A beautifully made short film from Yasmin, i would not have expected less from her!

Am really glad that most ppl who contributed to the comments agree that Racism is a NO NO for the younger generation. I think racism was a bigger issue in the older generation.. namely baby boomers and generation x, i think that’s due to unfair policies (they were perceived as unfair anyway). However, deep down, as human beings, despite the racist comments our grandparents and parents made privately (in some cases, even our peers, who are gen y), when one is in need of help (regardless of race), everyone is always willing to extend their helping hands. Why? because we are human! that is one race..

I especially like the short films that Yasmin made about “our children are colour blind, why don’t we keep it that way” I agree with the message 100%

To be a prosperous and successful nation, we need to look beyond colours. Make policies that are “colour blind”. I know that some policies are made to help the generalised less fortunate “race”, however, when policies are made race-based, other races will feel like they were being marginalised. For example, instead of, say, giving away RM100mil for a certain race, maybe goverment should have projects that are base on income, age or regions.

In other words, I believe that we should stop emphasising race. Get rid of those discriminative survey and employment forms that require ppl to reveal their “race”. I often just leave them blank, as I am me, a person, and I should not be defined by my skin colour.

very nice trailer, most of elders think send their children out from Malaysia is the best option, actually that is not a good decision.
From this trailer, i can see the young one realised 3 thing
1) his mother’s BF trying to cheat his mother $
2) He might the only son, so he have to stay and protect his own family.
3) Everywhere is same but just because he cant accept a new enviroment easily. Some rather stay with old place with old friends.

Next, when the malay student approach, why he act rude at the 1st time?
if i were the boy, i don think i manage to chill down myself. From the 2nd words from the boy, obviously his tone is more comfort.

Last one,
If his mother did not yell at him with “why talk to the malay (po) so long?!”
i believe ending will be lovely ^^

But because his mother did yell, so his reaction is base on a normal teenager, that is easy anger, because most of the teenagers cant control self emotion well, so he not willing sell the chocalate because lack of 5 cents, but when the malay girl leave, he put the chocalate back is to hope the malay girl will come back for it. (sign of ask for forgiveness)
from here i did not see any racism issues.
Again, try to watch this trailer base on human between human and you will found something different.(not chinese and malay)

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Not exactly half told….you should see the meaning behind the boy’s every action…and how the girl seems to understand why he suddenly replied so rudely….

Racism is something everyone has to challenge and engage actively…my personal experience tells me that. Racism usually stems from misinformation…and misunderstanding.

beautifully shot, like all of Yasmin’s work, but i was thoroughly clueless when it ended so abruptly. perhaps this was a story half-told?

and if you have to watch ‘the making’ of it to get the idea, that says that it did not fulfill what it was meant to say.

shouldn’t have released this film because it tarnished the great talent and achievements that Yasmin has made for herself — she’s one fabulous director and spokesperson i admire!

rasa nya takleh jugak nak kata org dulu2 yang wariskan racism pada generasi skrg.. sb aku tgk dulu atok aku baik je ngan kaum2 lain.. Masa 13 may, kawan dia cina yang tolong simpankan arwah atok aku kat rumah dia, takut atok aku kena serang. Bagi aku racism ni jadi bila sesuatu kaum tu duduk sesama sendiri dan bangkitkan cerita yang berunsurkan racism. Pdhal bila kita secara individu, ok je kita bergaul dgn palbagai bangsa.. It’s just something that come from heart.. So, semua org Malaysia mesti bersihkan hati dan jgn suka bangkitkan tuduh menuduh kalau ingin bersatu.. Yang penting kena hormat agama dan budaya org lain. Jgn persoalkan pantang larang masing2 .

agk setuju dgn dickson foo….tp walau pape pon mmg cina nie kiasu n diskriminasi…nk nafi camne lg kalo Ust Ridhuan Tee sendiri yg ckp mcm tue….die ditentang oleh bangsa sendiri….dgn alasan dah pandai ckp pasal islam…..fasih berbahasa melayu…..xdinafkan juga mmg Kaum muda yg cina xbape nk racist….tp sendiri fikir laa kalo dah selame dorg hidup kat mesia ni dah diajar n didoktrin oleh Kaum tua mereka, tu yg 5sen xkesah pon boleh jd kesah….

and i setuju juga dgn pete….malaysia sume punye…xde hak sape2….so majukanlaa same2…..tp kenape still org cina nk gak dpt yg terbaik….?yg ter’kedepan’ berbanding kaum lain???sbb dorg dah underestimate kaum lain especially Melayu….and i nk sgt tahu ape yg ade pd bangsa pd dorg nie??bangsa is not all that matters tp agama itulah yg dapat menyatukan kite…..tlg laa jgn la kiasu sgt pd yg berkenaan….kalo korg nk nafikan it’s ridiculuous sbb org cina sendiri yg pernah ckp dgn i……and also yg dah masuk islam…betapa dorg ni sgt2 ditekan konon kalo masuk islm tu dah gugur bangsa cina dlm diri dorg…..dah masuk melayu…..

pemikiran yg soo conservative….yg india lak ok laa sikit dr cine coz dorg yg dtg sini dr kasta rendah so dorg xde laa berlagak sgt ke ape sbb lebih kurg melayu gk……ade sistem lapisan dlm masyarakat dorg…..

papepon, God knowsbetter….

quoted from Dickson Foo
妈妈说：“ 我们这中人在这里没有机会的。。。”” 代表妈妈心里存在着种族主义植。。。
其实妈妈并没有说明那种人哪 。。
你认为他存在着种族主义植，是不是因为你有了先入为主的主意？
妈妈可能是说他们这种穷人家在穷人村是不会有机会出头的。
就像现在所有的乡下人一定要到城市同样道理。

母亲讲：“你跟那个马来婆谈这样久做什么？！”
其实马来婆马来公只是一个很普通的称呼，我相信每个华人都那么称呼过别人。得确实很没礼貌，哈哈！但如果是因为一句马来婆而不卖，就关系到种族课题，那未免太小题大做了吧！

我懂为什么最后男生不卖。做生意的不就是为了赚钱，一个女生要减价，盈利减少，谁要卖？就是那么简单啊！关种族主义什么事？加上男生正在和妈妈谈判，心情不好而已，所以态度才差。

基本上着短片没有什么道德价值，纯粹是看看别人的生活而已。
你们看成种族主义，是不是意味着你们才是种族主意的元凶，有先入为主的态度？

p/s: 如果你是有心人就帮我翻译吧！

rascism is a NO! for this generation

Yasmin Ahmad remembered Chocolate – http://15malaysia.com/films/chocolate/ short films abt M’sia featuring the M’sia’s coolest personalities

Mahmood:
Tahniah. Anda telah memenangi contoh perosak keamanan negara yang terbaik. Tingkatkan usaha anda sebagai contoh melayu hipokrit dan ekstremis-tidak-bertempat.

我們這一代的馬來西亞年輕人，
是時候要捨棄上一代留給我們的包袱與束縛了。

我們這一代不會忘記歷史的教訓，
我們會深深放在心中，
不會讓它再重蹈覆轍。

上一代是脆弱的；
但我們並不是。

我們不抗拒種族議題、宗教信仰、言論自由，
因為我們知道，
我們會比上一代拿捏得更有分寸。

–給：印度人、馬來人、華人及其他族群同胞。

wow Mr.Mahmood ur out of this topic… this short film about hatered passed from generation to another… pls don’t mad at me… just memberi peringatan kafir atau tidak seseorang itu urusanNya, takut nanti terkena diri sendiri…

bout this film, see how anger can cause another anger…Malaysia bukan milik Melayu, hanya amanah dari Tuhan… Malaysia milik kita semua anak jati Malaysia… Mesej jelas film ini, ‘Tua’ jangan mengahasut ‘Muda’ jangan terhasut, dendam lama bukan kita yg cipta mari bina 1 Malaysia^_^

Mother said: “We are human here, this is not a chance…” Mind the existence of racism on behalf of my mother plant. . .

Son, said: “I have a friend here…” And from his right that the performance of other ethnic groups where girls can see, he did not have prejudices against other ethnic groups of girls. . .

Think about if the mother did not say: “you talk about so long that the Malays po what?!” That boy do not sell because of five cents chocolates to the girl do?

From the trailers, the chocolate boy down, stood next to recover the past two ringgit. In fact, he does not care, did not care about the 5 cents. . .

Would like to express the whole video is only: “Young people did not mind the so-called racist, but racism passed on to the previous generation to the next generation only…”

A translation from Dickson Foo’s comment

妈妈说：“ 我们这中人在这里没有机会的。。。” 代表妈妈心里存在着种族主义植。。。

儿子说：“我这里有朋友。。。” 而从他对那友族女孩的表现里看得出他并没对友族女孩有偏见。。。

想想如果母亲没有讲：“你跟那个马来婆谈这样久做什么？！” 那男孩会因为5仙不卖巧克力给那女孩吗？

从片尾男孩把巧克力放下，旁边放着收回来的2零吉。其实他并不在乎，不计较那5仙。。。

整个短片想表达的只是：“年轻人的脑子里根本没有所谓的种族主义，只是上一代把种族主义传承给下一代而已。。。”

Kerajaan = Melayu
Pemerintah = Melayu
Askar = Melayu
Polis = Melayu
Negara = MALAYsia
Polisi = Peluang-peluang di beri kepada Melayu
Tetapi…Melayu merempat di tanahair sendiri?
Mengapa?
Sepatutnya kaya-raya di bumi ini kepunyaan Melayu.
Mengapa?

Sebab orang Cina dan India?
Sebab banyak projek-projek orang Bumiputra dibolot orang Cina?
Kalau projek-projek yang sepatutnya diberi kepada Melayu, jatuh ke atas tangan kaum-kaum pendatang, siapa salahnya?
Kaum-kaum pendatang?
Atau orang yang memberi kontrak-kontrak projek?
Siapa orang-orang yang mempunyai kuasa untuk meluluskan kontrak-kontrak projek?
Orang Melayu?
Orang Cina?
Orang India?
Orang Iban?
Orang Kadazan?

Benarkah adakah pegangan agama? Atau sebenarnya menyembah kertas wang seperti orang kafir Cina?

Negara = Islam
Korupsi = Tinggi

Kepada orang Melayu yang sokong pada kata-kata Tun, tahukah anda siapa yang menjayakan Tan Sri Cina Kafir Vincent Tan? Siapa yang memberi lesen judi (Sports Toto, Magnum)? Tahukah anda siapa kroni baik Tun? Si kafir Vincent Tan la.

Masih tidur? Patutlah. Sebab Melayu mudah lupa.