WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MALAYSIAN

SOCIAL COMMENTARY...


I have been waiting and waiting for many years to see when Malaysian politicians will have the intelligence to talk about the different races in this country with some semblance of enlightenment. That will day will never arise, probably. So, here I am positing an idea: it is time we started out with the basics, like how to describe one another, without pussyfooting around non-existent "sensibilities".

Seeing how the country is a multiracial one, we need to identify people as an Indian Malaysian; Chinese Malaysian or a Malay for the main racial groups.

Once we have come to terms that Malaysia is made up of these people, and the many others, then we can move on to more serious matters in a mature and educated manner.