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Malaysia’s Racial Profiling – Sense of Nationalism
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I believe it’s about time that UMNO, MCA & MIC are abolished.
Yes, racial tolerance is something we cannot ignore, but instead of tolerating each other, we must learn to RESPECT each other. With UMNO playing the “leader” of this sinking ship, the only way forward would be forming a single party. DEMOCRACY. Not autocracy under the guise of democracy. Look at America, there’s no racial profiling of blacks, hispanics and such, it’s only democrates, republicans, liberals and conservatives.
Sadly, I don’t believe Malaysia will ever come to a stage where a non-Malay becomes the Prime Minister. Why? Because of our education system of course, where racial profiling is drilled into the different races. The religious teachers are the biggest of the culprits, for preaching about the need to group against Non-muslims, instead of respecting one another. Religious teachers need to be shot!
I remember in primary school, how race was never an issue, though it did occured (I was too naive to realize that until the later parts of my life). How we were all close, and then after each Agama class, my classmates returned, kept to themselves, and we could see the disgust in their eyes. It was when I learned the term, “Kafir”. Thanks to the religious teachers, who are very ignorant and close minded about the world.
Hence, I agree with Mukhriz’s suggestion to only go forward with national schools, BUT, it has to be done properly, at least 50% has to be non-malays to create a balance. There should be subjects that ensures local mother tongue is maintained amongst the races. Of course, there will be hiccups, but once again, we need to look at the bigger picture here, our country is devolving. We should study the practicalities of this, instead of sending a bunch of numskulls to Taiwan to learn about agriculture.
The only way forward is to address the issue at the grassroots level, so the next generation will not only tolerate different races, but RESPECT them. Then only we will see change in this country.
Couldn’t agree more with what you have said. It’s now or never for UMNO, MCA n MIC. And UMNO shouldn’t be the leader and push others around right? What happened to equality?
Agreed.
This is one of the things that the leaders in Malaysia purposely ingored and being total denial the truth of our problem.
And one of the things that I get tired talking thinking about.
UMNO should mirror themselves and see themselves how much damage had done.
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Ah yesss…there we are. Speaking abt the ‘disgust’..i remember once, a muslim friend doesnt want to shake hand because of the different religion. What a humiliating day!
Well said G!
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racial indifference is somewhat vague for me to comment on cos where i’m from, everyone understands the meaning of respect irregardless of race and religion.
personally i think, fear has something to do with the people’s mentality over racial profiling. the fear of being inferior to the (so called) minorities are so great that they are willing to do practically everything to keep the status quo.
but one thing they fail to see is that..within the next few decades, there might not be any pure bloods of the original races as everyone will be in mix-marriages and all that’s left are the ignorant claims of who they are (supposed to be) just because of that lineage which traces them to their original ancestry.
honestly…i have no idea what i’m saying here hahahaha
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They should not always talk about religion, and race. I just don’t get why when some thing crops up.. they would bring it up as a racial issue.
Abolish all race based political parties…
btw, you should say something about Article 11
i totally agree… no objection.. how do we teach our children to respect others religion, belief & race.. if they see their parents, their teachers, the leaders fighting over rights? we want equality of rights.. melayu, indian,chinese, kadazan, iban.. we all the same bah!
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agree completely. but i guess it will still take quite a while to have the reformasi.
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Many people including myself….. sometime get offended when someone mistook us for being of another race than who we are….. eg. some chinese are dark and look like malay.. and when peole talk to you in BM you get offended… now you get what i mean… save the incident when i was eating in a mamak during one fasting month and was asked to produce my IC. you know how shitty was that.
Something have to start somewhere….. so in the initial state, there will oof course be some hiccups…. but hopefully I will be able to live long enough to see the generations to come that are not distinguished by race and all speak a common language, Bahasa Malaysia. Just like the indonesians and thais… they all speak the same common language fluently and als speak their mother tongue at home.
oh… where am i now? what am i talking?!..
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The whole racial profile issue goes back to the colonial era. Under the British Empire, the strategy to handle Malaya was divide and conquer. Technically, there is no such thing as a Malay, apart from the UMNO definition, which is to suit a particularly poisonous and discredited agenda. PAS and UMNO are both sides of the same coin, who have sent the Malays and Malaysians down the drain in the past 20 years by continuing to harp on irrelevant and pointless issues which stifle progress, open minds, and
Many of us admire Mahathir. Certainly, noone else could have achieved as much, but at what cost to society, to the rule of law, and indeed to the various institutions that make a nation successful, be it the Press (unfree), the Judiciary (biased), the civil service (overmanned), and more besides.
Malaysia is a relatively young country. Its next task is to overcome the world recession. It needs to add wealth, and bring wages and salaries up. Chasing “Cheap” is a race to the bottom which will end in failure, and the brain drain will continue. Sending the brightest and the best to the UK, Australia, Singapore and elsewhere has left Malaysia poorer in spirit.
Not that the chinese being in charge would be any better….there are a lot who are even more racist than the Malays.
Even if you did get rid of racial profiling, it would still be blatantly obvious from ones name where one was from, and what race one was.
Daniel Franklin Gomez. Malaysian…probably Indian of Melaccan Portuguese extraction, family from Goa, if we go back a few centuries.
Tony Fernandez….Malaysian Indian.
Mahathir bin Mohammed…Malay, (Half Indian but he hardly mentions that, maybe he was bullied as a kid?)
Danny Lim….pretty obvious…chinese kid from Ipoh.
Ideally, colour blindness is achievable. Realistically, I do not believe it will ever be possible in Malaysia. Malaysia could embark on the oppressive route for forced assimilation, and everyone goes for a Thai or Malay sounding name, which is what happened in Thailand and Indonesia under Pribun in Thailand in the 1930′s (who was an oppressive dictator), under Suharto in Indonesia in the 1960′s and 1970′s.
The original proposal for UMNO was under Dato Onn Jaafar, it was supposed to be United National Malaysian Organisation, for all races. That proposal was blocked.
Fast forward to today, and there are three “Mafias” in charge of UMNO, all descended from the original founders. A bunch from Pahang, some from Kedah, and the third faction from Johor, all fighting for a cake, a gravy train, that prints money and power. The moderates were forced out, such as Tun Dr Ismail (where are his family now?), and the Tunku (no involvement from his family either).
The IC and racial profiling suits them…because it makes sure that one elite retains power. You replaced the tinpot sultans with “elected politicians”, but a rose by any other name would smell so sweet.
And who am I to criticise anyway. I’m just a Pendatang, in the literal pure sense of the word. I’m just passing through.
And I still love this place, and its people. Like any other country I have been…nice place, pity about the politicians