Example of Prejudice in Thailand
• In (northern?) Thailand, there is a word
• “ ชาวเขา”(Chāw k̄heā) for hill tribe.
• This word includes the discriminatorymeaning of “the other,” different from us.
• Which is the origin of the word?:they: พวกเขา (Phwk k̄heā) or mountain, hill: ภูเขา (P̣hū-k̄heā)
• There is a word “ชาวเรา” (we, us) as a dichotomouswordof “ชาวเขา.” Thus, the word “ชาวเขา” contains the discriminatory meaning of “the other.”
• English word “hill tribe”canalso be discriminatory word. So we have to be careful for its usage.