😠

[@thisismacom3723]

@@user-oo9tm7qn5m Ya, ni benda paling bodong orand Malaysia pernah buat, lagi bodoh daripada semua burung unta di Malaysia.

[@mmna1151]

Makan tai babi

[@mathildaabbe208]

Dear, Asian Boss. Please do an interview to another region. Indonesian is not only Jakartan.

[@insidepapua7067]

Unless already generated Indonesians' ways of thinking xixixi.. Will you accept it or not that the matter🤣🤣🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@insidepapua7067]

It' s a Very wise opinion and it's highly appreciated for them at the same time there are some opinion that seems did not link with the history such If I could elaborate them; udah lama bagian dari Indonesia makanya tidak perlu perlu misah dari kita. Mereka kan bukan minta merdeka tpi minta kehidupan yang lebih baik.. but in realitas, metode Jakarta menjawab persoalan dengan pergerakn militer massive karena dan mengganggu dimana mereka tinggal dan berkebun. Well, pengetahuan mahasiswa dan masyarakat dibodohi oleh media2 buzzer yg slalu probaganda dimedia2 mainstream dan sosial yang mana slalu ajah tdk mengangkat fakta ttg Papua makanya tidak banyak yg tau dan kadang2 beropini yang tdk mendasar seperti yang sdh dikemukakan oleh beberpa interviewee.. Seperti kejanggalan atau bentuk tidak berdasar lainnya adalah Kita ini bhinika tunggal Ika" Berbeda2 tapi Satu Jiwa" Dia tau tidak semboyoyan ini diresmikan sejak kapan? Dan Papua diintegrasiian sejak tahun berapa? Apakah intergrasi Papua keIndonesia adalah sebuah bentuk rasa memiliki, sesama ras dari pendiri bangsa/pelaku integrasi? Cmon.. Belajar sejarah-mu dan beropini,, luculah. " BEROPINILAH SECARA BEBAS DENGAN DASAR SEJARAH BANGSA-MU SENDIRI APAKAH PARA PENDIRI-MU TIDAK MELAKUKAN DOSA BESAR TERHADAP RAS MELANESIA?

[@Isal_fernandes8]

@@insidepapua7067 jangan buta sejarah juga bro salam dari Kalimantan. Indonesia saling bantu Papua kerahkan senjata agar Papua merdeka dari kolonial Belanda. Kalau anda bicara negatif di imbangi positif jadinya seimbang. Ibarat timbangan tidak seimbang itu adalah curang

[@insidepapua7067]

@@Isal_fernandes8 bulshitt

[@Isal_fernandes8]

@@insidepapua7067 sok sok an ngomong sejarah. Bangsamu klo ga ditolong Indonesia dari penjajah Belanda masih dijajah. Dasar ga tau diri. Udah dibangun pembangunan minta merdeka. Mikir woy mikir. Mau enaknya aja tinggal di Thailand noh gak pernah dijajah. Lu kira gampang bangun negara. Lu kira gampang bantuin Papua agar lepas dari Belanda? Soktau lu

[@nangkunalong7537]

Terimakasih. Dgn video ini kami di Papua yakin masih ada orang baik hati seperti kalian yg ikut peduli beri dukungan

[@Putrimalu1806]

I'm so sorry Papuans have to experience racism from fellow indonesians. Those racists are not true indonesians. As an indonesian, i don't stand with them!! Those are some uneducated stupid people. They forgot the meaning of the pancasila. Please don't think that all non melanesian indonesian thinks the same as them. I hope there will be a better future for Papua where indonesia treat you as equal as non melanesian residents. We all are human beings and we all are indonesians! ❤️ Sorry to write all this in english, but living abroad, my bahasa indonesia is not as fluent, that i could express what i said before.

[@rifqiadreansyah4426]

Yang tabah ya kakakku, saya di Jakarta sedang memperjuangkan hak kalian untuk bisa setara dengan rakyat Indonesia yang lain, sangat sulit memang karena tulisan2 saya tidak ada satupun yang mengacuhkan, tapi saya tidak akan pernah menyerah memperjuangkan hak yang semestinya kalian dapatkan.

[@adlirifqi]

Dlu waktu saya kuliah di teknik saya punya teman di angkatan orang papua, dia berasal dari daerah pedalaman papua, kemudian merantau untuk kuliah melalui beasiswa, ketika awal kenal memang ada beberapa kendala, seperti komunikasi, dia menggunakan bahasa indonesia dgn logat timur, untungnya saya pernah tinggal di daerah timur juga jadi saya bisa lancar kalo ngomong ama dia, tapi untuk teman angkatan lain masih kesulitan karena logat yg berbeda, Awal2 kenalan dia seperti menjaga jarak dan saya melihat dia lebih sering berinteraksi dgn teman2 papua di komunitasnya daripada kami teman seangkatannya, untungnya waktu itu saya yg menjadi ketua angkatan, jadi saya coba mendiskusikan kepada teman saya untuk lebih aktif berinteraksi dengan dia, karena saya tau kedepannya pasti kami akan bekerja sama dlm banyak hal, terutama untuk tugas kelompok, dan tugas besar Setelah beberapa waktu saya merasa dia mulai bisa untuk terbuka sama teman2 lainnya,tapi ada satu kendala lagi, yg kadang bikin beberapa teman saya kesal sama dia, yaitu kemampuan belajarnya, ketika kami memasuki masa2 tugas besar, dia selalu kesulitan melakukan perhitungan dasar, bahkan untuk perkalian dasar saja dia masih kesusahan, alhasil semua tugas besar dia dilakukan oleh teman sekelompoknya. Dari masalah itulah saya paham bahwa tingkat pendidikan di papua benar2 memprihatinkan, maaf ya bukan maksud menghina atau gimana, tapi dengan kemampuan matematika yg seperti itu dia setidaknya berada di kelas 3 smp, Nah gara2 masalah ini dia jadi down lagi karena dia merasa merepotkan teman2, dan sejak saat itu di mulai menjauh kembali, Another story, Waktu itu dia juga pernah kena TBC dan dia dirawat kurang lebih 2 minggu di RS, nah karena kami tau dia ndak punya keluarga dan kami juga tau teman2 papuanya tidak banyak, maka kami seangkatan berinisiatif untuk menjaganya di RS secara bergantian tujuannya biar dia gak kesepian dan kalo ntar ada apa2 kami bisa panggil perawat lebih cepat, selain itu, selama dia dirawat semua tugas kelompok, tugas besar dia juga dikerjakan oleh kami teman seangkatannya nah setelah dia dirawat dia makin menjauh, ketika ditanya sama teman saya dia beralasan gak mau merepotkan kami lagi, setahun kemudian saya pindah kuliah dari sana, dan saya gak tau kelanjutannya gimana, tapi saya dengar2 dari teman saya dia berenti kuliah dan pulang ke papua Nah itu sedikit cerita yg bisa saya bagikan, saya paham meski indonesia itu besar dan terdiri dari banyak suku tapi ada hal mendasar yg masih kurang di papua, yaitu tingkat pendidikannya yg tidak merata, seharusnya pemerintah bisa fokus untuk meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan disana minimal untuk skala K-12 aja dlu deh, selain itu kualitas gurunya juga perlu ditingkatkan, kalo perlu gurunya orng lokal papua dan jgn lupa gurunya dikasih beasiswa untuk sekolah juga (soalnya kalo gurunya bukan orng lokal, pasti pada gak yg mau ngajar di papua yg jaraknya sangat jauh dari kampung halaman, jadi gak bisa pulang kalo lebaran, makanya lebih baik gurunya orang lokal) Kemudian kebutuhan dan sarana logistik disana juga perlu ditingkatkan, saya dengar dari teman saya harga barang2 disana mahal2, keb pokok dll, Saya juga dengar kabar bahwa banyak rakyat papua yg tanah adatnya dieksploitasi untuk sawit, hadehh ini saya benar2 gak paham, itu lahan sawit di sumatra ama di kalimantan kurang luas apa, saya pernah naik mobil selama 3 hari di lintas sumatra, itu disepanjang jalan isinya kebun sawit semua, ada yg punya petani lokal, ada yg punya asing, nah sekarang papua mau diubah juga, benar2 deh, semoga kalian2 tidak membuat keputusan yg bodoh yg membuat situasi di papua makin parah

[@audiobyjen6589]

stay strong!! salam dari kalimantan❤🙏🏿

[@pinkgangsta6157]

Sebenarnya kasus kemaren itu kayak mencurigakan bgt. Kayak darimana bendera itu, siapa yg masang bendera itu, siapa yang lapor polisi, polisi siapa namanya yg melakukan kekerasan dll. Semua serba tertutup. Tiba-tiba boom, demo dimana-mana, hoax dimana-mana, lalu adanya kerusuhan. Something fishy. Padahal saya juga kuliah di kota tsb dan punya temen papua banyak, sempet main ke dorm anak papua juga. Pas kejadian tsb temen" gak ada yg berani kluar. Sedih juga sih. Sekarang di kota ini meninggalkan kesan rasisme. Padahal yg rasis cuma 1, 2 oknum tapi yang kena se-kota, se-provinsi sampe se-negara

[@RandyRakhman]

i have papuan and west indonesian friends, they're so kind and talented. just.. tbh i didn't like there racism people, the self proclaimed nationalist that do the bad thing to their neighbour, the self proclaim occupant of heaven but.... do the bad things to his race and other living things. *i love papua.* sorry for my bad grammar.

[@nehru9863]

Helo Helooo yeah muslim here are so badly.. But since they are wealth feel free to LEAVE!!

[@anzai5552]

@@helohelooo8208 wow you commented like that ine every comment, gtfo you dont know anything

[@helohelooo8208]

@@anzai5552 please do your own research, read what the historian records says about these somewhat recent incidents .;/

[@anzai5552]

@@helohelooo8208 so please you do, its nothing about religion, this is racism issue gtfo

[@hoxin4933]

We need Indonesians to make the word "Unity in Diversity" come true again. Indonesians are really respectful with any diversities back then. *WE NEED THE PEACEFUL BACK*

[@sadgurl1913]

its kinda hard when there is "opm" around. There is still a separatist group there. I don't blame the majority of papuans. But, some people have been wanting Papua to be ripped off from Indonesia.

[@epg96]

@@sadgurl1913 pesan saya yg buat mau pisah Saudaraku semua.. sudahlah cukup kita meributkan Tanah Papua ini, bersatu kita teguh bercerai kita runtuh! sodara2ku yg menginginkan kemerdekaan papua KO ITU BODOH, KO PUNYA OTAK SU KAYA OTAK UDANG JADI... memang ko pikir kalau papua su merdeka kita bisa jadi bangsa maju????? ko pikir mudah membangun negara??? ko pikir... ko mau pakai bahasa apa? mata uang apa? rakyat ko mau makan apa? bagaimana dgn pertahanan kita? negara ko yg baru mau dapat bantuan dari mana? iyo awal saja gembira tapi merdeka itu tdk sesaat sodara.. ko pikir untuk anak cucu kita, generasi penerus kita, pikir panjang!!! Tdk usah jauh2, ko lihat PNG! apa su bisa maju??? jgn hanya bicara ko, lihat yg terjadi di lapangan.. masyarakat PNG beli bahan pangan di merauke dan merauke bisa ada bahan pangan krn apa??? ya Indonesia!!! ko harusnya berfikir bagaimana cara memajukan tanah papua ini, kita sama2 bangun tanah papua di ibu pertiwi Indonesia ini. sekarang ko ributkan lagi soal unjuk rasa di papua. ko bilang TNI/POLRI su buat2 itu punya acar.. sodara, itu bukan kerjaan mereka, mereka su sibuk mengurusi pertahanan wilayah dan keamanan Indonesia termasuk di papua. lalu bagaimana bisa ko bilang mereka yang buat??? sekarang kalo mereka mau, mereka mudah saja menghabisi kita semua satu2 dengan cara yg tidak terlihat. tiba2 besok semua kita su mati dan mereka kuasai tanah papua ini. tapi tdk sodara, mereka hanya bertugas menjaga keamanan, mereka yg bantu jaga kita pe punya tanah.. ko harusnya berterima kasih dan bekerja sama dgn mereka untuk memajukan tanah papua ini.. bukan malah menuduh mereka atas aksi penolakan yg ada. ko bilang mereka membodohi kita semua, lalu apa yg ko buat? ko edit gambar2 yg ada jadi bendera lawan KNPB dan Bintang Kejora, ko putar balikan fakta dengan ko bilang itu rekayasa TNI/POLRI.. apa itu bkan pembodohan.. sudahlah stop tipu2 kita, kita mau tenang!!! ko sebenarnya pintar, tapi ko buat kepintaranmu utuk membodohi orang.. salam Tuhan memberkati..

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

Tab Samsung I think what's important is that my fellow Malaysians know of these Papuan peoples, because they wrongly assume that all Indonesians look alike, all Indonesians are Muslim, and that all Indonesians are either Malay or Javanese, neither of which are true.

[@epg96]

@Gai the Second how? The last time when Mongol-Chinese soldiers tried to invade Java was ENDED IN FAILURE

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Evan Pangaribuan Sorry pal you respect a nonexistent god and you’re homophobic so your opinion doesn’t count

[@aegis_xo]

"In a country this big, how do these things still happen?" Dude, most of Indonesian people still discriminate and being racist to Indonesian-Chinese, I've saw it and experienced it all my whole life until now, I've got a racist marks from my own teacher when I was in high school. Not forget to mention about racism toward the minority religions as well. Indonesia seriously needs to stop being racist toward minority, not just with talking but with actions. ps. Got a lot of comments that I act weak and playing victim, messed up indeed.

[@herlinamacaca1371]

Apa qm mau indonesia terpecah belah karena campur tangan asing ?? kita itu satu apapun warna kulitmu bahasamu agamamu .. rasis memang tidak baik tapi apa kita harus menghadapinya dengan emosi ,, engga kan .. hargai orang lain itu yg terbaik dan sabar ..

[@aegis_xo]

herlina macaca Uh..????? Aku ga bilang apa2 tentang kekerasan? I just said stop racism with actions, berarti kelakuannya juga dibenahi, bukan cuman omongan 'stop rasisme' doang, karna kebanyakan orang indo cuman bilang rasisme jelek kalo di wawancara gini aja, tapi di kehidupan sehari2 tetep aja rasis, sadar maupun ga sadar. Kayaknya ga paham sama inggrisnya ya?😂

[@herlinamacaca1371]

Maksud aq biar qm sabar dan gag kepancing emosi karena dapet komen rasis dr orang lain .. begitu dek .. kalo orang luar baca komen qm diatas bisa negatif thinking ,, dikira semua orang indonesia rasis ..

[@aegis_xo]

herlina macaca yah, kalo belum ngerasain sih biasanya ga tau seberapa banyak sebenernya orang indo yg rasis, it's true. Aku kena rasis itu udah on daily basis. Aku ga kepancing emosi, cuman frustated aja karna selama ini masalah rasisme itu ga pernah ada tanganan ato edukasi apa2 dari pemerintah maupun sekolah. Sekarang ada kejadian kayak begini, harusnya mulai banyak2 edukasi, people need to know about this. Racism is real, sis, it's occuring on daily basis a lot more than you think. Semakin ditutupin, semakin ga selesai masalahnya.

[@haojunli917]

@@aegis_xo they don't react to language my friend. Have a gun at home. When they come for "us" again, shoot them dead. And remember you always have 1.4 billion of 同胞 at your back!

[@roderickmontgomery2673]

I am an African-American living in the United States and somehow this all seems very familiar poor people wanting Justice. To the Indonesians if the people from West Popua are really your brothers and sisters treat them as such do not mistreat them help them to have a better standard of life.

[@michaelbrynesr1451]

Indonesia needs to treat those in West Papua as equals as one Indonesia. The natives in West Papua want to be left alone, if they can't be treated equally then they need to set them free. Many countries have issues with native people, it doesn't help that they are black. Hope all can live in peace.

[@mixedup5858]

root cause is US company Freeport

[@havrinilacable]

Fyi Indonesia treated papua well

[@netease4289]

@@roxaskaragi879 indeed West Papua is heavily subsidized, getting $7bn each year from the government...while the government get $2bn at most from resources from Papua

[@JapanHiroshima]

From Sabang Till Merauke... We are one INDONESIA .

[@Kiddie_1979]

Never be

[@steponmeladydimitrescu2847]

@@Kiddie_1979 and who are you to say?

[@singbin]

@@steponmeladydimitrescu2847 never

[@audiobyjen6589]

@@singbin are u even indonesian tho?? I’ve read all your comments on the replies and you’re being sucks af for hating Indonesian without knowing their histories and struggles at the colonies year.

[@ntkproductions1761]

Never West Papua was free when Indonesia invaded

[@adrianmarsel558]

I'm Papuan. I live in the high mounthain and you saw the issues happening it was not first time we heard the Indonesian People who white, they always look us down, descriminating us, and also we are from the lowest people and the whole Papuan want to be Free and live as one humanity that honer every tribes around the world. We are really want to REFERENDUM. Please pray for us, for our freedom. We are not Canibal, we are citizen of this earth, We are Human. Thank you Jesus bless you

[@adrianmarsel558]

@arif mark007 A great honor for us Papuan people to supporting us. God bless you my brother🙏

[@sohamdutta5315]

@@adrianmarsel558 are you really a Papuan? Can I talk with you?

[@duvalonepiece9496]

wtf, indonesians are black

[@imanafdar]

@@adrianmarsel558 oh please racism is still "common" in Indonesia and lighter skin looking down on darker skin isnt special to papua people, i have friend from papua and flores who have darker skin than me but not that much since im brown my self

[@andriwahyudani1302]

Actually Indonesian white tend to look down on black and brown people. Not just Papuan, Eastern Indonesian or even brown javanese also gets discriminated

[@AimashitaKarou]

Hello, Ramzy, I'm glad you covered this material, but as other viewer had stated, it'd be more awesome if you could score some interview with the children/youth of papua, as they're the one experiencing the racism itself in Indonesia. Try to cover their side too

[@codyjackson7579]

So many Indonesians only want West Papua for their own benefit but don't actually want to respect and legitimize Papuan people. It's basically just colonial thinking.

[@meplenn]

Sadly they didn't interview the native Papuan.

[@stelamaris6643]

IKR they should interview Papuan instead... Me myself Papuan University student in Jakarta, many Papuan student in Jakarta I think they should Interview Papuan.

[@singbin]

@@stelamaris6643 isnt it that would be dangerous for the papuans? even the papuan journalist got arrested for just taking a photo on whats happening in west papua. and now this, i'm just scared for they own safety.

[@kasz6846]

Lately, the racism issues in Indonesia are getting worse. As someone who lives here, it's kinda saddening. I missed the time when we were just 'us', the peaceful country, but guess it's just my imagination. This has been going on for a long time actually. I hope the people here could just grow up and open their mind that everyone is equal. Skin colour, ethnicity, religions, sexuality etc. are some things that make the world colourful.

[@lil_weasel219]

It was in your imgination yes. search "Honest government ad - West Papua"

[@musk.ambergris]

Welcome to the club 🤣 even the Philippines has racism issues, and are getting worse too. 😅

[@darius2n]

People only talk about how the rest of Indonesia wants West Papua because of Papua's natural resources, but the reason is way deeper than that. The very principle foundation of the existence of a country named "Indonesia" is as the successor of The Dutch East Indies, in which West Papua was also a part of. That's why the first president was very adamant in "taking back" West Papua from the Dutch control in the 60s. Because without West Papua, there's no Indonesia.

[@epg96]

Dutch stole Papua from Ternatean Tidorean Sultanate, no wonder we wanted it back

[@shane5692]

@@epg96 So this Ternatean Tidorean Sultanate was the original invader? He doesn't look Papuan. Papua belongs to Melanesia. Melanesia is one people. Not Asian. Melanesia is distinctly different from Asians. Hopefully Papua can show PNG how to be a successful country without corruption and the goal always being to prosper the people as a whole. Not just to fill an individuals pocket. Edit - I also hope every other government around the world keeps their filthy mitts of Papua till they sort themselves out. This especially includes US, Australia(You already screwed over East Timor), Indonesia and PNG. I'm embarrassed of PNG Government. For such a small country it's near the top of the pile of corrupt Government. Stay true Papua!

[@epg96]

@@shane5692 berabad² Papua taunya cuma perang suku. Paling merdeka cuma bisa bacok²an

[@seanputraabraham6301]

We need Asian Boss to interview Papuans also. We need 'the different' perspective. But, for those, thank you for your words. It means a lot for Papuans. Justice must be upheld.

[@yohanesmarlonrasi7136]

Free Papua✊🏾

[@BitcoinmeetupsOrg123]

One of the best Asian Boss episodes

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

I hope that all my fellow Malaysians from now on will know that Indonesia is an incredibly diverse place, not all Indonesians look alike, not all Indonesians are Muslim, not all Indonesians are Malay or Javanese, and last but not least, there are people in the far east of Indonesia who resemble a mixture of Orang Asli and Australian Aboriginals. I hope that all my fellow Malaysians take note of these facts from now on.

[@epg96]

Saudaraku semua.. sudahlah cukup kita meributkan Tanah Papua ini, bersatu kita teguh bercerai kita runtuh! sodara2ku yg menginginkan kemerdekaan papua KO ITU BODOH, KO PUNYA OTAK SU KAYA OTAK UDANG JADI... memang ko pikir kalau papua su merdeka kita bisa jadi bangsa maju????? ko pikir mudah membangun negara??? ko pikir... ko mau pakai bahasa apa? mata uang apa? rakyat ko mau makan apa? bagaimana dgn pertahanan kita? negara ko yg baru mau dapat bantuan dari mana? iyo awal saja gembira tapi merdeka itu tdk sesaat sodara.. ko pikir untuk anak cucu kita, generasi penerus kita, pikir panjang!!! Tdk usah jauh2, ko lihat PNG! apa su bisa maju??? jgn hanya bicara ko, lihat yg terjadi di lapangan.. masyarakat PNG beli bahan pangan di merauke dan merauke bisa ada bahan pangan krn apa??? ya Indonesia!!! ko harusnya berfikir bagaimana cara memajukan tanah papua ini, kita sama2 bangun tanah papua di ibu pertiwi Indonesia ini. sekarang ko ributkan lagi soal unjuk rasa di papua. ko bilang TNI/POLRI su buat2 itu punya acar.. sodara, itu bukan kerjaan mereka, mereka su sibuk mengurusi pertahanan wilayah dan keamanan Indonesia termasuk di papua. lalu bagaimana bisa ko bilang mereka yang buat??? sekarang kalo mereka mau, mereka mudah saja menghabisi kita semua satu2 dengan cara yg tidak terlihat. tiba2 besok semua kita su mati dan mereka kuasai tanah papua ini. tapi tdk sodara, mereka hanya bertugas menjaga keamanan, mereka yg bantu jaga kita pe punya tanah.. ko harusnya berterima kasih dan bekerja sama dgn mereka untuk memajukan tanah papua ini.. bukan malah menuduh mereka atas aksi penolakan yg ada. ko bilang mereka membodohi kita semua, lalu apa yg ko buat? ko edit gambar2 yg ada jadi bendera lawan KNPB dan Bintang Kejora, ko putar balikan fakta dengan ko bilang itu rekayasa TNI/POLRI.. apa itu bkan pembodohan.. sudahlah stop tipu2 kita, kita mau tenang!!! ko sebenarnya pintar, tapi ko buat kepintaranmu utuk membodohi orang.. salam Tuhan memberkati..

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

Evan Pangaribuan Sorry, but what does your comment have to do with my comment?

[@epg96]

@@ekmalsukarno2302 eh maaf salah tempat

[@aizatsukor3359]

Emmm... we malaysians do know that... we also know how racist indonesians are especially those who are from the kepulauan jawa and how much indonesians hate chinese people and almost kill them all back in the days

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

aizat sukor But you and other Malaysians don't know that the Papuan people look incredibly different from the rest of Indonesia.

[@mexicanmuslim]

Make a video interviewing Papuans.

[@blacknile2816]

They don't care what the people of Papua wants, they only care about stealing the resources for themselves.

[@blacknile2816]

Why we Papua must be free, and independent

[@kakmainyuk3429]

@@blacknile2816 you re not papuan...wake up

[@blacknile2816]

Lol True

[@blacknile2816]

Did not say I was. I am African American, my father is Jamaican my mother is from Togo

[@ShadowMugenJUsGAy]

Stay strong my west papua counsins, alone you are weak, together we are powerful. Btw i from ghana 🇬🇭🇵🇬🇬🇭🇵🇬🇬🇭🇵🇬👍

[@blacknile2816]

Muhammad Firdous khan they are my black brothers and sisters

[@youcallusmonkeysanddogs1317]

Black Nile exactly

[@herlinamacaca1371]

so white people , asian people , execept black people not human too ?? do you just friends with black people .. not asian people n white people ? Can you said loudly with assian boss that you dont want to be friend with another people with different skin colour ?? can you said loudly in america like that ?? Its that racist u know that ?? .. why dont you step in america n australia said that you want having the country because some people black like you ??and then toghether powerfull to get rid of asian people n white people .. so you can win the world on your hands ?? Its that racist u know ..

[@mayanksaini3521]

Brother it's just a Christian propoganda to destroy Our beautiful country and Islam....all those guerilla are sponsor by Christmas NGO. You as Muslim should support this propoganda. Long live innocent people on papua and Islamic umma.

[@michaelkato8999]

Newbie 1 oh really? Stop lying. You indonesian were mocked their religion (Christianity) and called Papuan as monkey. That’s why i don’t trust indonesian anymore

[@complexgurl]

I think the issue going on in Papua is not as simple as it might seem... yes, it’s true that people from Java have a lot of racial tension towards Papuans, but that is not specific towards Papuans but towards a lot of people groups in Indonesia (Im a chinese-descent living in Java, so i know what being “racialized” feel), after all there are hundreds of different racial groups living in Indonesia ...especially those who are so different/coming from the eastern part of Indonesia, because we are too Java-centered in Indonesia... that is why our president, President Jokowi, made the move to move the capital city to Borneo, so that Indonesia is becoming less centralized in Java and can reach out more to these eastern parts of Indonesia... also, he has been developing Papua a lot in the last few years to reach out to the people, and this I know from people actually living in Papua and experiencing the changes... However, we should also know that politically there are people who try to sabotage his presidency... from inside, yes...but also from outside... one of the moves Jokowi made during his presidency was the gaining back the control of Freeport in Papua from the US, guess who doesnt like it? Also, there are countries around us who has been eyeing Papua with the resources since a long time ago... and now they are portraying what’s happening as if it’s simply a human rights issue? Dont get me wrong, i do think that what’s happening in Surabaya at the dorm is wrong, but I just want to say that it is much more complex than simply a racial issue becoming big...

[@shane5692]

You do know Papua wanted to be independent from the very beginning? Even before Indonesia invaded they had their Morning Star Flag. I don't know much about politics in Indonesia, but I feel a little sorry for Joko Widodo. He inherited lies and although he didn't expose it which is sad, it seems like he did the best he could do with what he had. When the protests started in Papua, I saw many Indonesians outraged that the Indonesian Army didn't go in there and slaughter many, many Papuans or as you call them separatists. I saw "Banser" mentioned many times. An army group I guess. I am appreciative he didn't do that. Wiranto - This is just my opinion, he seem like a sly and egotistical mf. Although I don't know much about him, it's just the vibe I get. I don't like him. Sukarno - His the one that started this fiasco with Papua. No respect for him. Suharto - This is the one who Indonesia should be most pissed off with. More than any other politician. He seems to be a dictator and I would definitely feel betrayed by him if I was Indonesian. Do the Indonesians look up to this guy? These are just my opinions looking in from the outside.

[@marikitliwayway6703]

To Indonesians who discriminate, PLEASE STOP. To those who don't, thank you and spread the message of acceptance. Do not just tolerate but stand up for your fellow Indonesians (Papuans).

[@openinggt804]

Well, West Papua isn't supposed to be a part of Indonesia if you ask me. Historically Indonesia did alot of violation to get their hands to Papua. They did military agression and intimidation towards papua in the 1960s with the help of USA. They broke the New York Agreement by not letting West Papuans to vote independently regarding the freedom of Papua, instead Indonesia forced Papua to do a conference with Indonesian soldiers all around them to intimidate. Now they act like West Papua is their family.. lol I would say that that's family abuse!

[@epg96]

Broke? Dutch stole Papua from Ternate Tidore sultanate no wonder we wanted it back

[@openinggt804]

@@epg96 Indonesia isn't supposed to include Papua and Timor Leste. Indonesia territory is supposed to be Dutch Indies/Hindia-Belanda, they're just greedy and want to take Papua & Timor as their territory. And yes they broke the agreement and they didn't allow Papuans to vote independently regarding their freedom, read again what I said. Military agression and intimidation to force West Papua&Timor Leste to join Dutch Indies. Good thing is Timor Leste is free, now it's west papua's turn.

[@epg96]

@@openinggt804 timor leste is never be free, now they become the poorest shithole in southeast asia that keep buying our goods & still licking white people's asses

[@iamstela4012]

As Papuan Student I don't know what Indonesian Citizen think about Papuan When many people said "because from the start Papaun is Indonesian" I think they didn't think Papuan as a Brother or Sister but just an Asset. Because when you love Papua you will say "We don't want Papua be seperated from Indonesias because They are our younger sibiling who happen to join Indonesia in Last moment"

[@sohamdutta5315]

Are you really a Papuan? Can I talk to you?

[@arifudin9151]

Hai

[@user-sh3jt5pr7h]

Finally the video not about China,Korea,Japan. I didn’t know this happened.. Thank you for the video.

[@irineonyet2387]

how bout the issue of capital city will be in borneo ? would you like to hit streets asking this?

[@lunaa4398]

they had tho

[@moonchildexe]

They already interviewed Indonesians about the fact that the captal city's gonna be removed Idk if they'll do it again, I guess so Cuz people didn't like it Cuz of Orangutan

[@Raryrary]

@Papyrus Okagbue only in some parts/regions because of pacific ring of fire, and take a look at aceh province theyre the most religious muslim citizens, not a sinner, but they got a big giant tsunami back in 1,5 decades ago.. and in reality, Indos are just a bunch of amical and chill ass person

[@ororochi]

Its because of the centralized development policy, a lot of people outside of java islands always being left out in everything, eventhough their contributions to the nation economy is enormous. Also, the discrimination from the people that live in java. They think indonesian outside of java islands are just "village people", not important part of indonesia, made this kind of protests easily erupted.

[@user-jo5dl9le6b]

WTF ?? do you mean the people in big city?? because not all districts in Java is like in your Imagination...

[@EvilAngelKyu]

i agree with you, cause its true growing up in java, you didn't see much diversity in general, that's why people could be so judgemental. and sometimes we as javanese forgot to think that we are indeed got a privilege and we should be responsible with it, not abusing it. But the thing about javanese calling other people from different region as "village people" isn't really true, cause its only people from big city with a trashy mindset like that sometimes.

[@andriwahyudani1302]

We had regional autonomies right now. Samarinda and Banjarmasin in Borneo is the largest cities. It's the corrupted local government that slow the development

[@andriwahyudani1302]

@@EvilAngelKyu I think it's only in your area. In Central java, there's a lot of ethnic groups. I myself is a Banjarnese, and I had a lot of Indonesians friends from every ethnics

[@pstsakiasatuibin2314]

You called me 'monkeys' and closed your noses on me on public transports and despised me as black with curly hair (pua pua) and so, that's right I am a pua pua (Papuan ). I don't know when this discrimination will end and so, I want independence because I am different from you with my mother land and her resources. You have many islands to keep you as a nation, but me, leave me alone for a so-called 'monkey '. A black man. I am proud to be one, for God has made me to who I am ' Papua '.

[@mexicanmuslim]

So they care more about rainforest and mining and resources more than the people of Papua?? Wow. Shows it right there. If they're part of your country love them help them. Pfffft what a joke.

[@ivycesilia4787]

Indonesian have 264 milion ppl, and those on that video isn't even 0.1% of the population. not all Indonesian think the same. you shouldn't take a bold statement like that. if you really care, then change how you treat the ppl around you and most importantly "how you speak on media". media only pick "part/frame" that is controversial. i hope you could be more aware and choose your perspective carefully^^ i wish that help you understood the situation just a tiny bit

[@hannyverya]

How to vegan Not really, many of the gold in old days goes to other country (the company own by western country ). Not to indonesia pocket. And how the papua in those time ? You should learn more about this before comment like that

[@mexicanmuslim]

@@ivycesilia4787 I know they don't represent your country. But I'm just criticizing the people in this video. I don't know much about Indonesia this is one of the few views I have on them

[@Kornchipzzz]

The girl at 3:41 is so well spoken and articulated. I've only studied indonesian for abount 9-10 months, but I could understand a lot of what she was saying

[@wemensiep1756]

Indonesian is a racist country, West Papua has to be Freedom and these students need to learn about Papua's history, Papua has already independent since 1 December 1996. Indonesia they do not care about humanity but they care about Natural resources in Papua.

[@BrianRafaell188a]

I don't care😂

[@wemensiep1756]

@@BrianRafaell188a You are one of

[@theresaverencia4066]

It's so sad to hear Indonesians repeatedly using Bhinneka Tunggal Ika to justify why they want Papua to stay a part of Indonesia. The fact of the matter is that Indonesia has been failing the Papuan people constantly. They are being marginalized and discriminated against, simply because of the color of their skin, their land and resources are being exploited, but they receive next to none of the benefits from the deals Indonesia made off of its resources. If you look up the history of how Papua first became a part of Indonesia, you will find that it wasn't so cut and dry. And this part of history wasn't taught to us at school. The Indonesia-Timor Leste conflict is also not fully discussed in school, the human atrocities that our government did during that conflict, like the Santa Cruz incident wasn't part of our curriculum. It is such a shame that a country who is supposed to be a democracy is censoring its history as part of our education. This is also the second time that Indonesian government has cut off the Internet and communication lines "to prevent the spread of misinformation". It is making it almost impossible for the media to obtain the Papuan's side of the story, an attack on our supposed freedom of speech. If Indonesia cannot find a way to do right by the Papuan people, then it is only fair that Papua should demand independence. Indonesians need to reflect whether their reasons for wanting Papua to remain a part of Indonesia is because they truly love Papua and think that that is the best for Papua or because of selfish reasons, not wanting to lose the natural resources that we keep exploiting from that region.

[@epg96]

Nih pesan gue kalo lu smua mau pisah Saudaraku semua.. sudahlah cukup kita meributkan Tanah Papua ini, bersatu kita teguh bercerai kita runtuh! sodara2ku yg menginginkan kemerdekaan papua KO ITU BODOH, KO PUNYA OTAK SU KAYA OTAK UDANG JADI... memang ko pikir kalau papua su merdeka kita bisa jadi bangsa maju????? ko pikir mudah membangun negara??? ko pikir... ko mau pakai bahasa apa? mata uang apa? rakyat ko mau makan apa? bagaimana dgn pertahanan kita? negara ko yg baru mau dapat bantuan dari mana? iyo awal saja gembira tapi merdeka itu tdk sesaat sodara.. ko pikir untuk anak cucu kita, generasi penerus kita, pikir panjang!!! Tdk usah jauh2, ko lihat PNG! apa su bisa maju??? jgn hanya bicara ko, lihat yg terjadi di lapangan.. masyarakat PNG beli bahan pangan di merauke dan merauke bisa ada bahan pangan krn apa??? ya Indonesia!!! ko harusnya berfikir bagaimana cara memajukan tanah papua ini, kita sama2 bangun tanah papua di ibu pertiwi Indonesia ini. sekarang ko ributkan lagi soal unjuk rasa di papua. ko bilang TNI/POLRI su buat2 itu punya acar.. sodara, itu bukan kerjaan mereka, mereka su sibuk mengurusi pertahanan wilayah dan keamanan Indonesia termasuk di papua. lalu bagaimana bisa ko bilang mereka yang buat??? sekarang kalo mereka mau, mereka mudah saja menghabisi kita semua satu2 dengan cara yg tidak terlihat. tiba2 besok semua kita su mati dan mereka kuasai tanah papua ini. tapi tdk sodara, mereka hanya bertugas menjaga keamanan, mereka yg bantu jaga kita pe punya tanah.. ko harusnya berterima kasih dan bekerja sama dgn mereka untuk memajukan tanah papua ini.. bukan malah menuduh mereka atas aksi penolakan yg ada. ko bilang mereka membodohi kita semua, lalu apa yg ko buat? ko edit gambar2 yg ada jadi bendera lawan KNPB dan Bintang Kejora, ko putar balikan fakta dengan ko bilang itu rekayasa TNI/POLRI.. apa itu bkan pembodohan.. sudahlah stop tipu2 kita, kita mau tenang!!! ko sebenarnya pintar, tapi ko buat kepintaranmu utuk membodohi orang.. salam Tuhan memberkati..

[@indonesiantangkas7446]

@@epg96 Sepakat kawan, i love bapak Jokowi, i love papua..

[@singbin]

@@aldhiwibowo4251 You're not even papuan. Most papuan feel completely different as what you said.

[@arthurlasido258]

@@aldhiwibowo4251 typical talk point from a braibwashed sheeple

[@goddello1]

As is always the case all over the world, its usually the goose that lays the golden egg that seems to be most marginalised. West Papua has all the natural and mineral resources plus biodiversity that places Indonesia in the class of resource rich nations. However, because the people have a different appearance, they are treated unfairly and are seen to be inferior to the rest of the population. The fact that this very scenario is repeated in most countries of the world is quite unfortunate.

[@hiltonlabeki3381]

I feel 😔 for my Melanesian brothers and sisters on the other side.. 🙏🙏❤❤.. We are not monkey we are the original sons and daughters of New Guinea 👊👊👊

[@uttisiseppe769]

Indonesia will become like US Racism is this country will become serious problem I already predicted this problem And called Indonesia one of the most racist country but everyone was like so sensitive and insult me Well who's laughing now

[@humanliving4283]

*nodding in shame*

[@bpcgos]

What the heck are you talking about, is there any toilet being specialize for papuans or javanese or sumatran in this country? No, its just for men and women. If you talk about government being unjust about treatment towards papua as a province, yes, maybe there it is. But, as indonesian, whether its papuans, javanese,sumatranese,etc have the same opportunity to be success in this country, depends to the individual, not the race. In college,we play and hangout together with papuans or flores people, have friends with them without over thinking their race. Unity in diversity is real here in Indonesia. This event occured because of soc med blow up as usual, some people using the poison the well tactics to overstir it and walla, that we have nowadays.

[@humanliving4283]

@@bpcgos I live in Papua, and ofc I'm playing with them too. But still, some of my classmates kinda.... Disgusted or smth with them. Nvm, I don't have point here.

[@uttisiseppe769]

@@bpcgos toilet? Toilet? WTF There's so many people called them monkey When I watch football with a Lot of people sometimes I hear people call the black players monkey while laughing Yeah you make friends with them and respect them but all Indonesian people is not like you okay I think you're just so naive if you think all Indonesian people like you I'm Indonesian and I know that a lot of us is racist It's sad but it's true

[@tracys169]

Racism has been prevalent in Indonesia. This has been an ongoing issue, imo. Safety could be very much compromised too. I was discriminated and harassed continuously due to my skin color although I was born there, to the point, my parents made sure I was out of the country when I was old enough. This is my experience (and most of my family members) though, we used to live in Jakarta.

[@TheRealHonestT]

May we all reach a day where everyone can just live as human beings? Thank you Asian Boss for another stellar video!

[@AA123TD]

No kidding!!!

[@iawarenow658]

that will not happen when the NKRI Malay-Mongol Nazism allowed to proliferate..

[@Razzle_Dazzle-]

Masyarakat yg tahu sejarah pasti akan sadar bahwa proses masuknya Papua ke Indonesia itu sangat bermasalah. Papua dimasukkan secara paksa kedalam Indonesia oleh pemerintah transisi Orla ke Orba setelah dapat izin dari Amerika Serikat. Selain itu Indonesia sesuai dgn yang dikatakan Moh.Hatta haruslah berbentuk Federasi, dan Papua tidak dimasukkan

[@adrianwakeisland4710]

Kalo tidak karena Amerika Serikat, Indonesia ga bisa milik Papua Barat sama sekali sebagai wilayah yg bagiannya.

[@user-uv8xl1qq8g]

At least, as a non-Indonesian and non-Chinese Asian myself, I got an impression that Indonesians are a lot more advanced and cultured than Mainland Chineses about minority policies. Some of the interviewees featured in the video talks about the importance of referendum and priniciples of democracy. It would be a lot worse If Asian Boss had an interview with citizens of Beijing about Tibet, Hongkong or Uighur issues. Even if they still showed kinda 'Imperialistic view' about West papua, I have to admit that their opinion is a lot less nationalistic and totalitarian than I expected. Maybe I initially thought so because of the conflicts between East timor and Indonesian government 🤔🤔

[@didiprangsak1757]

ᄋ ᄋ As usual, tards like to bring in China in a video that has no relation whatsoever with China 🤗

[@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj]

People are obsessed with China nowadays. The west really control the news and worldview

[@hanggaraaryagunarencagutuh7072]

Are you from Korea?

[@lanceflx63]

This is just racism against original black people of West Papua!

[@ireneyuen7142]

Based on what had been shared in this video, and issues highlighted in international news it seems to me that the West Papuans do not feel part of Indonesia. They are been stereotyped and marginalised from the Indonesian society. This must have hurt the West Papuans for a long time. While the views of the Indonesia were captured, it will be nice to hear the voices of West Papua, only then can both sides understand and resolve their differences, peacefully.

[@liongkienfai104]

As a Chinese Indonesian, I side with the Papuans on this. On paper, Indonesia is a fair, democratic, and tolerant country. Unfortunately, this doesn't translate well onto paper. Even after this event blows over I'm sure anti-Papuan sentiments will remain. Just this year when the current president won votes, his opposition protested with small riots and said the anti-riot police were made of Chinese people from the PRC. 🤦 They even say the president has Chinese ancestry (he doesn't) to insult and devalue him as a leader. Unless fundamental changes in education are made, widespread anti-Papuan and anti-Chinese sentiments will linger.

[@epg96]

Saudaraku semua.. sudahlah cukup kita meributkan Tanah Papua ini, bersatu kita teguh bercerai kita runtuh! sodara2ku yg menginginkan kemerdekaan papua KO ITU BODOH, KO PUNYA OTAK SU KAYA OTAK UDANG JADI... memang ko pikir kalau papua su merdeka kita bisa jadi bangsa maju????? ko pikir mudah membangun negara??? ko pikir... ko mau pakai bahasa apa? mata uang apa? rakyat ko mau makan apa? bagaimana dgn pertahanan kita? negara ko yg baru mau dapat bantuan dari mana? iyo awal saja gembira tapi merdeka itu tdk sesaat sodara.. ko pikir untuk anak cucu kita, generasi penerus kita, pikir panjang!!! Tdk usah jauh2, ko lihat PNG! apa su bisa maju??? jgn hanya bicara ko, lihat yg terjadi di lapangan.. masyarakat PNG beli bahan pangan di merauke dan merauke bisa ada bahan pangan krn apa??? ya Indonesia!!! ko harusnya berfikir bagaimana cara memajukan tanah papua ini, kita sama2 bangun tanah papua di ibu pertiwi Indonesia ini. sekarang ko ributkan lagi soal unjuk rasa di papua. ko bilang TNI/POLRI su buat2 itu punya acar.. sodara, itu bukan kerjaan mereka, mereka su sibuk mengurusi pertahanan wilayah dan keamanan Indonesia termasuk di papua. lalu bagaimana bisa ko bilang mereka yang buat??? sekarang kalo mereka mau, mereka mudah saja menghabisi kita semua satu2 dengan cara yg tidak terlihat. tiba2 besok semua kita su mati dan mereka kuasai tanah papua ini. tapi tdk sodara, mereka hanya bertugas menjaga keamanan, mereka yg bantu jaga kita pe punya tanah.. ko harusnya berterima kasih dan bekerja sama dgn mereka untuk memajukan tanah papua ini.. bukan malah menuduh mereka atas aksi penolakan yg ada. ko bilang mereka membodohi kita semua, lalu apa yg ko buat? ko edit gambar2 yg ada jadi bendera lawan KNPB dan Bintang Kejora, ko putar balikan fakta dengan ko bilang itu rekayasa TNI/POLRI.. apa itu bkan pembodohan.. sudahlah stop tipu2 kita, kita mau tenang!!! ko sebenarnya pintar, tapi ko buat kepintaranmu utuk membodohi orang.. salam Tuhan memberkati..

[@tripriagiwiguna]

ya iyalah agamanya sama agama penjajah wkwkwk

[@hanggaraaryagunarencagutuh7072]

Anti-Papuan sentiment is caused by Asian cultures. I'm gonna get Indonesia out of Asia, and let Indonesians know that we're actually much closer to Melanesians than to Asians.

[@ShammuaMekonnen]

@ 8:39....this young mentioned the reason why Indonesia won't remove their occupying forces, BECAUSE OF THE MINES ...........It is always about natural resources, Indonesia does not care about the West Papuans, and because the USA, EU and the UK are so silent, it would not surprise me that they have something to do with this.

[@nesiannnblue2197]

Could you interview some actual West Papuans as well.

[@puyolsupporter772]

I hope Asia boss possibly interview with Papua people for the next video.

[@dogie1070]

This channel shows me things I had no idea even existed. I always learn something new. Today, papua new guinea and indonesia...I thought they were peacefully unaware of each other. Thanks, again AB.

[@oxAkatsubakixo]

Pancake Circus Not PNG, but West Papua, half the island to the left.

[@dogie1070]

@@oxAkatsubakixo thank you for clarifying this.

[@martinfiay8908]

My mother was Australian of Scottish Anglo background and she never liked or trust Indonesian people , now I know why !!

[@argentiniansun5186]

Lol that mean your Mother is Racist too

[@MGharriy]

Australian? Scottish-Anglo? That's suspicious im calling it

[@onestruggleonefight9659]

So basically this video shows the average Indonesian is ignorant of issues regarding Papua. I get the video is an attempt to show a liberal attitude but really it shows people being completely clueless.

[@phantomapprentice6749]

typically in these situations the minority itself creates or further enforces the segregation based on ethnicity , That happens in many countries. However , after Indonesian police failed these people, I think maybe Papuans do deserve their own autonomy , because genocides are not unheard of either. Indonesia could get ahead of a bad situation by giving Papuans a place they can feel secure and free in, and following that, perhaps in time that would allow the situation to heal and Papuans would warm up to indonisia once more, even as a separate country.. I know this probably won't happen because people are greedy, but one can hope people learn something from watching history.

[@lil_weasel219]

no minorities dont create such situations, rather colonial racist policies do. You should learn how West Papua became part of Indonesia... And watch the video "honest government ad - West papua"

[@ShammuaMekonnen]

@7:08, we have an Indonesian woman, living in an Independent State, DENYING another to be Independent.....this tells me that this Lady is an enemy to Freedom.

[@curlyhiluka403]

we ( papuan) want to freedom

[@indonesiantangkas7446]

News Papua: who rebelled like you only a few, the majority of Papua still want to be part of Indonesia..

[@arisphyrushonggo]

You already free, do you live in jail?

[@lumba_lumba_lumba]

Are we just gonna forget about East Timor? I guess we are, let papua be free if they want to. Such a shame they're easily brainwashed by the *"Woke College Aussie Kids"* , They would abandon west papua, just like they abandon East Timor. If I were the president, I'll let them vote if they want to leave Indonesia and be free, if they chose to leave then leave. Still, we're losing to aussie, giving up west papua for them. Expectation after freedom: Singapore, Malaysia, etc. Reality : Zimbabwe, East Timor, etc.

[@westcoast8356]

Interview of people Indonesia not West Papua.. 😂😂😂

[@happyface96]

West Papuans are Indonesians.

[@12Jitang]

West papua is not indonesia

[@arifudin9151]

@@12Jitang still indonesian

[@peterwestnewguinea1903]

Free west Papua

[@sofyangouw7067]

Papua is a valuable resource to Indonesia, that is the truth. The government will not give that up as there is a massive lot of natural resources to exploit. How ironic to think that a former colony becomes a colonizer itself.

[@wisemonkey9858]

“I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined that our nation, and the world as a whole, shall not be the plaything of one small corner of the world.” -Soekarno How dare he say that when he invaded Papua.

[@intheworldofmari]

Watching from SINGAPORE 🇸🇬

[@steezyounts66]

Oh, Hi Singapore 🇸🇬

[@AngryKittens]

Indonesia, despite claiming to be secular, keeps trying to enforce Muslim laws on everyone, as well as sending thousands of Muslim settlers in eastern Indonesia, majority of which are not historically Muslim areas. Then when riots and killings start happening, the police (most of which are also Muslim settlers) side with the Muslim migrants, not the natives. Remember it was only a decade or so ago when settlers burned churches and Christian villages, and beheaded schoolchildren in central Sulawesi. Same with similar situations in Bali, Maluku, and of course, East Timor. Papua, which is even less culturally similar to western Indonesians have it the worst. Aside from the racism, there's also the fact that the government ignores them, only noticing them when they're harvesting their rich natural resources. Indonesia treats Papua almost like its uninhabited. As if Papuans are not people. You don't even see or hear anything about Papuans in mainstream Indonesian media. Papua should be independent. Period. P.S. Yep. Everyone basically just says they don't want to lose Papua because they don't want to lose natural resources. Nothing about the people. All they care about are the riches of Papua.

[@epg96]

Yea independent it means they'll kill each other wkkwkkwkwkk

[@lil_weasel219]

they are or a colonial theocracy.

[@sarahgeraldine3905]

YASSS TAMYYYYY

[@sayoksarkar1106]

I deeply understand the fact that West Papua needs their Independence. It is happening everywhere throughout Asia. Take for example, Tibet from China, or Hong Kong from China, or Kurdistan from Iraq, Balochistan from Pakistan or Catalonia from Spain. Only because of the difference in ethnicity if we want to secede from a country, then there will be about 8000 different countries on this planet. Instead of increasing borders between the countries, we must take an initiative as an individual that without seeing differences between the divides, we must see the greater unity of humanity. This will not only increase trade and economic prosperity, but also teach us to live and learn together. "Unity in Diversity" is a very bold statement and the example of it is set by the European Union. So in conclusion We must strive towards the idea of embracing everyone's belief, right? So why discriminate? This is not going to benefit anyone.

[@sayoksarkar1106]

@Just the everyday Bihari streetshitter I am not infuriated by your reply of mocking at my ethnicity because this will not take me anywhere, but initiate division between us. Culture and traditions are to denote acceptance and accessibility to the people belonging to a particular group. I don't mean to deny the fact that North Eastern India is in distress due to such atrocities. I just said about the regions that wanted to gain their Independence by seceding from the Nation. Even if they did secede and form a separate Nation, they will fail because of hyperinflation and other major factors. I don't believe that North Eastern Indian states want to become separate national entity. Sorry, if I could not convey the message that we need to be pro-globalised than restricting our boundaries. Becoming more accepting will help us create a sustainable environment.

[@sayoksarkar1106]

@Just the everyday Bihari streetshitter The divide will take us back to the period before people became civilized. Hurling abuses will not help... You can throw as much curses as you can by sitting at the other side of the internet... My intellect may not be as mature as you to text abusive words but I am way more positive than just your negative comments. India is blessed with the Northeast. There traditions are our priceless possession. It is just that the societies need to be more on the sides of the rape victims. Most of them tend to isolate the entire family or even worse the victim gets disowned by their family. The constitution needs to be amended to give stricter punishment to the rapists. To give a firm message to all the rapists out there. My ideas may sound lofty and ideal but these needs to be adhered to make progress as a society. There are always two sides of a coin and one may disagree, but I am open to there thoughts as well. Because I think nobody is wrong, it is just they are different. If I just believe that every human on this planet is my hands and legs, we will make a better society. Because a sane mind would never harm itself, so there will be no question of harming other, right?

[@shane5692]

So let me get this straight. Moral of the story..... Indonesia: loves Papuan land and gold, but hates Papuans. Papua: wanted Independence from the start, but Indonesia loves Papuan gold and land too much. Seems a bit unjust to me.

[@bpcgos]

What... Did you even watch till the end?

[@mixedup5858]

what gold? it's US company Freeport, I can't say they bribe the goverment in the past since 1967

[@shane5692]

@@bpcgos Yes. Papua wants Independence for many years but Indonesia can't release because Papua has too many resources and much reserves of gold to exploit. Did "YOU" watch to the end?

[@shane5692]

@@mixedup5858 You know the gold. Indonesia built many nice smooth roads for big trucks to drive on so it can take the gold from gold mine to the Papua ship port. Then ship to take to Indonesia. That gold.

[@mixedup5858]

@@shane5692 it's US based company, what ar u trying to say?

[@veemon]

This series of interviews was kind of pointless, as we have no idea why the Papuans did what they did. Should have interviewed Papuan students. You can do better than this, AB, I know you can.

[@stelamaris6643]

I know right even many Papuan student in Jakarta they should interview them.

[@argonzarquea9081]

This is quality content i subscribe for. Ps : please ask papuans about this situation

[@ilhamhadisiswoyo6181]

I'm javanese indonesian and i have no problem to be befriend with a papuan ❤🤞👍

[@kakmainyuk3429]

I am javanese who live in Moluccas Island...and I have many friend from papua...

[@katahi0749]

@@kakmainyuk3429 I DON'T KNOW WHY THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT IS DOING THIS WE ALL CAME FROM THE SAME ANCESTORS (AUSTRONESIAN) BUT US MELANESIANS(WEST PAPUA) ARE HALF PAPUAN

[@superjet6503]

I mean the Indonesians learned from the Netherlands how to colonize people

[@djefiemanado9737]

And here I spot u, Tamyy😍😍😚

[@Genericperson658]

Next an interview with the West Papuans please

[@ms.wilson6439]

EVERY DAMN CONTINENT IS "LIGHT VS DARK SKIN" he had the nerve to call them scary just because they're dark with curly hair; TACKY.

[@GenerationNextNextNext]

This comes from years of unconscious and subconscious teaching through books and media. The first step is to be aware that these prejudices exist, understand where the originated, and try to annihilate it as much as you can.

[@SumDumGai5]

@@GenerationNextNextNext Nothing to do with media. Humans don't like dark skin. End of story.

[@singbin]

@Elegant Oprah it is. everyone hate dark skinned. admit it.

[@singbin]

@@SumDumGai5 i agree

[@singbin]

@Elegant Oprah i think you are the one who should go out more, i have a very light /fair skin and they praise me cuz of my skin and then bring down the dark skinned people and treat them like they aren't human. Being dark skinned is harder than you thought.

[@r.v.b.4153]

"They've been a part of Indonesia since the beginning" No haha. You only got it in the 1960s after the international community put pressure on the Dutch to hand it over to you with the promise that the Papuans themselves could decide whether they wanted independence or not. Afterwards, Indonesia committed large-scaled fraud with the promised independence referendum and basically became the new colonizer of the region.

[@andriwahyudani1302]

are you west papuan?

[@raisyanita1407]

Propaganda dunia barat memang menyebabkan negara2 berkembang selalu di setting untuk selalu berada dalam kekacauan sehingga mereka tetap leluasa tuk memelihara neokolonialisme mereka..dan media ini salah satu dari kscung barat.

[@adrianwakeisland4710]

Wow, si munafik ngomong kyk gitu.

[@aldinoruswandi]

Benar bro, padahal fungsi media itu untuk menyajikan fakta yang terjadi di lapangan dan bukan menggiring opini publik. Heran kadang kenapa media yang bikin perpecahan gini masih bisa lulus sensor. Pantesan aja banyak orang luar yang nganggap kalo kita itu menindas saudara kita di Papua, padahal kenyataannya gak begitu.

[@audiobyjen6589]

! U P D A T E ! PLEASE DO INTERVIEW TO THE REAL CITIZENS FROM THE WEST PAPUA!! 🇮🇩🇮🇩✋🏿⚠

[@dimasptrshine1718]

I'm from Java Island I have a lot of friends from Papua but we love each other

[@MiniatureCookingwithChing]

👌💖😍Great info! I would never known this was happening! Thanks for sharing my friend..👌💖😍

[@Onewith24]

Interview Papuan folks instead!

[@railsloopdrown]

What a bloody fight of comments in this video...

[@kowizkad1614]

Many people don't understand what really happen about Indonesia Independence even most Indonesian themselves Basically, there's many kingdoms, tribes, and many other groups in their land before colonized by the Dutch, they all fight separated battle against the same invader. But, when people in Java island finally could proclamate independence they basically claim everything previously controlled under Dutch rule as one 'Indonesia'. All who oppose this forced union will face military resistance like the massacre in Aceh and Timor. Luckily Timor resistance gained Australia and UN attention and some years later Soeharto dictatorship crumbling down and replaced by president Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie.

[@rievcanesyaoctavianne3576]

padahal perjuangan untuk merebut irian barat dr belanda susah bgt sampai gonta ganti kabinet, dan sekrang ada oknum papua menginginkan merdeka. Isu OPM dulu juga sempet hilang dan hanya karena rasisme yg terjadi sekarang ini, isu itu muncul kembali dibarengin sm kerusuhan. sedih rasanya ngeliat bangsa yg besar kek gini masih bisa dipecah belah

[@epg96]

Pesan saya buat yg minta lepas Saudaraku semua.. sudahlah cukup kita meributkan Tanah Papua ini, bersatu kita teguh bercerai kita runtuh! sodara2ku yg menginginkan kemerdekaan papua KO ITU BODOH, KO PUNYA OTAK SU KAYA OTAK UDANG JADI... memang ko pikir kalau papua su merdeka kita bisa jadi bangsa maju????? ko pikir mudah membangun negara??? ko pikir... ko mau pakai bahasa apa? mata uang apa? rakyat ko mau makan apa? bagaimana dgn pertahanan kita? negara ko yg baru mau dapat bantuan dari mana? iyo awal saja gembira tapi merdeka itu tdk sesaat sodara.. ko pikir untuk anak cucu kita, generasi penerus kita, pikir panjang!!! Tdk usah jauh2, ko lihat PNG! apa su bisa maju??? jgn hanya bicara ko, lihat yg terjadi di lapangan.. masyarakat PNG beli bahan pangan di merauke dan merauke bisa ada bahan pangan krn apa??? ya Indonesia!!! ko harusnya berfikir bagaimana cara memajukan tanah papua ini, kita sama2 bangun tanah papua di ibu pertiwi Indonesia ini. sekarang ko ributkan lagi soal unjuk rasa di papua. ko bilang TNI/POLRI su buat2 itu punya acar.. sodara, itu bukan kerjaan mereka, mereka su sibuk mengurusi pertahanan wilayah dan keamanan Indonesia termasuk di papua. lalu bagaimana bisa ko bilang mereka yang buat??? sekarang kalo mereka mau, mereka mudah saja menghabisi kita semua satu2 dengan cara yg tidak terlihat. tiba2 besok semua kita su mati dan mereka kuasai tanah papua ini. tapi tdk sodara, mereka hanya bertugas menjaga keamanan, mereka yg bantu jaga kita pe punya tanah.. ko harusnya berterima kasih dan bekerja sama dgn mereka untuk memajukan tanah papua ini.. bukan malah menuduh mereka atas aksi penolakan yg ada. ko bilang mereka membodohi kita semua, lalu apa yg ko buat? ko edit gambar2 yg ada jadi bendera lawan KNPB dan Bintang Kejora, ko putar balikan fakta dengan ko bilang itu rekayasa TNI/POLRI.. apa itu bkan pembodohan.. sudahlah stop tipu2 kita, kita mau tenang!!! ko sebenarnya pintar, tapi ko buat kepintaranmu utuk membodohi orang.. salam Tuhan memberkati..