On feminism and nationalism
The descriptions of the Javenese in some of Kartini’s letters I found a little surprising. She constantly calls the Javanese "uncivilized" while she praises the “modern” Europeans. She writes that all people are equal, yet immediately following that assertion she states: “No matter how stupid, ignorant or uncivilised a Javanese may be, the class of people to whom you belong will always see in them fellow human beings whom God has created just as she has created civilised people” (33). She also seems to find Europeans are at the top of society. Was this a strategy to gain support for her cause or was it something that had been ingrained into her in a colonized Java?