SEJARAH SOSIAL ETNIS TIONGHOA DI KABUPATEN SAMPANG PASCA KERUSUHAN 1998

Abstract

Indonesia, which consists of many ethnicities and ethnic groups, both immigrants and natives, will often come
into contact in everyday life, because humans, who are social creatures, will always need and interact with others,
whether from their own group or not. The same thing applies to the interactions that occur between ethnic immigrants in
Madura (Sampang), namely the Chinese ethnic group, and local ethnic groups, namely the Madurese ethnic group, which
is known to have been an interaction between the two for a long time. These two ethnic groups always interact very well,
which can be seen from the attitude shown by each ethnic group in responding to existing differences, such as in religious
issues for example. However, the riots in May 1998 involving ethnic Chinese as victims and natives as perpetrators
created a special trauma for this ethnic group towards native people. This research aims to find out how interactions
occurred and existed between ethnic Chinese and ethnic Madurese in the Sampang Madura district, both before the May
1998 riots and after the May 1998 riots involving the Chinese ethnic group. This research is descriptive qualitative
research that uses interviews and searches for related sources as a forum or way to obtain the historical sources needed.
The research results obtained are as follows: (1). The interaction process carried out between the Chinese ethnic group
and the Madurese ethnic group in Sampang. (2). Social capital is used by both to create good and sustainable interactions.
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Keywords: Social interaction, Chinese ethnicity, Madurese ethnicity