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Hi all,
As a Malay Malaysian I do not pretend to understand what other races have gone thru for the past 4 decades. I wouldn't know how it feels like to be a Malaysian but at the same time feel like a foreigner in your own country.
Lets face it, if we really are striving for the Malaysian Malaysia concept why do we still need to fill in official forms stating our race. Racism in Malaysia is alive and well.
Going thru school I had many Indian & Chinese friends and almost all deserving of a seat in the local universities but thru the government's bumiputra policies I got my degree when a lot of my more deserving non-malay friends found it difficult to further their studies. If you weren't rich you're basically screwed. These policies, be they right or wrong at the time, are probably not working now.
I'm not proud to say this & I may be said to be a traitor to my race but all these years of preferential treatment is bringing about malaise and a false sense of security of the malays. We have not competed on a level playing field and have become uncompetitive, unmotivated & totally dependent on government assistance. I feel I cannot learn from malays but hv to turn to others.
Maybe a new plan is needed to address the plights of the minority & to wean the dependancy of the 'masters', rapidly. Cold turkey or not it better start now. Policies made 40 years ago cannot be perpetual.
A justifiable roar from the Indian & Chinese community. A whimper of admmission from me.
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