Actually, there are no idiots today for me to take a potshot at. So I am writting on something that has bother a lot of people.
Yes. When you read the title, you would ask yourselves, who are we?
While I was in Australia, the people there called themselves Australians. In USA, they call themselves Americans. No one there calls themselves Malay, Chinese, Indians etc as far as I remember. But in Malaysia, we call ourselves Malay, Chinese, Indians etc. Can you see the racial polarization here?
We should be referred to as Malaysian. That would be the correct term. However, even as a Malaysian, you are divided into bumi and non-bumi. Complicated?
To add salt to the wound, there are bumi and non-bumi status. This is kind of like the South Africa in past where apartheid is being practiced. Certain races were segregated and their normal rights were denied. So who decides who has the bumi and non-bumi status? Where can I find the laws stating how a bumi and non-bumi are defined? We are Malaysians, not bumi or non-bumi (note that I did not use capitals for the bumi word).
I do not agree with BN's slogan they used in the past. "Malays, Chinese and Indians, we are all one happy family." I will not use that slogan as the slogan itself is filled with racial segregation. Yes, we are one happy family but we are still a separate entity. I would used the slogan, "We are all Malaysian!" A simple and yet effective way to convey the message. Sorry BN and PR, this is my slogan and if you want to copy it, please pay me.
I always believe that the better person should be rewarded as I have rewarded my workers. I have different races working under me. As a matter of fact, I just promoted a Malay recently due to his excellent work. I even gave an Indian an important project. I do not care what is your skin color. And the Chinese in my department is still doing the same thing. At the end of the day, if you can perform, I will definitely reward you. Recently with the farce of UiTM, I will be careful next time when I employ graduates.
So who are we? Why don't all the MPs give us an answer? Maybe DSAI or the PM himself can give us an answer so we can decide who to vote.
Can someone tell me who are we?
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You r right.We r all Malaysian,regardless of race or religion.The current government(BN) is practising racist politics for the past 51 years.It seems that they r owning Malaysia and can do what ever they like.They can also get away with murder by explosives. Wake up Malaysia...its time for a change. We are making an idiot of ourselves in the eyes of the world. Thank you.
If my memory of History is correct, the Malays were also immigrants! Orang Asli truly own this land!
Another question: how much respect does general public Malays truly has for non-Malays?
Are we so sure only the Government is being racist, and not general public Malays?
Malaysians are not mostly idiots. What we have are people who do one particular thing they think is right, like calling themselves Malaysians when asked what are you, and think that other people are wrong.
Sometimes, when people are asking you of your ancestral heritage, then by answering I am Malay, or Chinese, is a perfectly acceptable answer. You do realize that people from other countries do that too right? When asked if they are black or white, they give you a real answer.
While I agree that racism is bad, I think people are not being idiots when answering a question about their ethnicity. It is however stupid to answer someone with your nationality when they are obviously asking for you ethnicity.
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