As we look at our history, the Malays were farmers and the Indians were rubber tappers at the estates while the Chinese are in the towns working as miners or businessman. There was not much interaction between the 3 largest group. While today, everyone regardless race are staying together. You could be a Malay and having a Chinese neighbour on your left and an Indian family on your right.
Most of us hate racism and would openly condemn racism on your Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc. But you would disagree if Chinese and Indians are given more places in the local university. And if you're a Chinese, you would always complain that the Malays are lazy. If you have done this, you're guilty as charged. You are no different from those who openly condone racism.
Now who do we blame? Our parents? The biggest influence in our life are our parents. Like it your not, we are all reflection and image of our parents. If your parents always would talk about how superior their own race and to play down any other races, most likely you would to. But who could blame them? Remember, your grandparents are born before Merdeka and they were separated. Whilst most of our parents were born near 13th May incident where racism was at its worst.
Is our education system is to be faulted? Yes partially. School is the place where little kids will be nultured and the best place to plant all the right attitude into one to ensure he or she does not grow up to be a racist. We must scrap vernacular schools. Of course I can't see how that is going to happen as the government and opposition are more interested to keep their political interest to win power.
Here's my reasoning to why it should be scrapped. Imagine if you go through your whole primary school life in a Chinese medium school or say you do actually go. How many Malays and Indians are around you? As a young kid you could not care less whether one is a Chinese, a Malay or an Indian, therefore that's the time you will truly embrace the cultural difference and have mutual respect.
Another major problem we have is our country's politic. While Dato Seri Najib Razak has called not to use religion or race for politic gains, Utusan contradicts him and came out with a headline on the front page saying that "HARAM SOKONG DAP". It labelled DAP as 'Kafir Harbi' which mean the party is against Islam. We have 1Malaysia but nobody really embrace the true meaning of 1Malaysia. Instead it's being used as a marketing and political tool where Najib does handouts and uses the name 1Malaysia.
And we have a Deputy Prime Minister who stubbornly claims he's a Malay Malaysian when the fact is we are a Malaysian first before our race. If we put our race ahead of nationality, what's the point of having a country? Does the people from overseas refer you as a Malay, Malay Malaysian, Malaysian or Malaysian Malay? You will get the answer once you ask yourself, though I'm not too sure if the deputy prime minister will.
And now, we have one finger pointing at everyone and four fingers pointing back at us. So yes, the most major problem lies within us. Don't be a typical Malaysian where you put the blame on everyone else but yourself. Remember, everything is a choice,
- It is your choice to be a racist or not.
- It is your choice to condemn other race.
- It is your choice to tune back your mentality from a 'taksub' towards your race mentality to a mentality where we believe no race is in any way more superior than others.
The choice is in your hands, make the right one. And if you made the wrong one, don't blame anyone else but yourself. Always remember that God is fair and he does not see your skin colour but he sees what's inside of you. As for an atheist like me, I have my own life principles which I hold on to.
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