Differences in Narratives of Discrimination and National Identity Among Chinese and Non-Chinese Adolescent in Jakarta

Abstract

The experience of Chinese indonesian discrimination often occurs because of doubts about their nationalism. This research aims to highlight this. The study was conducted in Jakarta involving 160 adolescent participants aged between 17-19 years. We collected our data through questionnaire consists of a national identity variable consisting of four dimensions, namely fundamental, instrumental, natural, actualization. Discrimination narrative variables consist of master narrative, and counter narrative. The selection of those subjects was done by means of convenience sampling technique. The result of the study found that the master narrative and counter narrative to national identity were not correlated in the Chinese group. In the non-Chinese group, only counter narrative correlated with national identity (p = 0.010 < p = 0.05), with a correlation coefficient of 0.313. National identity between Chinese and non-Chinese groups there is no significant difference. Meanwhile, master narrative and counter narrative have significant differences between Chinese and non-Chinese groups. The mean master narrative value in the Chinese group (98.90) was higher than the non-Chinese group (54.30). On the other hand, the mean counter narrative value in the Chinese group (78.18) was lower than the non-Chinese group (90.40). This means that discrimination is still felt in the Chinese group, while in the non-Chinese group it is not felt.