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Monday, July 11, 2011

You're calling me a racist? You mean you're not???


Nowadays many enjoy talking about equal rights. It’s like the ‘in thing’, and just mentioning those BIG words brings some kind of boost to one’s level of sophistication…So, what is actually equal rights? How do you define equal rights? Does Malaysia practice equal rights? When we talk about equal rights, what is equal? Is it a flat rate, or should we go by ratio, or according to the percentage?  What is the best way to measure?

In response to the question about the definition, equal means:  1. of the same quantity, size, value. OR 2. having the same rights, ability, rank  OR 3. evenly proportioned .  Now, let’s get back to the previous question, ‘does Malaysia practice equal rights?’ If we take definition no. 3, I would say yes! If the race ratio is 70:30:10, of course some would seem to be getting less share. But less share to be divided between a small number of people would not be that bad, wouldn’t it? The big group that gets large amount of something, after dividing it to each and every individual in that group, eventually the amount one will be getting would be something similar to that small group. Doesn’t that sound equal to you? People like me who know very little about statistics can easily make sense out of this. So, what’s this big fuss over equality? Ok, that was something pertaining to the distribution of assets.

Now, let’s look at this issue of equal rights for everyone in Malaysia, from a different angle. Take this simple, low level of analogy as an example. Imagine one day someone come to your house, and then decided to stay with your family. Then after sometime, he begins to contribute to the household such as buying some groceries, do some cleaning, mow the lawn, etc..and then, after a few years, your father dies and this new person, who does not have any blood relation with your family, demands EQUAL rights of your father’s inheritance, arguing that he has stayed with you long enough and helped raising the family? Would you be willing to grant his demands? Do you honestly think that he deserves an equal distribution of wealth? Some may agree but most would definitely not! In fact there is this race that practice anything but equality. They carry, up till now, the tradition of treating their sons special. Sons will inherit most of the wealth and only small portion would be given to daughters. A woman who couldn’t bare a son for the family is considered as unlucky… and yet this group of people is the one that vocally demands equal rights in the country that they migrated to.  Funny, isn’t it? What equal rights are they talking about? What makes them believe that they deserve equal rights? (but of course Malaysia still kindly grant them with some because of the value that we hold like bertimbang rasa, berbudi bahasa, mengenang jasa, etc.)

I'm sure when I make this kind of statement, some will say that I’m being racist. But for me, I would say that I’m doing exactly like what others are doing. I’m fighting for my rights! Is it wrong for me to defend my race? Is it wrong for me to stand up for my race? Is it wrong for me to fight for what I think my race deserve?  I think my race deserves more of everything in this country because this land belongs to us, we are the majority group and only my race has the ultimate right to lead this country. The name is MALAYsia..,what more can we say?

And..of course, when I talk about this issue I’m labelled as a racist, but when someone from a different race does exactly this, he/she is fighting for equal rights. That…is soooo  NOT equal!

3 comments:

  1. mantaplah Kak Azzah post kali ni! I think we Malay people is still very weak. Because of that a lot of people is taking advantage on our weaknesses. Mungkin kalau kita benar-benar berusaha dan tunjukkan pada diorang yg kita deserve apa yg kita dapat, one day they will respect us. Unfortunately, like I said before we are very weak and macam memberi gambaran yg orang Melayu walaupun usahanya dan pencapaiannya tak seberapa, masih dapat peluang mencurah-curah. Tapi ada banyak faktor jugak kenapa org Melayu sedikit ketinggalan berbanding mereka mungkin disebabkan oleh faktor penjajahan British dahulu. Jadi kisah equal right among races di Malaysia ni sangat complicated and any race yg simply cakap hak keistimewaan org Melayu ini racist mmg tak bertimbang rasa dan mementingkan diri sendiri.

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  2. wow azzah..i thought i was the only one among many of the people that i know that feel exactly the same way. you are spot on...when Malays fight for our rights, we are deemed as racists. it's high time the Malays unite and demand for what is rightfully ours. The right to lead a comfortable, safe and secure life in the land of our forefathers. Congrats again for being so bold.

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  3. kak azzah, like it to the most! sedih bila anak bangsa sendiri yg mempertikaikan hak yg diberikan instead of memelihara hak tersebut dan gunakan untuk memajukan negara dan bangsa.

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