Research Article
The ABC of Conflict and International Scapegoating against Indonesian-Chinese
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.14-9-2021.2321412, author={Shary Charlotte Henriette Pattipeilhy and Satwika Paramasatya}, title={The ABC of Conflict and International Scapegoating against Indonesian-Chinese}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Social and Political Enquiries, ICISPE 2021, 14-15 September 2021, Semarang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICISPE}, year={2022}, month={9}, keywords={a-b-c conflict triangle scapegoating international chinese}, doi={10.4108/eai.14-9-2021.2321412} }- Shary Charlotte Henriette Pattipeilhy
Satwika Paramasatya
Year: 2022
The ABC of Conflict and International Scapegoating against Indonesian-Chinese
ICISPE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.14-9-2021.2321412
Abstract
This article aims to analyse incidents of scapegoating against the Chinese minority, which involves international issues in Indonesia. There are two cases raised in this study: (1) the violence that occurred in the 1960s with the issue of communism, and (2) the violence in 1998 with the economic crisis issue. These cases are important to study, considering that many similar cases have occurred since 2016, starting with the case of blasphemy by the governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok. Thus, a history of bloody violence can be avoided. This study uses qualitative research methods with secondary data collection methods through literature study. The theory used to analyze scapegoating against ethnic Chinese in Indonesia is the A-B-C conflict triangle compiled by Johan Galtung. The results of this study are scapegoating as a form of behavior (B), caused by the discriminatory attitude (A) of the Indonesian people and the stigmatization of ethnic Chinese that has been going on for a long time (latent conflict). Contradiction (C) at the international level has then triggered this to become a manifest conflict.