Saturday, May 31, 2008

The Racist Card

[EDISI BAHASA MELAYU DI BAWAH ARTIKEL INI]

It is strange that whenever people like Param Cumaraswamy accuse others of being racist they end up by exposing the racist in them. For them you are racist only if you talk about Malays and their need to catch up with other races. If you talk of the imagined plight of other races in Malaysia, and make ridiculous statements that the Tamil Indians in Malaysia are facing “ethnic cleansing” when you know that no such thing is happening, it is not racist.

It is only in Malaysia that people of immigrant origins, so identified by their insistence on being linked race-wise with their countries of origin, are actually accepted as citizens.

In other countries including the much-admired democracies of the West, citizens are not linked to or classified by their countries of origin. They speak the national language habitually, go to schools where the national language is the medium of instruction and adopt the culture of the indigenous people, or at least the people who originally founded these countries (the indigenous people having been systematically wiped out).


But in Malaysia although the national language is the language of the indigenous people, many Malaysian citizens cannot speak the language, much less use it habitually in their homes and with fellow citizens. Whenever some foreigner speak Bahasa Malaysia to them, they would reply in English. Foreigners cannot understand why they seem to downgrade their national language. And yet these citizens question why there is, for practical purpose, no Bangsa Malaysia.

Schools using languages of the countries of origin are not only permitted but are actually financed by the Government. Try and find such schools in South East Asia or in the so-called liberal developed countries where they claim there is no racial discrimination. There are actually more Indians in the United Kingdom than in Malaysia. But there is not a single school where the teaching medium is in any of the Indian languages.

People like Param would not notice all these. Instead he sees the effort to bring up the indigenous people to the level of the non-indigenous people as racist. Arrogantly he seems to want the indigenous people become the deprived in their own country.

I admit that I spoke on “Ketuanan Melayu” in Johor. The Malay intellectuals have been talking about this for a long time. There was no suggestion about them being racist or that they should be detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA).

I spoke on this issue critically as I consider that claiming to be masters when you are not is ridiculous. How can the Malay driver driving a car belonging to someone else regard himself as the “Tuan” and the owner of the car as inferior to him? Actually it is the owner and his employer who is the “Tuan”.

In my speech my advise to the Malays is to acquire knowledge and skills and use them to enrich themselves for only then can they be regarded by their servants and employees as “Tuan”.

Is this seditious or near seditious? Is speaking about Malays and their needs seditious?

On the other hand let us consider the Hindraf memorandum to the British. Most people including Indians have not read it. To gain the support of the Tamil Indians, Hindraf demands that the British compensate every Tamil Indian in Malaysia one million pounds sterling (about RM 7 million). That should tempt even middle-class Indians. Surely Indian workers would fall for it.

The Hindraf memorandum also contains the following extracts which are obviously racist;
1) “Commonwealth ethnic Indian peace loving subjects in Malaysia persecuted by Government backed Islamic extremist violent armed terrorist who launched a pre-dawn violent armed attack and destroyed the Kg Jawa Mariamman Hindu temple at 4.00am this morning (15.11.07)”.

2) “Appeal for United Kingdom to move emergency United Nations Resolution condemning “Ethnic Cleansing” in Malaysia”.

I will not quote other highly inflammatory remarks found in the Hindraf memorandum. However I would like to mention the threat made by Hindraf in its conclusion;

“We fear that the peace loving Indian community of Tamil origin having been pushed to the corner and the persecution getting worse by the day may be forced into terrorism in a matter of time as what has happened to the Sri Lankan Tamils”.

Is Hindraf planning to make Malaysia a Southeast Asian Sri Lanka?

I don’t believe the majority of the Tamils in Malaysia would agree with the picture painted by Hindraf. Unfortunately, like the Malays, few of them read the actual memorandum. And so they support Hindraf blindly.

But if you read what I have quoted would you not conclude that Hindraf and Param Cumaraswamy, who objected to their detention under the ISA as racist especially as his desire to have me detained under the Act for telling the Malays to realise that they are not “Tuan” when they have to clean the shoes of others. If they want to be “Tuan”, then they must acquire the skills and knowledge to succeed in life. And when they succeed they would be highly regarded whether they are called “Tuan” or not.

It seems that according to Param Cumaraswamy talking about Malays is seditious.

Who is racist; Param Cumaraswamy or Dr Mahathir?

I am not going to call for his detention.

He should as a lawyer who understands the law, decide whether he is a racist and should be detained or not.

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[EDISI BAHASA MELAYU]

Perkauman Sebagai Modal

Adalah agak menghairankan apabila orang seperti Param Cumaraswamy menuduh orang lain bersifat perkauman kata-kata mereka mendedahkan sifat perkauman mereka sendiri. Bagi mereka, seseorang itu “racist” (bersifat perkauman) cuma apabila bercakap mengenai bangsa Melayu dan keperluan mereka untuk berusaha mengejar pencapaian bangsa lain.

Tetapi, jika mereka bercakap mengenai masalah kaum lain yang tidak berasas dan tidak benar seperti membuat kenyataan karut bahawa kaum India Tamil di Malaysia menghadapi “penghapusan etnik” yang masyarakat tahu ianya tidak terjadi, ini tidak dianggap bersifat perkauman.

Cuma di Malaysia sahaja orang daripada kaum pendatang, atas kehendak mereka sendiri dikenali dan dikaitkan dengan negara asal mereka, telah diterima sebagai warga negara.

Di negara-negara lain, termasuklah di negara Barat yang demokrasi mereka begitu dikagumi, warga negaranya tidak dikaitkan mahupun diklasifikasikan mengikut negara asal mereka. Mereka juga selalu menggunakan bahasa kebangsaan, negara berkenaan, bersekolah dimana bahasa kebangsaan menjadi bahasa pengantar dan menerima adat resam bangsa pribumi ataupun bangsa yang mula-mula menubuhkan negara itu (apabila bangsa pribumi telah dihapuskan secara terancang).

Tetapi di Malaysia walaupun bahasa kebangsaan adalah bahasa pribumi, ramai rakyat Malaysia yang tidak boleh bertutur bahasa tersebut, malahan secara lazimnya tidak menggunakan bahasa itu di rumah mahupun dengan rakyat Malaysia yang lain. Apabila orang asing bercakap dalam Bahasa Malaysia mereka akan menjawab dalam Bahasa Inggeris. Orang asing tidak mengerti mengapa mereka kelihatan merendah-rendahkan bahasa kebangsaan mereka sendiri. Di dalam masa yang sama mereka ini menyoal mengapa tiada Bangsa Malaysia.

Sekolah-sekolah yang menggunakan bahasa negara asal mereka bukan sahaja dibenarkan malahan dibiayai oleh Kerajaan. Cuba cari sekolah sebegini di Asia Tenggara ataupun di negara-negara maju yang dianggap liberal dan didakwa tidak berlaku diskriminasi kaum. Sebenarnya terdapat lebih ramai orang keturunan India di United Kingdom daripada di Malaysia. Tetapi tidak ada sebuah sekolah pun yang mengguna bahasa-bahasa India sebagai bahasa pengantar di United Kingdom.

Orang seperti Param tidak akan nampak semua ini. Sebaliknya dia melihat sebarang usaha untuk meningkatkan keupayaan rakyat pribumi supaya setanding dengan rakyat bukan pribumi sebagai bersifat perkauman. Dengan bongkak dia seolah-olah mahu melihat rakyat pribumi semuanya mengemis didalam negara mereka sendiri.

Saya mengaku saya bercakap mengenai Ketuanan Melayu semasa di Johor. Sebelum itu, cendekiawan-cendekiawan Melayu telah begitu lama bercakap mengenainya. Tidak pernah ada pandangan bahawa mereka itu bersifat perkauman ataupun ada cadangan supaya mereka ditahan dibawah Akta Dalam Negeri (ISA – Internal Security Act).

Saya bercakap mengenai isu itu secara kritis kerana saya menganggap mendakwa diri kita sebagai tuan bila kita bukan tuan adalah aneh. Bagaimanakah boleh seorang pemandu Melayu yang memandu kereta kepunyaan orang lain menganggap dirinya “Tuan” dan pemilik kereta itu berkedudukan lebih rendah daripada dirinya? “Tuan” yang sebenarnya adalah pemilik kereta dan orang yang membayar gajinya.

Di dalam ucapan saya, saya menasihatkan orang Melayu supaya menimba ilmu dan kemahiran supaya boleh digunakan untuk mencari kekayaan bagi diri mereka kerana cuma dengan cara demikian sahaja mereka akan dianggap “Tuan” oleh orang suruhan dan pekerja mereka.

Adakah ini hasutan ataupun menghasut? Adakah membicarakan mengenai bangsa Melayu dan kepentingan mereka menjadi satu hasutan?

Sebaliknya, cuba kita teliti memorandum Hindraf kepada pihak British. Ramai termasuk kaum India tidak membacanya. Untuk mendapatkan sokongan kaum India Tamil, Hindraf mendesak pihak British supaya membayar gantirugi 1 juta pound sterling (lebih kurang RM 7 juta) kepada setiap orang kaum India Tamil yang terdapat di Malaysia. Ini sudah pasti berupaya mempengaruhi bukan sahaja mereka yang berpendapatan rendah tetapi juga golongan pertengahan dari keturunan Tamil India. Sudah pasti golongan pekerja kaum India terpengaruh.

Terdapat juga didalam memorandum Hindraf sedutan-sedutan seperti berikut yang jelas bersifat perkauman:

1) “Kaum India Komanwel yang merupakan rakyat yang mencintai keamanan di Malaysia ditindas oleh Kerajaan yang didokong oleh pengganas bersenjata kelompok ekstremis Islam telah dengan ganasnya melancarkan satu serangan bersenjata sebelum subuh dan memusnahkan Tokong Hindu Mariamman di Kampung Jawa pada pukul 4 pagi ini (15.11.07)”.

2) “Memohon kepada United Kingdom untuk membentangkan satu resolusi tergempar Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu mengutuk “Penghapusan Etnik” di Malaysia”.

Saya tidak mahu menambah lagi lain-lain kenyataan yang begitu mengapi-ngapikan perasaan perkauman yang terdapat didalam memorandum Hindraf tersebut.

Walau bagaimanapun, saya ingin menyebut mengenai ugutan yang dibuat oleh Hindraf didalam kesimpulannya;

“Kami risau kaum India berketurunan Tamil yang cintakan keamanan setelah dipinggirkan dan ditindas, semakin hari semakin teruk, akan pada satu ketika, secara terpaksa mengambil langkah keganasan sebagaimana yang terjadi kepada kaum Tamil di Sri Lanka.”

Adakah Hindraf bercadang menjadikan Malaysia sebagai Sri Lanka di Asia Tenggara?
Saya tidak percaya majoriti orang Tamil di Malaysia bersetuju dengan gambaran yang dibuat oleh Hindraf. Malangnya, seperti orang Melayu, cuma beberapa orang sahaja yang membaca memorandum yang sebenarnya. Jadi mereka menyokong Hindraf secara membuta-tuli.

Tetapi jika anda membaca apa yang telah saya nyatakan tidakkah anda akan membuat satu kesimpulan bahawa Hindraf dan Param Cumaraswamy, yang membantah penahanan mereka dibawah ISA bersifat perkauman, terutama di atas kehendaknya supaya saya ditahan dibawah Akta itu kerana menyatakan kepada orang Melayu supaya menyedari yang mereka bukan “Tuan” apabila mereka terpaksa mencuci kasut orang lain. Jika mereka ingin menjadi “Tuan”, mereka mesti menimba ilmu dan kecekapan untuk berjaya didalam kehidupan. Dan apabila mereka berjaya martabat mereka akan meningkat samada mereka dipanggil “Tuan” ataupun tidak.

Nampak jelas menurut Param Cumaswamy , bercakap mengenai orang Melayu adalah satu hasutan yang berbau perkauman.

Jadi siapa yang bersifat perkauman; Param Cumaraswamy atau Dr Mahathir?

Saya tidak akan meminta supaya dia ditahan.

Sebagai seorang peguam yang memahami undang-undang, dia perlu menilai dirinya samada dia seorang yang bersifat perkauman dan perlu ditahan atau tidak.

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Sillyashy said...

I think as Malaysian, we should focus on our National Identity instead of races which I dun see it happening now...If you are stigmatized just because you are "MALAY" or "INDIAN" or "CHINESE" then I guess this is very wrong. I was saddened by the comments left here. You can literally see the cracks between all races in Malaysia.

I think it's time for us to wake up and embrace the fights that our fore fathers had fought to gain independence for all of us. Are we going to let it go to waste? Are we going to continue to fighting over who gets what? Who is the Tuan or whatever?!

If only we can generate the angst and time wasted here arguing to build up the country. Remember Tun, You have said that you want Malaysia to be a developed country in 2020? What happened to Wawasan 2020?

Unknown said...

Tun M,

I hope you're feeling better now. What happened to you in Kota Baru was very shocking.

Cak Kun Cak said...

YAB Tun,

Race is a very sensitive subject in a country like Malaysia.

Racial tension should be avoided at all costs.

In my opinion, people like Param is just an opportunist and he seemed to have this personal vendetta against you.

Param and Hindraf should be given stern warning not to continue making up stories for the sake of their personal agenda or vendetta.

This warning should come from the Government of Malaysia.If the Govt continue to allow such individual to distort statements and stir up sentiments then it will set a precedent for more unreasonable and irresponsible so-called leaders
to repeat such behaviour verbally or in actions.

Having said that, do we have a decisive and strong Govt in place?

Is it a wonder that people like Param have found a platform to spread their 'racist' arguments for reasons purely racial and selfish.

Rosdi said...

Tabik Tun!.. saya masih ingat tahun 82, saya darjah dua.. Tun jadi PM.. sampaila saya masuk ITM, masuk universiti, dan kerja.. Tun jugak PM.

Saya akan tetap sokong Tun sampai bila-bila... teruskan perjuangan.. saya juga menyahut cabaran Tun untuk memajukan diri sendiri!

stupidmalaysia said...

Let's get real.
Why does an immigrant to the USA like myself, habitually speaks English ? He gets treated equally, his children gains access to the best university in the world.
The price he pays when he bought his home is the same as the next white guy. He is informed of his rights under non-discrimination laws. What has Malaysia offered anything to immigrants ? What have we benefitted from learning Malay. How many libraries are there in Malaysia ? Anyhow, I do like to look on the bright side of things, at least now, I can communicate with the East Timorese and the ancient Cham Muslim of Kampuchea, after 12 years of Bahasa Malaysia instruction.

Aidi Rahimi Ibrahim said...

Yang Amat Dihormati Tun Dr,

May we live in peace,
We can work our differences;
black, white, brown, pale,
dark, yellow, red etc...
all colours created by God.
Yes, Malays are Malays,
Chinese are Chinese,
Indians are Indians,
Whites are Whites,
Jews are Jews....
Muslims are Muslims etc..
WE ARE COLOURFUL....
What a wonderful world!
LET's REACH THE SKY....
LET's REBUILD MALAYSIA.
The ONLY RACIST here is for
those people who HAVE HATRED!!!!
The ONLY RACIST here is for
those who possessed HATI BUSUK!!
The ONLY RACIST here is for
those who created FITNAH!!

Thank you, Tun.
God Save the Our King.
God Save the Planet.
God Save Malaysia.
PEACE!

Cak Kun Cak said...

YAB Tun,

Can you comment on the proposal by the Government to stop susbsidizing the petrol prices by this August?

The Government claims that it will set up a mechanism to differentiate who deserves subsidies and who does not. Is this feasible/practical in your opinion?

I find the proposal somewhat short sighted. What is your opinion on this and do you have any idea of how this can be done in a better way?

daniel leiberman said...

DENDAM & PELUANG

Saperti kata Tun. MELAYU MUDAH LUPA. Kita lupa siapa musuh kita? Kita asyik berpolitik sehingga kampung kita tergadai. Isu Batu Putih adalah permulaan nya.

Saperti kata Tun lagi – Quote – Kerajaan yang lemah tidak baik bagi sebuah negara berbilang kaum seperti Malaysia. Ianya hanya akan mengundang ugutan terhadap kuasa kerajaan. Kerajaan tidak boleh memuaskan hati semua pihak. Jika Kerajaan tidak tegas dan terpaksa berdolak-dalik, akan timbul masalah kurang keyakinan terhadap Kerajaan. Ini akan menyebabkan polisi dan projek tidak dapat diimplimentasi dengan lancar. Unquote

Kelemahan diatas mengundang kepada penyusupan musuh-musuh kita yang sedia menanti saperti dibawah ini. Selalu nya pelandok lupakan perangkap, tetapi perangkap tidak pernah lupakan pelandok

• LKY & Central Intelligence of Singapore
• Vatican City yang tahu tentang zaman kebangkitan Islam.
• Kumpulan Zionist & Protokol Yahudi
• Bangsa Melayu yang bertuhankan wang & harta serta gilakan kuasa
• Bangsa Melayu, Cina, India yang menjadi agen & tali barut Singapura
• Gerakan New World Order, Illuminati, Masonic & Freemason
• Komunis

Perkauman tidak wujud, ia diwujudkan oleh segelintir manusia saperti diatas untuk kepentingan mereka. Musuh orang Melayu tahu, Melayu mudah dipecah belahkan. Bagaimana cara nya? Membutakan mata, hati & menjadikan mereka pekak & tuli dengan Wang, Harta & Kuasa.

MUSUH 01 - LKY & Central Intelligence of Singapore

Kenapa LKY & CIS menjadi musuh orang Melayu & Malaysia.

1. LKY tahu Kerajaan Malaysia ada menyimpan surat perjanjian TEMENGGGONG ABD. RAHMAN - STAMFORD RAFFLES mengenai Singapura yang di tandatangani pada 30.1.1819, di antara Dato' Temenggong Sri Maharaja Abdul Rahman, pemerintah Singapura bagi pihak dirinya dan bagi pihak Sri Sultan Husin Mohamad Shah, Raja bagi negeri Johor dan Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lt. Gabenor Bangkahulu (Bencoolen) dan jajahan takluknya bagi pihak Gabenor Jeneral Benggala.

Singapura terpaksa diserahkan kembali kepada kesultanan Johor setelah tempoh pajakan tamat tempoh.

2. Pelabuhan merupakan nadi ekonomi & pendapatan terpenting Singapura
3. Hasil bumi Malaysia saperti Getah, Timah, Minyak Kelapa Sawit adalah komoditi terpenting bagi ekonomi Singapura
4. Tanah merupakan aset yang paling berharga bagi Singapura
5. Air merupakan satu lagi aset yang paling berharga bagi Singapura

Bagaimanakah mereka (Singapura) dapat mengekalkan kepentingan diatas tanpa digugat

OBJEKTIF

1. Menyusup masuk kedalam Kerajaan & Politik UMNO bagi mendapatkan semula & memusnahkan surat tersebut.
2. Memecah belahkan perpaduan kaum di Malaysia dengan mengapi apikan atau melaga lagakan sesama kita (Melayu, Cina & India) saperti isu-isu sensitif.
3. Membeli serta menguasai aset & harta strategik Malaysia, saperti Telekomunikasi, Eletrik, Air, Gas, Petroleum, Perubatan, Ladang, Pengangkutan, Perbankan, Perkhidmatan & lain-lain.
4. Semua dasar & pembangunan Kerajaan akan berpihak kepada Singapura. Yang paling ketara ialah WPI – Wilayah Pembangunan Iskandar.
5. Hindraf, DAP, PKR, Khairy, DSAI, DSAAB, Altantuya WPI dan banyak lagi adalah sebahagian daripada perancangan mereka.

Layari link ini - http://www.forbes.com/columnists/global/2007/1029/049.html

Unknown said...

Salam Tun...

Congratulation on hitting ur first million... I dont think ada org lain who is more of a fanatic fan of yours... Each piece of ur blog is just magnificent.. Clearly words from a brilliant mind..

Each time this racist issue is being brought up, particularly by non-Malaysian, specifically by our neighbour down south... i really wanna puke.... Especially when they accuse us of marginalizing the malaysian chinese.. Please lah... THey dont even have chinese school in their country.. and when a muslim child wants to cover up to attend school in their country.. they were denied their rights... So.. these idiots shud reflect on themselves first before nak hentam org lain...

If u go thru the classifieds... most of the company put down chinese speaking as a prerequisite of employment... in a country with bahasa malaysia as the national language... if u dont call that kurang ajar.. i dont know lah.. but this continue to go on because only in Malaysia can one do as they like, blatantly showing their disrespect to our national language.. and racist at the same time, as 95 percent of time, only one race speak chinese predominantly....

And as for the hindraf issue... let me ask them, where do these ethnic cleansing bollocks come from.. please lah... If they are really marginalised, an indian won't be made 2nd richest man in Malaysia.. The last election clearly showed that the indian's anger is more towards their own.. where their elected reps practically operate like a bunch of mafias... hence the MIC reps were clearly rejected by their own race..

So.. enuf said.. cant wait to read ur next posting...

Ur truly loyal fan
Dr. Z

chessmotifs said...

Our national language should not be dragged into racism issues. The language itself is neutral. Look at this statistic, Bahasa is rated as top 10 most widely used language, ahead of French!
www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0775272.html

Regardless of race, we should be proud of our national language. Just like how the French, Spanish, Italians,Dutch, embrace their national language. And the people speak multiple languages too.

CK said...

First of all, congratulate Tun for having one million visitors in such a short period.

Yes, I do agree that we need to help the less fortunate in this country so as to close the gap of the between high and low income group. However, this problem should be look at in terms of income and shouldn't be evaluated based on their racial origin. If Malaysia is to progress, racial card should be completely casted away.

Ujang said...

Tun,

Kaum cina kalau mereka marah mereka boikot BN (Sebab Bn ada UMNO)Kaum India Kalau mereka marah mereka tak undi BN (Sebab BN ada UMNO) Kaum Melayu bila marah nak boikot Parti Mana ? apabila buat gila gila Bokot UMNO, ini lah jadinya Melayu juga yang berpecah belah. Masih belum terlambat melayu mesti sedar.

Unknown said...

Chris Hanson,

I dont know which school you went to. Perhaps you never went to school before. Hey, Malay is not a religion. Its Islam.

Go back to school la!

Axl Deroca

ps: Even u want to go back to school nobody will take u cos you are too stupid, sorry to say that cris hampeh!

Unknown said...

Dear Tun,

Siapa yang Tun fikir berkebolehan untuk jadi the nxt PM?

Sharavana Raj said...

dear tun,
i have the utmost respect for what you've given malaysian... it's tru because of you we have things to be proud of... i just have one question for you... and maybe this question is brewing in the minds of many malaysians... why ketuanan melayu and not ketuanan rakyat after 50 years or independence??

I_LOVE_MALAYSIA said...

Tun,

It is understandable that you want your own race to be the real "Tuan" in Malaysia by encouraging them to work hard and to acquire knowledge & skills. Similarly, other races in Malaysia also wanted to be "Tuan" in Malaysia. The problem is that only a handful of UMNO cronies "Tuan" were created by the BN govt. in the past and present. The real malay "Tuan" were not created because they had not gone through the real test of life, they were spoon fed. They had finished their shares faster than the others even though they only asked for 30%, and as a result of this, they can never achieve the target because the economic pie being eaten away faster than the rest of the 70%. How to achieve the target when the 30% needs to be top up all the time!!!

abdulhalimishak said...

I've commented earlier, but reading through the tremendous responses, I'm obliged to expand my earlier comments.

Eventhough we have been independent more than 50 years, and inspite the nation had experienced one bloody racial riots, the issue of race relationship to most Malaysian is thorny as ever.

It's fashionable for many to talk about level play ground. As we try to level the play ground as possible for Malaysian, I believe this is an illusion, similarly like trying to catch the rainbow.

Lately I've been following the election-2008 in the USA. I was surprised to discover the voters there have been broken down into
caucasian, hispanic, african-american, asian and others.

Once, America was the dreamland of most people, for America was the preacher of democracy, liberty and peace.But having seen what Bush has done to the whole world, I doubt many would even want to pay a visit there.

As I said earlier, it cannot be helped that we are born into racial groups. God pre-condition human into races so that we, as human being, created as the most intelligent being on earth, would learn to see the inner part of ourselves, the outer part of ourselves, and their relationship thereof.

The success and harmony of any racial individual, racial groups, racial nation depend very much on the understanding and balancing of these parts: the inner parts, the outer parts,and their relationships.

When God delivered human into this world, human is created by God to survive as social animal. Unfortunately, those who have not learnt to see their inner parts , outer parts and their relationships, have turned themselves into purely political animals.

I came from one of the big GLC, and I've many Indian and Chinese friends regardless of positions.I have experienced becoming superior and subordinate involving all races.Having served more than 25 over years, and having understood the inner and outer parts of myself, I must say my racial relationships in this company have been pretty good.

I have a very long and cordial relationship even with one Indian IMG (Industrial Manual Group)staff who belongs to another department. We used to have morning tea daily, and I would make a point to pay for the tea as I'm something like a 'small boss' there. He is a devout Hindu and he used to visit the Ganges for his annual pilgrimage. When the Hindraf group was making noise in the capital city, he commented this to me. "Boss, these people must go and visit India, and when they come back they would bow and kiss this land for the good it has given to us"

I have relatives in Mauritius and I used to visit a few times this beautiful resort island. Mauritius is similar to Malaysia with its multi races and religions; there are Hindus and Islam of Indian origin, and Chinese and other minorities.

On one of my visit there, I was chit-chatting with the driver,a Hindu Indian. The journey was quite long, from the capital city Port Lious to Berjaya Resort.I asked him whether he is happy living in Mauritius as a driver, and do you still have ties in India.

This is what he responded. I must pray to my great, great grandfather who had made a wise dicision to come to this island as a SLAVE. Because of him, today I'm happy. I have this handphone,own this taxi, a house and my 3 kids are schooling in goverment scool, and they are studying English and French. We have lost contact with our roots in India, and if my great, great grandfather were to stay in India, I think I would die. We are friendly people and we make money from our hospitality. There is no robbery here, you can sleep whole night on the beach without worrying anything.You can choose paying your taxi fare by meter or otherwise, we don't cheat our passengers because you are the goose that lay the golden eggs to us.

But when I landed in KLIA, things become totally different. If I'm not wrong, correct me please, the experience I had in Mauritius was more or less similar to our country in the 60's and 70's.

Things started changing for the bad when most people fail to see their inner selves, outer selves and their relationships thereof.The responsibility of leaders are great as they are the role models. Are leaders today comparable to Tunku, Tun Razak, Tun Hussain Onn, Tun Tan Siew Sin and Tun Sambanthan.

Fortunately the 12th. General Election recently has brought the turning point, which clearly demonstrated that we Malaysians, as voters can decide the kind of leaders to lead this country.

Tun Dr. Mahathir had really wanted to develop this country for everybody to have a decent place of earning and living. He started nicely with the slogans "Bersih, Cekap Dan Amanah" But it is the people who surrounded him and upheld him had changed the rules of the game, for they have failed to see and balance their inner selves with their outer selves.They are trully political animals.

Then, Tun was used as a power pawn for them to hold on to it. Tun had left that power house but those people have been fighting to hold on to it, inspite of the verdict of the ballot box.

As human, Tun may have his shortcomings, but the fact that Tun has turned himself into a candle, he may be said as redeeming himself for whatever mistakes, if any he may have had made.

Many would agree, for a man who has reigned for 22 years and probably would have made enough money, would be resting to enjoy his fruits of labour and counting his remaining days.

But Tun does not fit that kind of imagination. With whatever strength left in him and with whatever resourses left in him, he is determined to place the country on its correct path, and certainly with whatever corrections to be made.

Tun is carrying a crusade which everyone of us must support, and Tun has acheived the following, which I have commented earlier:

a)Tun has sown the seed for Malaysian to venture into cyberspace.

b)Tun has shown us that Malaysians can become cyberminds, that is everyone can have a voice in cyberspace.

c)Tun has revolutionised the local media, especially the prime media in terms of monopolising the truth.

It takes 50 years too for Malaysian to acheive independence for INFORMATION, and it was Tun who really engineered it.

Having acheived independence for information in Malaysia, today I believe the scenario has been set that no leader, worth its salt can stay longer than necessary to lead this country......

Before I conclude I would like to advise my Malay counterparts, it is pointless having the so-called special rights of the Malays enshrined in the holy constitution, if we are blind to see the inner parts of ourselves, the outer parts of our selves, and balancing them for survival, especially so in this globalised world.

Mrs Who? said...

ayahanda Tun,

sorry for the news..
sedihnya apa yg menimpa tun..
harap tun selamat hendak-Nya..
dan harap ia adalah satu hikmah..
Tun jaga diri n kesihatan ye??

sekian,
anak melayu..

heidirtamimi36@gmail.com said...

assalamualaikum Tun
Bagaimana pula dengan dakwaan yang HINDRAF adalah satu konspirasi politik dan didalangi seseorang?
minta Tun telanjangkan konspirator itu.
Harap Tun jaga kesihatan dan saya sentiasa bersama berjuang bersama Tun.

The Trooper said...

Dear Tun,

Rather than "Who is not a racist"..it should be "who is not a racist?"

My opinion is everybody is a racist. If not one cannot claim that he or she is a malay, chinese or indian. The real sensitivity is whether the races can tolerate each other. As a racist, one can be a moderate and the other is an extremist.

What we have achieved so far is due to the tolerance created by the moderate malays, chinese and indians that put peace and harmony as a top priority agenda. What is shaking it now is the doings of the extremists. The extremist racists want what only benefit his own race without thinking of the others.

Asking of 30% is a moderate claim as there's still 70%. If we are to ask for 100%, well that is selfish.

I agree with Tun that here in Malaysia, all races enjoy what other countries could not offer. I have not heard countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US or UK allow chinese, indian or sekolah agama to operate. Over there, it is either join our system or get out of our land.

All these while, has DEB ever threaten the chinese dominance in controlling malaysia's economy? I dont think so. Have the indians being denied of their rights? Have the malays being neglected?

The system is there except that there are some quaters who manipulated the system to their personal and kronies' benefit.

Mikester said...

My Good Doctor,
I am very quickly losing what little respect that I had for you. What is this nonsense of Lord and Servant? This concept is easily 20 years outdated. It is the Malay 'Tuans' (whom you fathered) who have embezzled our nation.

You live cocooned in a castle of hypocrisy that you have/pretend to not have seen the plight of the Indian laborer/estate worker who had no love from your racist government. I find it funny that it was your government that had continued to differentiate the Malay, Chinese and Indian citizen and kept them in their place for the sake of building the bumiputra race that was 'threatened'. Today the bumiputras are in power, managing everything (because we all know they have to be partners in every single business we set up to be loved by the government).

And you managed to keep the Indians subservient by appointing your bouncer friend Samy Vellu, a common thug enthroned the only voice of the Indian population. Helluva lot he did for the Indians, eh?

It is all shameful, Doctor. Being a Malaysian of Indian birth, I thought you were the PM of all Malaysians. But actually you're a Fuhrer who wanted to create a master race.

There is no need for a Tuan here, doc. You sound astoundlingly similar to a white supremacist raging hate on a black citizenry.

Grow up old man, and let us alone to decide our destiny.

Unknown said...

Pembaca semua - selamat sejahtera,

Orang melayu mempertahankan islam sebagai agama rasmi, Bahasa Melayu didaulatkan, kedudukan bangsa Melayu diberikan keistimewaan, keitimewaan Sultan-Sultan dipelihara dan diperkukuhkan. Perlembagaan Persekutuan jangan dibaca secara literal tetapi perlu dihayati kenapa adanya keistimewaan kepada orang-orang Melayu termasuk Sultan-Sultan mereka. Apakah perkara-perkara diatas menjadi masaalah kepada sesetengah orang-orang cina, india mahupun orang-orang Melayu sendiri sedangkan nenek moyang mereka tiada masaalah demikian. Mereka melenting tentang penerapan prinsip-prinsip yang diterimapakai tersebut dalam perlembagaan namun tidak malu meniru barat dari segi perangai pakaian dan budaya sehingga nilai bangsa mereka sendiri tidak penting sehinggakan nak meminta perkenan sebagai ahli ADUN dihadapan Sultan pun tidak mahu pakai songkok - tapi pakai kot orang barat takpe sedangkan itu bukanpun pakaian orang cina mahupun India. Kalau ada masaalah, bincang dengan Sultan-Sultan dinegeri masing-masing. Kemerdekaan dan perlembagaan tidak merubah sedikit pun kedudukan Sultan-Sultan dinegeri masing-masing. Bagi mereka yang diSabah dan Sarawak yang tidak menggangap mereka Melayu, tanyalah orang Cina, adakah orang Hokkien, Tiong Hua, Kantonis, hakka, Fuchow - mereka itu semuanya orang Cina atau bukan. Begitu juga, adakah orang Tamil dan lain-lain diIndia itu semua orang India atau tidak. Persoalan yang sama, adakah orang jawa, bugis, Acheh mereka juga orang-orang Melayu. Jika orang dusun, iban tidak menggangap mereka dalam kelompok orang Melayu - kenapa mereka ini ada di Kepulauan Melayu? Orang hokiien dan Kantonis bercakap lain bahasa begitu juga hakka dan sebagainya namun mereka adalah kelompok China. Saya pelik kenapa mereka diSabah menolak sendiri mereka dari kelompok yang sama - iaiu kelompok Melayu? Ia memang betul orang dusun berbahasa lain, begitu juga orang Kelantan - orang Kelantan Melayu ke tidak? Orang Acheh pun bahasanya (dialeknya) lain - ,mereka ni Melayu atau tidak? kalau orang-orang Cina samada Hokkien, kantonis dsb tiada masaalah sebagai Cina, kenapa pula mereka diSabah dan Sarawak menggangap mereka lain dengan orang melayu - mereka harus tengok kulit dan muka dan mata mereka - persamaan yang ada. Orang Kenyah diBelaga ada `Uma Kelap'. Perkataan Uma itukan singkatan bahasa `rumah' dari perkataan Melayu.Seperti orang holkkien kantonis dusun iban jawa acheh adalah entiti tersendiri namum masing-masing adalah dalam kelompok tertentu - bagi orang India dan cina, mereka ada tanah besar namum kelompok Melayu ini mereka berada dalam bentuk kepulauan (archipelago)

Dr Abdul Rani Kamarudin
-pandangan peribadi sahaja

Unknown said...

Dear Tun Dr. Mahathir,

I am kind of sad because Malaysia is getting smaller each day. The land erosion is happening due to the environmental effects and last but not least missing out on Pulau Batu Putih is truly unacceptable.

The Hague judges argued that Malaysia simply do not have concrete and convincing letters to introduce to The Hague regarding the Sultan claims.

Of course there is no concrete proof. Isn't the British Residence seems to intervene along the diplomatic process before the Malaya Independence? Sir Lee Kuan Yew realised that the Sultan simply can't read and write due to the fact that the British will Rule and conquer so the only way to win back is to claim it at The Hague. He knows that's where Malaysian Government will lose.

In my opinion Tun, The Hague should give it back to Malaysia because our Sultan are being cheated by the Crown Rule and so Batu Putih remains as Malaysian Territory.....

Jay said...

i think we should practice to use "malaysian" instead of malay,chinese, indian, and whatso ever.. In UK they giving all the priority equally to all races..thats the reason they well to do. If we practice that here, Malaysia will grow dramatically high, and become one of the top countries in the world. We as a malayasians need to live as malaysian.

BAALIFBAYA said...

Assalammualaikum dan salam sejahtera serta salam segala salam buat semua warga blog yang membaca tulisan saya ini.

Tun, dalam mentadbir sesebuah negara seharusnya seseorang pemmpin itu mepunyai tanggungjawab terhadap apa yang di pimpin serta siapa dan apa yang di pimpin.

Apa yang saya lihat ketika ini ialah, kelemahan yang nyata Perda Menteri kita ketika ini memerintah Malaysia.

Langkah yang Tun buat iaitu keluar dari UMNO merupakan satu keputusan yang Tun sendiri buat dan ketahui maksud yang tersirat dan tersurat.

Jadi yang peting di sini ialah, teruskan perjuangan Tun dalam menegakkan kebenaran.

JeyPathySarritzu said...

I so agree with you steve.

What good would it do if you keep helping the malays (oh i mean cronies) to get richer?

When in comes to global challenges, they still fail! They should learn to fight for the right equally and know the hardship of getting something or somewhere by not using their "birth right"

Well Tun, you failed in that mode. 22 years under your reigm you may have got malaysia on the map, but sad to say the bumiputras (safe except for the elite cronies) are still struggling to face reality.

lovemalaysia said...

Tun,

Dont bother what ppl said, you did a great job during ur term. Kita difahamkan bahawa isu perkauman tidak dibentangkan kerana ia isu sensitif. Masalah ramai bukan Melayu tidak fasih berbahasa Malaysia adalah kekurangan pergaulan di anatara kaum, tetapi dengan kaum sendiri and berkomunikasi dengan bahasa ibunda. Sometimes, we have to think on other perspective, firkirkan dari sudut yang berbeza. Kaum bukan bumi terutamanya generasi muda, tidak faham tentang hak-hak istimewa, tapi ramai bukan bumi pun hidup dalam kesusahan, tapi berkerja dgn lebih tekun walaupun dalam keadaan yang kurang memihak kepada mereka. Contohnya, seorang bukan bumi mengalami masalah untuk memasuki universiti kerajaan, kerana bumi quota, oleh itu, dia memasuki universiti swasta, tapi dengan pembayaran yang lebih tinggi, contohnya Rm25 ribu untuk ijazah bisnes, berbanding dengan univertist kerajjan RM10 ribu. Walaupun dibernarkan perminjaman PTPTN, lepas graduate, kena bayar lebih kpd PTPTN. Selepas itu, bila nak cadang membeli rumah, bumi diskaun 7%, cuba fikirkan perasaan bukan bumi itu. ini merupakan contoh yang ringkas, dan banyak keadaan belum dibincangkan. Ini telah membangkitkan semangat utk bersaing, lihat pada orang Jepun, mereka sentiasa ditimpa bencana dan selepas bom atom masa perang dunia kedua,telah membangkitkan semangat utk memajukan negra itu.

Mungkin salah satu sebab negara kita sentiasa aman, dan tidak ditimpa bencana alam seperti negara lain, kerana bila berlakunya bencana seperti ini, semua orang akan menolong sesama sendiri, tanpa mengira kaum, sebab kita semua manusa, ada darah dan daging, kita semua insan yang dilahirkan dengan cara yang sama.

Saya dapati sesetengah orang di sini memberikan komen emosional yang terlalu ekstrem dan tidak berfikir. Tak kira apa bangsa, kita nak majukan negara! Semua kaum mempunyai kelemahan dan kelebihan tersendiri, compliment to each other. Terutamanya era globalisasi skrg, org cina boleh berdagang dengan Rakyat China, Org Melayu berdagang dgn Negara Arab, Org India berdagang degn Rakyat India, negara-negara yang disebut itu menpunyai potensi yg amat besar dan kita Malaysia saja di dunia ini yang mempunyai kelebihan ini dalam bahasa dan kebudayaan yang mempunyai persamaan tertentu.

Saya berasa sedih Raykat Malaysia kini masih dibelenggu dlm isu perkauman, isu untk bersaing dan dengki kepada kaum lain di Malaysia, tapi bukan memikirkan untk bersaing dengan org Jepun, Amerika, Korea yang lebih maju.mungkin sesetengh komen bloggers adalah betul, bumi ditolong, subsidi telah melemahkan semangat persaingan di antara bumi. Sampai bila kita nak maju ni? Wawasan 2020? pada pendapat saya, tidak dapt dicapai jikalau keadaan sebegini berterusan.

(Nota:saya adalah seorang pemuda, Rakyat Malaysia yang bukan berkaum Melayu.)

HeroTamil said...

Salam sejahtera TUN sekeluarga,

The whole issue is blown out of proportion by some overzealous rascist.

Before making any assumptions or jumping to any conclusion these people should at least get a copy, READ and UNDERSTAND the speech you made in johore.

It is not that you are telling the MALAYS to whack all the non-bumis or whatsoever, or make slaves of them.

It is just a simple request, To the MALAYS to be the MASTER of themselves through KNOWLEDGE.

Duhhhhh!!
ANd THEY CALLED THEMSELVES EDUCATED!!

Unknown said...

Dear Tun,

I know this is not the place nor the forum, but, well here goes....

See my dad likes the fruit cake they sell at the loaf, i go there to buy it for him every week.

The last two weeks they have been out of stock, they say they have to wait till the stock comes from Langkawi. When i asked when, they informed me that they were not sure...

Could you, if it is not too much trouble to tell them to speed it up....

See, I love my Dad, and he loves your Fruit Cake....

Thanks Tun...

Gunung Kinabalu said...

Apakah tujuan sebenar Ketuanan Melayu ni? Orang Sabah Sarawak pun penduduk asal juga. Anyway, ketuanan ini sebenarnya sudah tidak relevan pada masa sekarang. Bukankah kita mahu hak sama rata, saya ulangi HAK SAMA RATA untuk SELURUH BANGSA MALAYSIA? kalau konsep yang menimbulkan banyak kontroversi ini masih dilakukan, hak sama rata di mana? Saya tidak mahu dianggap 2nd Class Citizen dan orang Melayu terus dengan ego mereka sebagai "kononnya" penduduk asal dan dianggap mempunyai hak yang lebih kepada segala kekayaan, politik negara, dan sebagainya. Kita ni sama-sama memajukan Malaysia, berganding bahu membantu antara satu sama lain. Jadi, apakah tujuan sebenar Ketuanan ini? Satu lagi, Karpal diugut bunuh kerana mempersoalkan Kedaulatan Raja-raja Melayu dan juga ketuanan Melayu. Bunyinya amat menakutkan...

kemek said...

Salam Tun,

utk : echelon

Pada pendapat saya orang yang paling tepat untuk dipersalahkah atas kehilangan BATU PUTIH adalah Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Malaysia Di Singapura. Kerana apa juga yang beliau lakukan banyak menyebelahkan kearah singapura. Contoh, semua agen yang dilantik untuk permohonan visa ke Malaysia semuanya terdiri dari syarikat milik rakyat Singapura. Syarikat-syarikat rakyat Malaysia yang bertapak di Singapura di Batalkan permohonannya. (contoh; Pinnacle travel) ini adalah syarikat sepenuhnya dimiliki oleh orang Malaysia. Sebagai pegawai yang dilantik, beliau seharusnya menunjukkan sikap sayangkan bangsa dan negara. tetapi, lain pula jadinya..

2) Pasal subsidi petrol, fikirlah masak2 sebelum keluarkan arahan. Ni, bila ditangguhkan siapa yang malu?! kena ketawa dengan negara jiran je.. jangankan diorang, saya pun tergelak bila dengar kenyataan kerendaan singapura tak boleh isi minyak. Macam manalah kita ni nak dipanggil 'TUAN' atau 'SIR' kat dalam negara kita sendiri.. Buat arahan tak guna akal.

Pada pendapat peribadi saya, lebih baik dipercepatkan atau di'kuatkuasa'kan semua kerendaan singapura dikenakan bayaran RM20 sekali masuk dgn serta merta. Dapatlah juga duit tu 'cover' untuk subsidi petrol. Cuba kira kerendaan pendaftaran singapura berapa banyak yang melintasi pintu masuk untuk satu hari? Tanyalah rakyat johor betapa teruknya kesesakkan yang berlaku di sepanjang jalan johor bila waktu balik dari kerja. Rata-rata kerendaan singapura. Diorang dikira pelancung ke? atau ambil kesempatan atas 'kelembutan' pihak kerajaan Malaysia? Fikir-fikirkanlah..

JY said...

Dear Tun,

I always hear that goverments in other countries helping the minority, but never hear that a government helping the MAJORITY. Only Malaysian goverment helps the majority!!

Malaysia BOLEH!!!

40% of people working damn hard to feed the other 60%. This kind of scenerio only happens in Malaysia.

Malaysia BOLEH!!!

Before retirement, Tun claimed that you were PM for all rakyat Malaysia.

After retirement, Tun suddenly become HERO of Malay community.

TUN BOLEH!!!

Unknown said...

The racial divide is really something that you perpetuated for your own political gains. In the 22 years you were the Prime Minister you did nothing to make this country united. It's always Malay this Malay that, everyone else pendatang.

Truth is you didn't even do much for a lot of the Malays, just the few idiots you wanted to be on the Forbes list. Do you now realize that spoon feeding only create idiots ? Look at the current government, MPs etc. Chimpanzees behave better. This is all your doing. Smart Malays you sent to ISA stupid Malays you make them CEOs. Well done, where did you learn that from ?

If only you had done the right thing when you were PM we wouldn't have to contend with so many ills now.

MM said...

Salam Tun,

Setelah membaca sebegitu banyak respon kepada tulisan2 Tun, yang menyokong dan yang mengkritik dengan teruk sekali termasuk menggunakan kata2 tak sopan (saya respek bagaimana Tun boleh menerima segala caci-cerca begitu), saya rasa hairan juga masih ada orang2 mengatakan Tun hanya menyiarkan respon yang menyokong saja.
Jelas disini Tun memberikan ruang yang terbuka luas kepada sesiapa saja yang nak meluahkan rasa benci mereka terhadap Tun.

Mengenai tulisan2 Tun, saya lihat Tun ini berpandangan dan berpemikiran terlalu jauh, sukar untuk kebanyakan orang2 biasa memahami, sehingga banyak salah tanggapan kepada apa sebenarnya yang Tun ingin nyatakan. Sebab itulah ada yang mengatakan Tun ini 'racist', hipokrit dan sebagainya.
Tapi yang penting ialah hati kita kena ikhlas untuk mencapai sesuatu matlamat. Biarlah apa orang lain nak kata, Tuhan lebih tahu.

Teruskan Tun menulis dalam blog, kami tidak sabar menunggu input Tun yang terbaru

Anonymous said...

one clarification ..... since you are comparing immigrants in England ans elsewhere.... Those immigrants came in well after the nation's development . On the other hand Malaysia was jointly developed by multiple races . The non Malays helped much to bring up this country . It will be a cheap tactic to say non Malays deserve nothing in this country .
In fact who found Melaka ? A Malay ? Who is the legendary Hang Tuah ?

roggonx said...

Tun,

Saya telah mengikuti laman web TUN ini sejak ianya mula diwujudkan. Kalau boleh saya tidak mahu komen apa apa. Tetapi apabila saya baca tentang article "The Racist Card" ini telah menyebabkan saya tergerak hati untuk menulisnya. Saya bukannya hendak mengatakan bahawa saya terpengaruh dengan idealogi TUN. Tetapi setelah saya sendiri membaca warkah HiNDRAF dan juga membaca article dari blog blog lain- saya dapati mereka ini semua merupakan pendendam dan PENDENGKI.

Mereka dengki kerana mereka adalah jenis stereotype. Mereka menganggap orang melayu ini 3rd Class citizen. Ini adalah hasil daripada tuduhan yang telah wujud semenjak zaman 60-an lagi. Pada mereka orang melayu tidak layak langsung mempunyai kuasa baik dari segi kerajaan atau sektor swasta.

Im not racist, but when people start to belittle my race,culture and religion- i think that has already crossed over the line. Lets have a good look at Singapore. Where are the malays? Are they staying in lavish apartment? Are they holding any professional job eventho they are qualified?? No they dont. They are not allowed to. The opportunity for malays to hold managerial levels in singapore is below than 10%. And if they did hold those position- they maybe working in non profit organisation.

Adik saya telah menuntut ijazah di birmingham england. Disana dia mempunyai seorang rakan melayu dari singapora. Biar saya cerita sikit pasa rakannya ini. Ibu bapa kepada budak melayu singapora ini adalah pekerja biasa sahaja. Bapa nya memandu taxi dan emaknya menjual kuih di flat flat singapora. Tidak ada satu sen pun mereka dapat pertolongan dari kerajaan singapora walaupun keputusan anaknya bagus. Nombor 2 pula, setelah dia menamatkan pengajian jurusan IT- dia kembali pada singapora..dan hanya dapat bekerja sebagai kerani di sebuah syarikat yang KECIL!!! Nombor3, dia terpaksa mencari peluang pekerjaan di Malaysia tetapi gagal juga-and akhir sekali dia dapat kerja dibidang IT di dubai setelah 3 tahun menamatkan pengajian. And that is SINGAPORE.

If you're muslim, and malay lives in singapore..then you're the lowest class citizen. Im not being stereotype. But that is what it is...and the saddess part is, the malays in singapore cannot do anything about it.

Sometime I wonder why people like RPK,Jeff Ooi, and any other bloggers are really against the Malay privilage? What if now-lets say now..the chinese and indians has the privilage in Malaysia-while the malays has no privilage at all. Would RPK,JEFF OOi, and other bloggers like PAS people will write for the malays rights and plight?? I dont think so..will someone like Uthayakumar or any other Hindraf members will bring the subject up?? the answer is NO..Would Karpal Singh pleage to the govt to help the Malays in PERAK?? The answer is NO also..

We(malay) are all alone..all these while we are alone. No one is going to help us. Not even the govt as for now..So we need to work hard in bringing up ourself.

Puak negro di amerika pun sentiasa memberi kata kata semagat pada bangsanya sendiri. Kita boleh lihat disudut filem filem ciptaan hasil mereka. Mereka selalu menaikkan semangat bersatu padu, and berusaha kearah kejayaan bersama.

Tetapi apabila orang melayu cuba menaikkan semangat bersatu padu, kita di anggap sebagai RACIST.. saya rasa tidak adil. We have done nothing towards the non bumi except for being nice and this is what we get in return??

So orang melayu fikirlah..kita ditipu skali lagi. And if we question this to them? They will tell us straight to face- "who ask you to believe so easily?" or "who ask you to be so stupid?" Think again..and think very hard

Maaf jika comment saya agak kasar. I just want to remind that the malays are always alone. So we need to help each other, and stop back stabbing, stop insulting, stop complaining..just work hard. Thanks

pijeng said...

akum tun.
saya tertanya tanya mengapa tun mewajibkan pelajar pelajar sekolah rendah dan menengah belajar sains dan matematik dalam bahasa inggeris.
ia ibarat pepatah melayu bagai pucuk yang muda sudah mahu dicantas.
ini membuktikan bahawa tun tidaklah racist.kerana bangsa tun sendiri pun ramai yang merana kerana tindakan penggunaan bahasa inggeris dalam subjek matematik dan sains...semoga allah membalas jasa baik tun

dakwan said...

Lee Kuan Yew ada berkata,"Untuk membuatkan orang mengikut kehendak kita, kita perlu ada kuasa ekonomi."

Jadi, layakkah kita Melayu mendabik dada sebagai tuan?

Unknown said...

To Dezember

Now u r talking about 3 of this races getting independent from British. Good then back to Federal Constitution which is the Supreme law of the land.

If u wanna claim ur right do it before independence. Not now so shut up ur mouth and dun claim anything from government. Muslim is the official religion, Bahasa Malaysia is the official language and we are Bumiputra protected with full of right. If u want this right blame ur previous leader why they sign the agreement before sumbit to British for indepence. then only u talk about getting independet together with thiese 3 reaces.

Mrs. Alexis said...

cpTun M, am with you all the way....

The Stabbed Recall said...

Salam
“Barangsiapa menuntut pertanggungjawab dirinya sendiri, akan beruntung;
Barangsiapa mengabaikannya, akan menderita;
Barangsiapa merasa bimbang, maka ia akan aman;
Barangsiapa mengambil pelajaran (dari keadaan sekitarnya), akan beroleh cahaya;
Barangsiapa beroleh cahaya, maka ia beroleh pengertian;
dan Barangsiapa beroleh pengertian, maka ia beroleh pengetahuan.”

Wahai orang yang bijaksana... [Politik] itu hendaknya engkau memelihara hak-hak ALLAH azzawajalla, hak-hak makhluk yang hidup dan hak-hak orang yang sudah mati. Yang dimaksud dengan hak-hak ALLAH azzawajalla ialah melaksanakan perintah-NYA dan menjauhi larangan-NYA; Sedangkan hak-hak orang yang hidup ialah menjalankan kewajibanmu terhadap saudara-saudaramu, tidak lambat-lambat dalam [mengabdi] kepada umatmu, ikhlas menaati [Ulil Amri] sebagaimana keikhlasan mereka dalam mengabdi kepada umatnya dan berani mengangkat muka ketika mereka menyimpang dari jalan yang benar; Adapun yang dimaksudkan dengan hak-hak orang yang sudah mati ialah mengingat kebaikannya dan melupakan keburukannya; Sebab, mereka itu mempunyai TUHAN yang akan menghisabnya.

· Apa yang ada pada kebanyakan orang... Ada yang benar (hak) dan ada yang batil; Ada yang sungguh-sungguh dan ada yang dusta; Ada yang [nasikh] dan ada yang [mansukh]; Ada yang umum dan ada yang khusus; Ada yang [muhkam] dan ada yang [mutasyabih]; Ada yang hafalan dan ada yang khayalan. Wahai orang yang memelihara... Ketahuilah! Hanya ada 4 macam orang yang menyampaikan [Hadis] kepada anda, tiada macam yang kelimanya:.....klik nama

'alaika wa 'alaihi al-salam
waSalam

jojo51 said...

Tun Mahathir has been called by many names, anti-semitism, anti-westerners, anti-americans, dictator, racists etc. They have to resort to name calling simply because they cannot rebut Tun's arguement and analysis.

Param took the easy way out and called Tun a racist. But Tun with his wisdom easily exposed Param's hypocrisies.

In the latest list of 10 richest billionaires in Malaysia, only one was a bumiputra. If Tun indeed is heart and soul a racist the list should be the other way.

Omar Salleh said...

Dear Tun, I admired you and thankful to you and believed you had done the best for all Malaysians irrespective of our race. Every one in one way or the other has benefited from the development mooted by you.
I am a member of umno for over thirty years and now saddened by the new young umno members who do not work for the party but for themselves. Orang yang tidak menghormati orang tua dan tamakan pangkat dan kedudukan.

Saya berdoa Tun sehat dan teruskan perjuangan untuk Negara tercinta.

Unknown said...

Salam Tun...

I hope that you're in the best of health now with your family after what have happened to u...

Im an avid fan of yours. I dont understand why u're considered racist when u merely want to help the Malays. If so, what have the MIC n MCA been doing?

To energy, the Malaysian chinese have suffered enough? really? truly? by all means...go to singapore. Im a Penangite n i have watched how the Chinese grew there. Even in job advertisement, most of these companies will write, "cantonese speaking are required".

Everyone wants to protect and help their own race. SO, why Tun is made as an exception?

For the Malays who are blind n still expecting to be spoon-fed... Open your eyes n buck-up! Maybe, when u have lost your 'hak keistimewaan' then u wanna do something? By then, it's just too late...

Omar Salleh said...

Dear Tun, I admired you and thankful to you and believed you had done the best for all Malaysians irrespective of our race. Every one in one way or the other has benefited from the development mooted by you.
I am a member of umno for over thirty years and now saddened by the new young umno members who do not work for the party but for themselves. Orang yang tidak menghormati orang tua dan tamakan pangkat dan kedudukan.

Saya berdoa Tun sehat dan teruskan perjuangan untuk Negara tercinta.

Hawk Tan said...

Dear Tun,
I refer to "JEFF" comment stating that you should study and take up Chritianity or you will end up in hell, meaning me and the rest of people who are not Christian goes to hell too.Who is he to comment on religions? It is people like him that create chaos and are the extremist.
Allow me to comment to "JEFF"
I am Chinese, my IC states I am a Buddhist though I never pratice it. I am one because my parents are. We are taught to obey our parents and elders. I was born a Buddhist not because I ask for it but my parents are one. My sisters are Christian, my brother are Muslim because he love the religion and his Malay wife.I for once never object in fact approved of their decisions. RELIGION is a very sensitive issues but all religions teaches us to be good human being (LOVE OTHERS NOT ONLY URSELF OR friends of the same religion.
I study Islamic, Buddihism and Christianity and I am happy and grateful that we are all allowed to practice freely our religions in Malaysia. You do not have any right to condemm Islam, your religion states that only Christian people like you go to heaven.even your mom and dad goes to hell if they are not Christian. If I am GOD only good human being, who helps others and have a kind heart regardless of race goes to heaven.Why waste your time preaching Jesus and not doing any good for the world and for the betterment of future generations. I am sure God don't need KAKI BODEK.
We live in the 21st century, lets all make peace and love each other. Remember movies like Armagedon, if it really happens the whole world will be wipe out. There will be no more human beings.Thinking of it makes me loves every human being in the world coz we are one species.
WAKE UP MATE!

To,
Gelagat Niaga,Cikgu Jai, Faizal, Aidi & JAIM
It is people like you, Malaysia will definately prosper and a better place to live. If the Government dont help bumiputra like you, I will coz u guys deserve it more than other people. (regradless of race). Saya bangga dengan kamu semua kerana kamulah Kaum Kaum diMalaysia dapat hidup aman dan damai. Seperti Tun, moga moga kamu sekelian dirahmati kebaikan didunia dan akhirat.

To, Energy,
please by all means migrate to singapore. people like you makes other loving Malaysian a bad name and impression. Boleh belah lah.

Signing off...
Anak Malaysia.

Mika Angel-0 said...

Che Det,
Salaams

I say well done! for playing the card; and the responses registered on your blog is a sample - though biased.

Let us see how the race base political parties in the Federal and the various State Governments handle it. I say it will be a very tough card to handle in the coming General Election which should be at the very end of the five-year mandate given.

It is after all very much complimentary to the national economics issue.

Since UMNO is an open issue, I say that the race card is too hot for them to handle...as they are even now.

Terima Kasih and salaams to Tun Dr M and Tun Dr Siti Hasmah.

SangSetia said...

Salam Tun,
Saya bersetuju penuh dgn titipan Tun kali ini. Sekiranya Tun yg masih menjadi PM saya percaya jawapan yg sama akan diberikan. Tapi sayang bukan Tun yg menjadi PM tapi PakLah yg perlu terlebih dahulu mendapat nasihat budak Tkt 4sebelum nak menjawab sesuatu soalan atau memberi pandangan. Apalah yg budak Tkt 4 tahu selain nak menjaga pupolariti PakLah di kalangan org bukan Melayu sehingga menyebabkan org UMNO pun naik meluat dgn layanan istemewa yg diberikan kpd org India sebelum pilihanraya berlangsung.
Itu semua bagi PakLah tidak menjadi satu sebab kekalahan besar BN dalam PRU12 yg lalu. Tapi sabotaj ahli UMNO dan isu Hishamuddin menjulang keris yg dijadikan mangsa.
Apa nak jadi dgn Hishamuddin, walaupun dah jadi "Kambing Hitam" tapi sanggup lagi nak sokong PakLah. KJ yg juga menjulang keris pun tak dijadikan isu besar.
Pada budak Tkt 4, kalau dah rasa "intelligent" dan "istemewa" sangat perkenalkanlah diri pada orang ramai. Test pupolariti you all dengan "expose yourself" kepada public dan dari situ barulah boleh tahu apa pandangan public dgn you all semua - baik atau tidak baik. Tapi mungkin takut kena baling dgn telur ayam busuk maka tak beranilah nak expose.
Pada ahli Hindraf, you all adalah org yg tahu menilai mana satu permata atau batu bata - mungkin bagi mereka Samy Vello perlu adakan satu lawatan sambil belajar ke India utk melihat sendiri kehidupan marjoriti rakyat India atau Kerajaan perlu sediakan satu kaunter khas utk mereka melepaskan kewarganegaraan Malaysia dan mereka diberikan kebebasan utk memilih negara mana yg mereka "prefer" jadi warganegara - kita lihat sendiri negara mana yg sudi dan berani mengambil mereka sebagai warganegara - mereka pun fikir 100 kali krn khuatir akan disaman di kemudian hari kelak kerana mengambil mereka (ahli Hindraf) sebagai warganegara.
Satu pandangan sahaja utk renungan.
Tun, may Allah bless you always. We all tidak sabar lagi utk melihat hari kejatuhan PakLah & his beloved family. Di hari tersebut, saya percaya ramai org yg akan adakan khenduri kesyukuran
30 hari 30 malam.
Wassalam.

cy97 said...

Dear Tun Mahathir,

You have been all these years think much and hard enough for the Malays. Before becoming the Prime Minister, you have been active in writing to the press and even wrote the infamous book called "The Malay Dilemma" After became Prime Minister, thru the authority you gained politically, you have implemented policy very much tailored made to uplift the Malays.

Well dear Tun, you have done enough for the Malays. Why not start thinking for " all Malaysians " disregard of races instead. Perhaps write another book called " The Malaysian Dilemma". I believe you will find this effort much more meaningful and self-satisfactory.

Think about it . Please.

Omar Salleh said...

Dear Tun, I admired you and thankful to you and believed you had done the best for all Malaysians irrespective of our race. Every one in one way or the other has benefited from the development mooted by you.

I am a member of umno for over thirty years and now saddened by the new young umno members who do not work for the party but for themselves. Orang yang tidak menghormati orang tua dan tamakan pangkat dan kedudukan.

Saya berdoa Tun sehat dan teruskan perjuangan untuk Negara tercinta.

Accyee said...

i hate racism come let us work together to abolish it haih.

Anonymous said...

Everyone in Malaysia is a racist. Let me give a simple question. If you’re a loan officer authorised to give a study loan to only one student irrespective of race, when all things remain equal, who would you give it to? There’s one chinese, one indian and one malay. Who would you choose?

Answer honestly. If you give it to your own race, then you’re a racist.

99% of the time, you will pick a student of your own race. Why? Everyone is a 'racist'.

So the chinese, malays and indians should stop having a holier than thou attitude and bicker among themselves. If the chinese and indians preach non racism to the Malays, the chinese and indians should just abolish their chinese schools and tamil schools and send all their children to the national schools to set an example (if they walk the talk).

At the end of the day, it’s not about racism at all, but the share of the economic pie. Who benefits the most from the Malaysian economy? We don’t see the wealthy chinese screaming about unfair economic treatment by the govt., in fact they relish it. Since they can easily buy off the contracts from the lazy Malay contractors and make more money from it.

Taminsari said...

Dear Tun,

As usual you are right in your comments. You have always been sensitive to all races in Malaysia.

People are claiming that the main reason they migrate to other countries like Singapore and Australia is because Malaysia is racist. Who are they kidding!!! The main reason thay migrate to other countries is because they are paid more there!!! I wouldn't mind migrating to other countries if they were to pay me 4 times more than what I am getting in Malaysia!

The main reason why Malays in Singapore are migrating to Malaysia/Australia/New Zealand is the racist policies of the Singaporean government. Imaging, no tudung Muslim girls for government schools - Malay students are not even allowed to wear the songkok to school! These policies are specifically aimed at cowing (sorry for the wrong choice of words - esp when you mention about Hindraf!!)the Singaporean Malays - and anyway the Singapore government seperated the Malays into subgroups such as Javanese, Boyans, Arabs, etc but no such division for the Chinese.

At least we do not seperate the Indians into Pariahs (BTW according to my Indian friends, the Hindraf "leaders" belong to the "pariah" group - nothing wrong being born a pariah), and Brahmins or the Chinese into Hokkiens, Cantonese, Hakkas, etc!!!

Surprising? Look carefully at the top officers in the military in Singapore - no Malay pilots, no Malay generals, no navel captains! At least we do not practice such policies here! If they suspect the loyalties of the Singaporean Malays, why do they insist that they enter the NS? According to my relatives, the Malay soldiers in Singapore only serve as "cannon fodders"! The Chinese want to be(and are) the tuans in Singapore! If you want to see how racist LKY is towards the Malays, read his memoirs, especially when the period after the seperation!!! And he was so proud of it.

What happened to the Malays in Singapore is a lesson well-learned by the Malays in Malaysia.

Jamil

AxedAdvisor said...

Tun,

Glad to read your current and the two earlier write-ups.

Your thought and arguments are so interesting without he 'emotional' element.

Whatever, each and every Malaysian, particularly-without prejudice - politicians, some lawyers perhaps, and those in NGOs must accept the realitiy that we are living in a Multi-racial country.

William said...

I believe Malaysia is well blessed with citizen of other ethnics like Chinese and Indian. China and India are going to be the world largest economy in this century surpassing the United States and Japan. The Chinese and Indian in Malaysia are the bridge builder that allow Malaysia to tap into the development of these two countries. The Chinese and Indian population shall not be regarded as liability to the country but the they are the assets.

I am a Malaysia Chinese. I dare to ask how much is the Malay understand us. We understand the Malay inside out. We knew how to speak their language, studied the history, literature etc in our school. We even excel and outperform our Malay counterparts in understanding their history, political, language etc. However the Malay appear knowing nothing about us.

The Chinese has 5000 years of civilisation. Our stories are passed from one generation to the next. The wisdom of our ancestor are the philosophy we use in our daily life, working and doing business.

We have a proverb saying that if you know your opponent, you will succeed in fighting hundred battles. I believe this is how Chinese are successful in Malaysia despite we are always handicapped.

We shall not be denied the right to speak out language as we could speak Malay to any other Malay. Could you speak Chinese to us?

antimamak said...

Tun:
Kalaulah roti canai anda dicuri makan oleh pekerja anda dan anda mengalami kerugian adakah jealous bahawa orang Cina dan India menjual mee dengan begitu laku??

Begitu Juga zaman pemerintahan Tun bukannya bersih sangat , banyak rasuah berlaku, makan sampai bank jatuh bankrap.

Kalaulah roti canai Tun terlalu masin dan kurang minyak sapi, kerana nak jimat kos... msehingga mengakibatkan orang lain tak nak makan, adakah Tun marahkan kerana sebab Orang Cina dan India tak makan makanan mamak?? Atau Tun ingin mengambil kesempatan lancarkan kempen atau buat publisiti dan menyuruh kaum mamak jangan jual roti canai akibat dari kaum lain melancarkan semangat antimamak??

Ok...Tun kalaulah Goreng pisang anda pendek sangat tak cukup masak, lalu makan minyak, adakah Tun menyalahi penanam pisang dari Cina tak gunakan baja? atau marah sebab pembawa lori dari kaum India tak tahu tanam kelapa sawit??

Reningkanlah... Malaysia sebuah negara yang serba cukup, kenapa jatuh miskin ?? Bukan lah salah Pak Lah seorang, tapi salah Tun juga .

Aaron Yee said...

Well articulated! Well done Tun! Your legacy is safe and sound - in the hearts and minds of true Malaysians.

Thank you.

mCrossings said...

Be his supporters

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Mahathir-bin-Mohamad/12411993651?ref=nf

izmt said...

Assalamualaikum Tun,

I feel that i really need to reply to "Jessen"

Who the hell do you think you are saying that 40% of people working damn hard to feed the other 60%.

Please clarify for me immediately these questions:-

a) Are you saying that we Malays are not able to earn a living be ourselves?

b) are you saying that the 60% are a useless people?

c) are you saying that the 60% reaps the benefits of other people hard work?

d) are you saying that the 40% are poor?

e) are you saying that you would rather live somewhere else?

f) are you saying that the 60% are just shaking their legs and wait for somebody to feed us?

Who are you to critisice TUN for championing Malay Rights.

Aren't the other non-malays leaders not championing their owm race rights.

Jessen do pach your things and leave. If living here is so damn hard for you and if we the 60% are taking the benefdit of your hard work away..

Go live somewhere where you can receive the so called help from the other goverments.

HIDUP MELAYU1976

Anonymous said...

those 'golden spoon' folks should wake by now else will be wiped off by aggressive globalization .
For those self fed folks , let's unite to bring in the new dawn for Malaysia !!

gen.baru said...

A'kum Tun,
saya setuju dgn ape yg Tun katakan.mereka adalah dari golongan yg tidak bersyukur dan sesungguhnya tidak layak berada dibumi malaysia.telah banyak yang kita korbankan demi menjaga hati dan perasaan mereka namum tidak pernah dihargai.mereka ini blh juga dianggap seperti belanda dapat tanah.diharap pemimpin kita dapat melakukan sesuatu agar ianya tidak menjadi satu beban pada generasi akan dtg.ianya patut dibendung agar ianya tidak berulang lagi.teruskan lagi usaha murni tun demi generasi yang kan datang.saya masih ingat lagi pendekatan tun dalam menyelesaikan tuntutan SUQUI satu masa dulu.syabas tun.

Mozafar said...

Dear Tun,

At 7pm news of NTV7 it was reported that GPMS and ABIM requested the Govt to reconsider allocating or increasing to 45% the quota for scholarship to non bumi.

I think this act of the govt under Pak Lah is very damaging indeed taken out of desperation to please the non-bumi. This episode is a clear indication of a very very very weak leadership.
And those of whom still supporting pak lah's leadership is in collaboration of the system and they should be held responsible collectively.

What is your comment on this sir ?

mustafa ht said...

salam Tun.ada banyak hal yg saya tak setuju dgn Tun.tapi dalam hal ini saya amat berterima kasih ada pemimpin melayu yg berani bersuara. saya telah banyak kali bangkit hal ini.dalam blog Tun dua tiga minggu dulu.dalam blog kadir jasin dan juga dalam blog khir toyo.saya bangkitkan tentang karpal singh tak pandai cakap melayu tapi mengaku rakyat malaaysia. tentang cina di indonesia dan siam yang tak ada sekolah cina dan tak boleh pakai nama cina pun.tentang hindraf saya
juga bangkit kan kita orang melayu
pun boleh buat tuntutan kerana kehadiran hindu disini telah merugi kan orang melayu kerana terpaksa menyediakan tanah,sekolah,kewangan untuk mereka.saya syorkan diwujud kan pergerakan di kalangan org melayu untuk menyatakan:1) negeri ini dulu nya persekutuan tanah melayu, 2)orang putih datang buat perjanjian dgn raja-raja melayu,3)hak melayu telah dimaktub kan dalam perlaembagaan,4)bahasa kebangsaan ialah bahasa melayu.

gerakan ini perlu dibuat secara konsisten dan dipelopori org kuat seperti Tun.kalau tidak tak jadi.

saya juga sebut dalam posting saya terdahulu terjadinya naik muka org- org yg ungkit hak melayu ini ialah kerana Umno termasuk Tun sendiri semasa memerintah dgn majoriti dua pertiga dulu banyak sangat berlembut dgn mereka.nak sekolah berasingan, ok.nak belajar bahasa sendiri dalam sekolah berasingan,ok.sami vellu kata kalu nak roboh kuil mintak kebenaran dia dulu,ok.zaman Tun sendiri Tun terlalu ghairah nak meningkatkan ekonomi melayu Tun abaikan kekuatan politik melayu.sudahnya ekonomi tak kemana,kuasa politik goyah.itulah padah nya sibuk nak jaga hak kaum lain.sudahnya MIC baru-baru ni dapat 180,000 undi saja.dgn undi sebanyak itu kita beri dia 3 jawatan kabinet.hindu sendiri tak mau MIC kita yg beria-ia nak jaga perasaan mereka.inilah padah masa kita ada kuasa politik kita tak perkukuhkan kuasa tersebut. sekarang kuasa dah kurang baru kita gelabah.salah kita sendiri.dah tu bila di buli-buli oleh kit siang, karpal dan anak-anak,param cupusamy tak ada pun pemimpin melayu yang berani tembak balik.semua kelu. hishamuddin pun tarik balik keris. nampaknya Tun saja yg berani bersuara keras.tapi Tun sibuk pulak menghabis tenaga berlawan dgn PakLah.diharapkan Tun bijak memilih keutamaan.semoga Tun diberi petunjuk untuk terus berbakti kpd malaysia dan melayu.wassalam.

Mat Dargo Sombrono said...

Dear Tun,

Some people interpret Racism differently. In order to have better understanding of the basic definition of Racism below is an article which I extracted from the internet for the covenient of others to know exactly what Racism is all about. Lets share something new from this article which could enlighten us further knowledge.
Racism, by its perhaps simplest definition, is prejudice and discrimination based on race. One with racist beliefs might hate certain groups of people according to their race (i.e., bigotry), or in the case of institutional racism, certain racial groups may be denied rights or benefits. Racism typically starts with, though is rarely confined to the assumption that there are taxonomic differences between different groups of people. Prejudices on other grounds would strictly categorize as discrimination to national or regional origin, religion, occupation, social status or some other distinction.
According to the United Nations conventions, there is no distinction between the term racial discrimination and ethnic disrimination

Definitions

While the term racism usually denotes race-based prejudice, violence, discrimination, or oppression, the term can also have varying and hotly contested definitions. Racialism is a related term, sometimes intended to avoid these negative meanings. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, racism is a belief or ideology that all members of each racial group possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially to distinguish it as being either superior or inferior to another racial group or racial groups. The Merriam-Webster's Dictionary defines racism as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular racial group, and that it is also the prejudice based on such a belief. The Macquarie Dictionary defines racism as: "the belief that human races have distinctive characteristics which determine their respective cultures, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule or dominate others."[

Legal definition

According to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,
the term "racial discrimination" shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life. '[1]
This definition does not make any difference between prosecutions based on ethnicity and race, in part because the distinction between the ethnicity and race remains debatable among anthropologists.[2] According to British law, racial group means "any group of people who are defined by reference to their race, colour, nationality (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origin".[3]

Sociological definitions

Some sociologists have defined racism as a system of group privilege. In Portraits of White Racism David Wellman (1993) has defined racism as "culturally sanctioned beliefs, which, regardless of intentions involved, defend the advantages whites have because of the subordinated position of racial minorities,” (Wellman 1993: x). Sociologists Noel Cazenave and Darlene Alvarez Maddern define racism as “...a highly organized system of 'race'-based group privilege that operates at every level of society and is held together by a sophisticated ideology of color/'race' supremacy. Racist systems include, but cannot be reduced to, racial bigotry,” (Cazenave and Maddern 1999: 42). Sociologist and former American Sociological Association president Joe Feagin argues that the United States can be characterized as a "total racist society" because racism is used to organize every social institution (Feagin 2000, p. 16).
More recently, Feagin has articulated a comprehensive theory of racial oppression in the U.S. in his book Systemic Racism: A Theory of Oppression (Routledge, 2006). Feagin examines how major institutions have been built upon racial oppression which was not an accident of history, but was created intentionally by white Americans. In Feagin's view, white Americans labored hard to create a system of racial oppression in the 17th century and have worked diligently to maintain the system ever since. While Feagin acknowledges that changes have occurred in this racist system over the centuries, he contends that key and fundamental elements have been reproduced over nearly four centuries, and that U.S. institutions today reflect the racialized hierarchy created in the 17th century. Today, as in the past, racial oppression is not just a surface-level feature of this society, but rather pervades, permeates, and interconnects all major social groups, networks, and institutions across the society. Feagin's definition stands in sharp contrast to psychological definitions that assume racism is an "attitude" or an irrational form of bigotry that exists apart from the organization of social structure.

Racial discrimination

Racial discrimination is treating people differently through a process of social division into categories not necessarily related to race. Racial segregation policies may officialize it, but it is also often exerted without being legalized. Researchers, including Dean Karlan and Marianne Bertrand, at the MIT and the University of Chicago found in a 2003 study that there was widespread discrimination in the workplace against job applicants whose names were merely perceived as "sounding black". These applicants were 50% less likely than candidates perceived as having "white-sounding names" to receive callbacks for interviews. The researchers view these results as strong evidence of unconscious biases rooted in the United States' long history of discrimination (i.e. Jim Crow laws, etc.)[4]

Institutional racism

Institutional racism (also known as structural racism, state racism or systemic racism) is racial discrimination by governments, corporations, educational institutions or other large organizations with the power to influence the lives of many individuals. Stokely Carmichael is credited for coining the phrase institutional racism in the late 1960s. He defined the term as "the collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin".[5]
Maulana Karenga argued that racism constituted the destruction of culture, language, religion and human possibility, and that the effects of racism were "the morally monstrous destruction of human possibility involved redefining African humanity to the world, poisoning past, present and future relations with others who only know us through this stereotyping and thus damaging the truly human relations among peoples."[6]

Economics and racism

Historical economic or social disparity is alleged to be a form of discrimination which is caused by past racism and historical reasons, affecting the present generation through deficits in the formal education and kinds of preparation in the parents' generation, and, through primarily unconscious racist attitudes and actions on members of the general population. (e.g. A member of race Y, Mary, has her opportunities adversely affected (directly and/or indirectly) by the mistreatment of her ancestors of race Y.) The common hypothesis embraced by classical economists is that competition in a capitalist economy decreases the impact of discrimination. The thinking behind the hypothesis is that discrimination imposes a cost on the employer, and thus a profit-driven employer will avoid racist hiring policies.

Declarations against racial discrimination

Racial discrimination contradicts the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence, the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen issued during the French Revolution and the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed after World War II, which all postulate equality between all human beings.
In 1950, UNESCO suggested in The Race Question —a statement signed by 21 scholars such as Ashley Montagu, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Gunnar Myrdal, Julian Huxley, etc. — to "drop the term race altogether and instead speak of ethnic groups". The statement condemned scientific racism theories which had played a role in the Holocaust. It aimed both at debunking scientific racist theories, by popularizing modern knowledge concerning "the race question," and morally condemned racism as contrary to the philosophy of the Enlightenment and its assumption of equal rights for all. Along with Myrdal's An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy (1944), The Race Question influenced the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court desegregation decision in "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka".[7]
The United Nations uses the definition of racial discrimination laid out in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, adopted in 1966:
...any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, color, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.(Part 1 of Article 1 of the U.N. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of

Racial Discrimination)[8]

In 2001, the European Union explicitly banned racism along with many other forms of social discrimination in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the legal effect of which, if any, would necessarily be limited to Institutions of the European Union: "Article 21 of the charter prohibits discrimination on any ground such as race, color, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, disability, age or sexual orientation and also discrimination on the grounds of nationality."[9]

Ideology

As an ideology, racism existed during the 19th century as "scientific racism", which attempted to provide a racial classification of humanity.[10] Although such racist ideologies have been widely discredited after World War II and the Holocaust, the phenomena of racism and of racial discrimination have remained widespread all over the world.
It was already noted by DuBois that in making the difference between races, it is not race that we think about, but culture: “…a common history, common laws and religion, similar habits of thought and a conscious striving together for certain ideals of life”[11] Late nineteenth century nationalists were the first to embrace contemporary discourses on "race", ethnicity and "survival of the fittest" to shape new nationalist doctrines. Ultimately, race came to represent not only the most important traits of the human body, but was also regarded as decisively shaping the character and personality of the nation.[12] According to this view, culture is the physical manifestation created by ethnic groupings, as such fully determined by racial characteristics. Culture and race became considered intertwined and dependent upon each other, sometimes even to the extent of including nationality or language to the set of definition. Pureness of race tended to be related to rather superficial characteristics that were easily addressed and advertised, such as blondness. Racial qualities tended to be related to nationality and language rather than the actual geographic distribution of racial characteristics. In the case of Nordicism, the denomination "Germanic" became virtually equivalent to superiority of race.
Bolstered by some nationalist and ethnocentric values and achievements of choice, this concept of racial superiority evolved to distinguish from other cultures, that were considered inferior or impure. This emphasis on culture corresponds to the modern mainstream definition of racism: "Racism does not originate from the existence of ‘races’. It creates them through a process of social division into categories: anybody can be racialised, independently of their somatic, cultural, religious differences."[13] This definition explicitly ignores the fiery polemic on the biological concept of race, still subject to scientific debate. In the words of David C. Rowe "A racial concept, although sometimes in the guise of another name, will remain in use in biology and in other fields because scientists, as well as lay persons, are fascinated by human diversity, some of which is captured by race."[14]
Until recent history this racist abuse of physical anthropology has been politically exploited. Apart from being unscientific, racial prejudice became subject to international legislation. For instance, the Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20, 1963, address racial prejudice explicitly next to discrimination for reasons of race, colour or ethnic origin (Article I).[15]
Racism has been a motivating factor in social discrimination, racial segregation, hate speech and violence (such as pogroms, genocides and ethnic cleansings). Despite the persistence of racial stereotypes, humor and epithets in much everyday language, racial discrimination is illegal in many countries. Some politicians have practiced race baiting in an attempt to win votes.
Ethnic conflicts
Further information: Ethnicity
Debates over the origins of racism often suffer from a lack of clarity over the term. Many use the term "racism" to refer to more general phenomena, such as xenophobia and ethnocentrism, although scholars attempt to clearly distinguish those phenomena from racism as an ideology or from scientific racism, which has little to do with ordinary xenophobia.Others conflate recent forms of racism with earlier forms of ethnic and national conflict. In most cases, ethno-national conflict seems to owe itself to conflict over land and strategic resources. In some cases ethnicity and nationalism were harnessed to rally combatants in wars between great religious empires (for example, the Muslim Turks and the Catholic Austro-Hungarians).
Notions of race and racism often have played central roles in such ethnic conflicts. Historically, when an adversary is identified as "other" based on notions of race or ethnicity (particularly when "other" is construed to mean "inferior"), the means employed by the self-presumed "superior" party to appropriate territory, human chattel, or material wealth often have been more ruthless, more brutal, and less constrained by moral or ethical considerations. According to historian Daniel Richter, Pontiac's Rebellion saw the emergence on both sides of the conflict of "the novel idea that all Native people were 'Indians,' that all Euro-Americans were 'Whites,' and that all on one side must unite to destroy the other." (Richter, Facing East from Indian Country, p. 208) Basil Davidson insists in his documentary, Africa: Different but Equal, that racism, in fact, only just recently surfaced—as late as the 1800s, due to the need for a justification for slavery in the Americas.
The idea of slavery as an "equal-opportunity employer" was denounced with the introduction of Christian theory in the West. Maintaining that Africans were "subhuman" was the only loophole in the then accepted law that "men are created equal" that would allow for the sustenance of the Triangular Trade. New peoples in the Americas, possible slaves, were encountered, fought, and ultimately subdued, but then due to western diseases, their populations drastically decreased. Through both influences, theories about "race" developed, and these helped many to justify the differences in position and treatment of people whom they categorized as belonging to different races (see Eric Wolf's Europe and the People without History).
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda argued that during the Valladolid controversy in the middle of the 16th century that the Native Americans were natural slaves because they had no souls. In Asia, the Chinese and Japanese Empires were both strong colonial powers, with the Chinese making colonies and vassal states of much of East Asia throughout history, and the Japanese doing the same in the 19th-20th centuries. In both cases, the Asian imperial powers believed they were ethnically and racially preferenced too.
Racism and colonialism in the nineteenth century
Authors such as Hannah Arendt, in her 1951 book The Origins of Totalitarianism, have said that the racist ideology ("popular racism") developed at the end of the nineteenth century helped legitimize the imperialist conquests of foreign territories, and crimes that accompanied it (such as the Herero and Namaqua Genocide, 1904-1907, or Armenian Genocide, 1915-1917). Rudyard Kipling's poem The White Man's Burden (1899) is one of the more famous illustrations of the belief in the inherent superiority of the European culture over the rest of the world, though also thought to be a satirical vantage of such imperialism. Racist ideology thus helped legitimize subjugation and the dismantling of the traditional societies of indigenous peoples, which were thus conceived as humanitarian obligations as a result of these racist beliefs.
However, during the 19th century, West European colonial powers were involved in the suppression of the Arab slave trade in Africa,[32] as well as in suppression of the slave trade in West Africa.[33] Other colonialists recognized the depravity of their actions but persisted for personal gain and there are some Europeans during the time period who objected to the injustices caused by colonialism and lobbied on behalf of aboriginal peoples. Thus, when the "Hottentot Venus" was displayed in England in the beginning of the nineteenth century, the African Association publicly opposed itself to the exhibition. The same year that Kipling published his poem, Joseph Conrad published Heart of Darkness (1899), a clear criticism of the Congo Free State owned by Leopold II of Belgium.
Examples of racial theories used to legitimate the imperialist conquest include the creation of the "Hamitic" ethno-linguistic group during the European exploration of Africa. Used in different ways, the term was first used by Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810-1881) to qualify all languages of Africa spoken by black people. It was then restricted by Karl Friedrich Lepsius (1810-1877) to African non-Semitic languages. The term then became quite popular, and was applied to different groups (Ethiopians, Eritreans, Berbers, Nubians, Somalis, etc.) Europeans conceived "Hamitic" people, allegedly descendants of the biblical Ham, son of Noah, as leaders within Africa.
However, the allegedly Hamitic peoples themselves were often deemed to have 'failed' as rulers, a failing that was sometimes explained by interbreeding with "non-Hamites". So, in the mid-20th century the German scholar Carl Meinhof (1857-1944) claimed that the "Bantu race" was formed by a merger of Hamitic and "Negro races". The 'Hottentots' (Nama or Khoi) were formed by the merger of Hamitic and Bushmen ("San) races" — both being termed nowadays as Khoisan peoples). The term "Hamitic" is nowadays obsolete. Racism spread throughout the "New World" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Whitecapping which started in Indiana in the late 19th century soon spread throughout all of North America, causing many African laborers to flee from the land they worked on.

Mainly dehumanization, but also racism, played a role in the American mutilation of Japanese war dead during World War II
State-sponsored racism
State racism played a role in the Nazi Germany regime and fascist regimes in Europe, and in the first part of Japan's Showa period. State racism also played a major part in the formation of the Dominican Republic's identity [8] and violent actions encouraged by Dominican governmental xenophobia against Haitans and "Haitian looking" people. Currently the Dominican Republic employs a de-facto system of separatism for children and grandchildren of Haitians and black Dominicans, denying them birth certificates, education and access to health care.[34] These governments advocated and implemented policies that were racist, xenophobic and, in case of Nazism, genocidal. The formation of the Dominican Republic was based on the Christian anti-semitism and racism carried out during the Reconquest of Spain.

Isa Manteqi said...

Maybe I missed out something during the run up to the recent elections. I thought I did not hear ANYONE mention even touching Malay rights. This was not even an issue. What WAS the issue was mismanagement of the country by a coalition who had grown far too powerful and far too arrogant to listen to the needs of the ordinary Malaysian - of ALL races it must be added. If this was not the case why did so many Malays vote against UMNO? So how can it be said that Malay rights are in danger? Out of the three parties in PR one is solidly Malay, the other run by a Malay who has given his entire life over to Malaysian politics. This is hardly a coalition that would sell the Malays down the drain. So why oh why is someone like Dr.M repeating the same old mantra of Malay rights. Is it because he really feels for the Malays or is it because he sees his past catching up with him faster than he had expected and realises that the best way to forestall the day of reckoning is to muddy the waters as much as he can?

Ayuh Kayuh! said...

Salam Buat Tun,
Saya bersetuju benar mengenai tercabarnya ketuanan Melayu di negara kita sendiri, mereka sudah terlupakah bahawa dahulu negara kita dinamakan "Tanah Melayu"-tanah tumpahnya darah orang-orang Melayu-dan bangsa asing seperti Cina dan India hanya pendatang untuk menjadi kuli kita sahaja? Bak dek inginkan bangsa Malaysia yang berbilang kaum kita akur dengan keadaan dan menamakan negara kita "Malaysia"-satu negara, satu bangsa, satu bahasa.
Kesilapan kepimpinan kita dahulu ialah hanya satu-membawa masuk kesemua bangsa yang tidak mengenang budi dan sudah pandai hendak memijak kepala kita sendiri di tanah air kita Tanah Melayu!
Justeru, pada pendapat saya juga elok benar kerajaan kini melarang keras penggunaan pekerja asing-antaranya dari negara Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Laos, Pakistan dan lain-lain negara kerana natijahnya-keselamatan negara boleh tergugat pada suatu hari nanti dan tindakan ini wajar supaya generasi akan datang tidak menyalahkan kita pula akibat lambakan pekerja asing yang rata-ratanya kita sudah tidak dapat bezakan (terutama dari Indonesia dan China) yang mungkin akan menjadi masalah taraf kewarganegaraan apabila masing-masing mengaku rakyat Malaysia apabila mereka masing-masing lebih fasih berbahasa Melayu berbanding rakyat Malaysia sendiri (terutamanya India dan Cina Malaysia)
attn: to "energy"-i'm really malay racist!

Wan Aikhsan said...

Yang dihormati Tun Dr. Mahathir

I would like to tell Randhir Singh that if he's not happy with this country, by all means go back to where your ancestor come from. The British brought the Punjabi's to Malaya (your grand father and uncles) just to polish the white ball la...

Don't tell the Malays what to do. Mind your own bloody business.

antimamak said...

Tun:
Saya amat suka blog Tun, yang begitu open minded, tidak kurang juga freedom of expression...Tahniah

Tun, ingin saya tahu, jikalau Tun jual nasi kandar tidak laku , adakah memarahi orang Singapore, serta mengujudkankan Mamakdraf memprjuangkan hak kaum mamak menuntut keadilan dari kerajaan Singapore?
Begitu jua kekalahan PRU 12, Kenapa Tun dalam article ini mengungkitkan Pak Lah takut kepada Singapore?

Tun,apa yang diketahui saya , Tun mengkritik Hindraf dengan Kuat, tetapi kenapa Tun tidak kritik Malaydraf yang memarahi sultan Pahang sebagai Natang? double standard bukan??

Tun, Memang Tun tidak pernah dengar Chindraf di Malaysia, disebabkan kaum Cina hanya minat Bankdraf, tetapi Malayu suka overdraf, Kaum India lebih suka anchordraft, Jadi Tun nampak dengan clear bahawa dimalaysia adalah multiracial country, kenapa Tun tidak wujudkan mamakdraft? Memperjuangkan hak mamak di Malaysia?

Kalaulah kedai roti canai telah bankrap akibat tiada customer, dan memaksa tukar Taukeh Melayu menjalakan perniagaan jual roti canai, akibatnya roti canai Taukeh Melayu itu tidak laku, adakah Tun mempunyai hak untuk mengkritik Taukeh Melayu itu ??dan mendesaknya keluar dan tukar taukeh melayu lain?? begitu juga kegagalan PRU12, kenapa Tun membuat demikian??

Memang Tun seorang yang bijaksana, pandai memainkan setimen perkauman, menjadikan masyarakat , politik UMNO kelam kabut, memang tidak dinafikan kelebihan TUN yang tiada tandingannya. Jadi kritikan Racist Card yang ditulis oleh Tun sendiri menunjukkan Tun telah nyanyok atau bodoh.Kenapa waktu pemerintahan Tun tidak melaksanakannya ?? Perlukah kaum Cina dan India menukar nama ala Malaysia?? contohnya Lim Kiat Siang s/oIskandar Kutty, Karpasinghs/o iskandar kutty, Nik Aziz s/o iskandar kutty, kesemua kaum melainkan Melayu harus ditambah s/o iskandar Kutty. saya percaya dengan cara demikian idaman Tun akan jadi kenyataan.

Kesemua kaum harus mempelajari bahasa Kerala. Bahasa Kerala sebagai bahasa kebangsaan. alangkah baiknya Malaysia akan menjadi neraga maju pada tahun 2020.

Saya doakan Tun panjang Umur, Kurangnya blog chedek menjadikan saya rasa sunyi.

mnor adyan said...

dear william why must we learn your language while you are here living in malaysia...? gosh u are so wierd..and to antimamak u sounded so immature and irrational...to the people yg memperjuangkan bangsa malaysia...how to prove to the world that you are bangsa malaysia? by speaking chinese or tamil...? even my japanese teacher likes to speak malay...thats why she came here to learn...

Nemesis said...

As the saying goes, 'two wrongs do not make a right.'

Exposing an individual who claims you are racist does not equal to the fact that you are not.

Furthermore, English as the teaching medium was brought in during your term because through a bit of enlightenment it dawned on the powers that be that a good command of the English language is highly beneficial in today's day and age and we can hardly say the same for the Malay language whether we like it or not.

As much as i agree that the indigenous people should be assisted to bring them on par with the other races, are they the ONLY deprived race in Malaysia? Are there absolutely no deprived Chinese or Indians? And yet they have to strive against government policies which are against them. Can patriotism be cultivated this way? Will they be proud to declare themselves Malaysians when they do not enjoy the privileges that their fellow Malaysians are given even when they are equally impoverished? I think not Tun.

And yet you think deposing Abdullah is all it takes to reverse the opposition wave. It takes more than that Tun, most of us are no longer the sheep we used to be 50 years ago.

Redhuan D. Oon said...

The reason why i do not wish to be called Malaysian Malaysia is because i am proud to be a chinese wherever i am. It is an Allah ordained character of humanity to show His Beauty and His Knowledge.

In case readers get drowned in my sufic poetry i offered more down to earth arguments here in bahasa - Bolehkah Cina Hilang?.

Redhuan D. Oon

jenkazama said...

Slm Tun,

Although we are all share the same flag,religion and the same moon and sun yet I can smell the fragrance of assobiyah here. The terminology "Ketuanan Melayu" is only valid to the peninsular and not in Borneo.

PEACE.

pang5bugis said...

Ybgh Tun.
Tiada seorang pun di pentas politik Malaysia sekarang ni yang memperkatakan hak melayu, melainkan Tun.

Mereka yang bekuasa dalam kerajaan tu macam lembu dicucuk hidung. PM pula terlalu menyayangi jawatan , maka terpaksa tunduk kepada semua pihak.

Bantu lah Melayu Tun

Unknown said...

I got a friend from Korea visited Malaysia about 5 years ago. When I helping him to check-in to hotel, he is very surprise that why I speak English with the reception. He even asked me those receptionist is not Malaysian. From that moment, I awake that why we have to speak english to each other but not our national language?
Even Chinese to Chinese, Indian to Indian, Malay to Malay, lot of them are speaking english amount them but not own languages. From that moment, I will try to speak Bahasa Malaysia to Malay or Indian friends and Bahasa Cina to Chinese people. English only to our foreign friends or in certain international events. Leave comment in english is hope that more people could understand and know more what we, Malaysian, as a whole.

melia said...

It still eludes my understanding that some people fail to see that most non-malays (i hate that we have to differentiate ourselves like that after living together for 5 decades now, more to be exact) aren't seeking any special privilege but just mere equality.

And honestly, what is so wrong with that? In sekolah rendah weren't we taught about keadilan? Is championing the cause for fairness so wrong? To make this seem like a racist cause is absurd.

I've always considered myself Malaysian. I went to school in a Sekolah Kebangsaan and was the only Chinese girl in my class. I spoke Malay fluently and I never felt that I was different from my friends. All they were to me were just kids my age that I couldn't wait to play with during recess.

Now the funny thing is, though I grew up with these people and though we spent the same years on this land, exposed to the same culture, education and pledge the same love and loyalty to the same country, I find that once I left the comfort of school, my malay peers gain a certain type of superiority and suddenly, I'm an outsider that should be thankful that I was granted citizenship in this country.

Somewhere in the comments I read someone who's studying abroad saying that we non-malay are ungrateful, "bagi betis, mahu paha" and that this is the land of the Malays and that they have to preserve their rights.

It is true that it is stated in the Constitution that the Malays will have their special rights. But bear in mind that this was crucial in order to form the Malaysia today. Back then, we were divided and were suspicious of each other. But after 50 years of living together, assimilating, do we honestly think we're still a threat to each other? If we wanted to wipe each other out, we would not have been able to achieve 50 years of Malaysia. Wouldn't we as a nation benefit from less racist policies? Instead of focusing on Malay rights and special privileges, why not focus on eradicating poverty which is the REAL issue that our country is facing? The fact is, there are so many non-malays that could use the help and if we're willing to reach out to other countries to help the poor, why should OUR people, who are Malaysians be marginalised just because we're non-bumiputeras? Nevermind the rich folks. Help the poor, regardless of their colour. The sooner poverty is eradicated, the better the country will be!

I've always thought the image of a multiracial Malaysia to be beautiful. I had a Malay friend who could speak fluent Mandarin and he said "I think it would be great if we got to learn Tamil too. It doesn't make sense for us to be living together and not know how to speak each others' languages." One can only gain from learning more languages, and it will definitely do the country a greater good if everyone could communicate with each other.

Like it or not, the Malaysia today is multiracial and multicultural. No matter how hard you try to deny it, you will see a myriad of colours walking on the streets. We have moved on from the time the Constituition was made. We have a different identity now. Though we by no means should ignore history, it is ridiculous to be stubborn and stick to old rules when we should progress with time.

I'm a 3rd generation Malaysian. This will be the only home I'll ever know and the only country I'll pledge my allegiance to. I deserve a spot on this land as much as any bumiputera. My loyalty is just as strong as yours. The memories I have of this country is just as deeply rooted as yours. We are not that different.

Tanah Melayu was a thing of the past but by all means embrace your roots and history. But do know, this is Malaysia now and it's a tiny land and we have no choice but to live within close proximity. Rather than pointing fingers at who's being more racist, why not opt for a solution?

Fairness and equality. How can anyone NOT want that?

1 said...

Kepada saudara Azmil 4:52 pm, di atas:

Apa pula kau kata orang bukan Melayu tak kasi orang Melayu nak kuatkan semangat?

Itu salah tuh. Kalau kita mahu kuatkan semangat, apa salahnya.

Tapi sambil tu janganlah pula tuduh yang diorang bukan Melayu tu nak kongkong orang Melayu lah, nak rampas hak orang Melayu lah, tak hormat orang Melayu lah...

Kenapa Dr. Mahathir nak tuduh camtu? Mana bukti dia? Bila masa orang bukan Melayu rampas hak atau negara ni dari orang Melayu??

Kalau Dr. Mahathir setakat memberi semangat kepada orang Melayu agar terus maju, baguslah.

Tapi ni pulak, dia tambah tambah lagi nak main tuduh tuduh nak api apikan perasaan anti-perkauman. Buat apo?

Dr. Mahathir, semoga Tun cakap tu biarlah demi perpaduan dan sebab sayang semua orang Malaysia...

Nak bagi semangat kat orang Melayu, bagilah. Toksah lah pula nak tambah tambah tuduh tuduh yang bukan bukan Tun.

Mohd Nadzri Kamsin said...

Hindraf yang dengan jelas cuba meniupkan sentimen perkauman di Malaysia dan dalam masa yang sama menabur cerita-cerita rekaan yang mengarut kononnya etnik India di Malaysia ditindas adalah suatu tindakan yang TIDAK BERTANGGUNGJAWAB. Tetapi agak pelik, orang-orang Hindraf inilah yang menjadi calon PKR dalam pilihanraya umum baru-baru ini.

南洋閩學網誌 said...

Good day to All

Masa Tun Dr.Mahatir mentabir Malaysia New Era College didirikan,Masa Lee Kuan Yew mentabir SINGAPURA University Nanyang yang didirikan melaui kerjasama Komuniti China di Rantau ini ditutup.Siapa yang lebih liberal Doctor Mahatir Kah atau Mr.Lee Kuan Yew.Adakah ulasan yang dibuat oleh Lee Kuan Yew itu
tentang marginalisation of CHINSE in Malaysia benar?
Siapa yang lebih membantu untuk mengekalkan kebudyaan China di Malaysia, MCA kah atau DAP.
Please give your answer.

Unknown said...

Dr M,

Your argument on western countries being racist is groundless based on medium of teaching. sure for example in australia or the UK or the US, english is used in all schools and there are no schools that use italian, greek, chinese etc as medium of instruction. is this one of your definition of racist?

you are so proud to trumpet the fact that in malaysia there are tamil and chinese schools. but so what? in australia, everyone competes to get into universities on merits whereas the non-bumis of malaysia have ridiculous quotas imposed of them because of race. so what is the big deal having tamil or chinese schools? in the end they are discriminated and their future affected just because they are non bumis. i know i rather be in a racist country where they only use english in school and not malaysia with chinese and tamil school only to be discriminated in tertiary levels.

malaysia can never grow as a country until malaysians become "malaysians" and not malay, chinese or indian malaysians.

Azizahns said...

tanda-tanda lemahnya bangsa melayu
1. keris tak boleh dijunjung lagi
2. bahasa melayu pun ditukar kepada bahasa malaysia.
3. songkok pun tak mahu dipakai dalam acara rasmi
4. perkataan ketuanan pun masih lagi dipertikaikan.
5. keistimewaan pun dicabar. dah takdelah lagi keistimewaan kalau semuanya disamakan.
betapa bodohnya pemimpin melayu sekarang.

mnor adyan said...

i've been wondering...kenapa bumiputra masih lagi ketinggalan....is it because we only get 30%..and the malays have to share it with sabahan, sarawakian and orang asli...30% tuh is not enough to tampung malay, sarawakian, sabahan and orang asli ..besides we are the majority....and for 70% for the non-bumis chinese and indians...no wonder laa they are rich especially the chinese...and now they want more....sound so greedy and selfish laaa...let say sistem kuota tuh tak de kan...if 90% chinese manage to go to universities as we can see byk chinese are good in academic...habis tuh mane pegi malays and indian...kalau mcm tuh tak balance laa....and the chinese will mix among them jer....kata bangsa malaysia....

pooh72 said...

Tun,

so far in the comments we've been accusing one another(race) of being racist.

i think we should stop doing so as we are only revealing the racist in us even more.

admit it,we are all racist in our own little way.do not say you are not racist not a single time as you a not prophet.

for instance,if a chinese guy cuts across you in traffic,your immediate reaction could be "tak guna punya cina".

if a motorcyclist who happens to a malay hit you from behind,you could be uttering "cilaka punya melayu.

this happens in our everyday live and it's a fact.

the real issue is,do we show it?

i've come across lots of job advertisement in the dailies which say "chinese preferred".

i've also heard that a chinese supplier will quote a different price to a malay contractor compared to a chinese contractor for a same type of good or service.

are these not a show of racist?do ask yourself as you have the answer.

regards,
everybodyracist.

Anonymous said...

hello Nadya , your message proves your out dated mentality . There's difference between foreign workers/tourist ...etc . They dont have bond or patriotism here . They dont pay tax here . Isn't it comparing non-malays and foreigers an idiotic idea ??

mednaha said...

Assalamualaikum Tun,

Tun adalah pemimpin tulen, pemimpin sebenar kami walaupun sekarang ini Tun berada di luar kerajaan.

Kepimpinan dan kehadiran Tun lebih terasa di hati dan di badan kami rakyat berbanding semua pemimpin yang berada di dalam kerajaan pemerintah.

Tulisan Tun di atas menghuraikan dan mencelikkan mata kami Melayu malah saya rasa rakan2 India yang lain.

Sepatutnya penjelasan seperti di atas adalah tanggungjawab kepimpinan Paklah dan konco2nya yang lain dalam kerajaan, bukannya hanya 'pandai' merapu sahaja apabila dikritik…

Tun, perkataan-perkataan seperti 'dimana', 'didalam' dan 'dibawah' di dalam perenggan 4, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17 dan 20 di atas seharusnya dijarakkan seperti berikut, 'di mana', 'di dalam' dan 'di bawah'.

Tolong jaga kesihatan Tun :)

JY said...

Dear izmt:

I never mentioned who are the 40% working damn hard to feed the other 60%.

Your reaction shows that you are really RACIST. You only see the people in Malaysia according to their colors; I see them according to their capability to contribute to the development of country.

The hard working 40% can be Malays (e.g. Tan Sri Rashid Hussain,Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar, the late Tan Sri S.M. Nasimuddin, Azman Hashim, Tun Mahathir, Tun Musa Hitam, Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Dato Hadi Awang, Tok Guru Nik Aziz & etc.), Indian (Dato Tony Fernandes, Ananda Krishnan, Kasi K.L. Palaniappan & etc) & Chinese (Yeoh Tiong Lay, the late Lim Goh Tong, Jeferry Cheah, Quek Leng Chan & etc).

Why you think that I refer the 60% as Malay & 40% as Chinese? It is because you yourself have the racist thinking, then you assume everyone is like you. No! I am not like you, I respect those Malay that grasp the opportunity given by government & start their own business & excel in their career like Tan Sri S.M. Nasimuddin)

This is my country. I was born here, educated here, I am Malaysian (but not a Bumiputra), why you ask me to leave this country that I love, just because of your racist perceptions? I want to contribute to this nation, who has given me a lot.

I am not only criticizing Tun championing Malay rights, I also criticize Ong Ka ting championing Chinese rights & Sammy Vellu for Indian Rights.

I only support those leaders championing Malaysian rights, the poor Malay, Chinese & Indian’s rights, the handicap’s rights, the needy’s rights……

Please do not comment with racisms…

Unknown said...

Salam Tun,
Saya amat tertarik dengan cetusan dan tulisan dari Tun.
Tahniah kerana telah hit 1 million.
Cuma, saya beranggapan kalau boleh selain daripada blog, boleh tak tun fikirkan kalau2 boleh menulis sebuah buku terhadap beberapa isu dan perkara termasuklah berkaitan dengan topik ini.
Saya percaya ramai lagi yang di luar sana terutamanya bagi mereka yang kurang arif mengenai it ini, tetapi telah dimomokkan dengan media yang hanya bertujuan untuk menghentam Tun dan menidakkan Tun. Saya percaya mereka ini amat memerlukan dan membaca serta mengetahui akan pandangan serta pemikiran tun terhadap beberapa isu semasa kini.
Berkaitan dengan tulisan ini, bagi pandangan saya, pemimpin terdahulu telah merintis dan membuat sosial kontrak yang saya fikir cukup sesuai untuk masyarakat majmuk didalam negara ini.Cuma yang menjadi masalah bila ada golongan racist2 yang suka memepertikaikan beberapa keistimewaan yang telah diperuntukkan dalam perlembagaan dan dalam perkataan yang lebih mudah 'Tak sedar diuntung'. Begitu juga terhadap mereka2 yang menjaga hak-hak keistimewaan itu sendiri serta juga mereka2 yang sepatutnya mempertahankan tetapi disebabkan kepentingan politik, kadangkala gagal untuk menjalankan amanah mereka dan suka bertolak ansur dengan perkara2 yang tak sepatutnya memerlukan tolak ansur.
Sebab itu, kadangkala kita bukan hanya memerlukan parti politik tetapi juga akhbar, NGO, Dewan perniagaan, Pesatuan Pendidikan yang ikhlas memperjuangkan nasib anak bangsa, agama dan maruah tanahair.

Kepada Tun,
Saya sekeluarga mendoakan agar Tun sekeluarga sentiasa berada dalam keadaan sihat walafiat dan diberikan kesihatan yang baik serta kekuatan.
Amin.

zainal said...

Hi Tun,
I agreed with your comments. These people should be thankful to the origin people who accept them and allowed them to be given the freedom and citizenship. If we compare to other countries e.g middle east; no way for those immigrants to be given such a privilege. Visa saja yang di beri. Why our "Tunku" have such a " tidak apa attitude"??Now what happen?? All the good deeds by our "Tidak apa, Tunku" was being taken advantage by some ungrateful community. Its like a malay proverb " Beri betis hendak peha". Kalau depa dok kat Amerika or other European countries baru depa tahu..

Taminsari said...

Dear Tun,

Whenever a NonMalay is critical of the country, the points that they broought out with regards to education, special Malay priviledges and the fact that they are feeling as though they are being deprived of their freedoms.
1. On Education : they tend to look only at public Universities - how about the private Universities and Colleges? Most of these people who complained have not been to rural schools. All the best schools are in the urban area. Look at the number of students in the tutorial colleges. Not many Malay families can afford to send their children to these tutorial schools. School performance is closely tied up with the economic conditions of the families. There are limited places for the much demanded courses such as medicine, accountancy, IT etc. Would we Malaysians be happy if these places are only for one race? The only fair distribution is based on race. In the Universities, the places in the much demanded courses are closely monitored by the various races. The same degree of monitoring ws not performed in the private Universities!!!! Many of them have only about 15% Malays. Most of these ungrateful Malaysians conveniently forget about PTPN which are opened to all races!!! Thus they prefer to go to the private Universities. See how many of these NonMalays return home afer we spent hugh amounts for their overseas education?
A friend in a University said that most of the NonMalay academic staff who were sent for their PhDs did not return - heard that their sob stoires to gain their PR status in the US, UK and Australia is that Malaysia is racist!!!
2. With respect to emigration, there are a hugh nuimber of Singaporeans who are PR of Australia and NZ. Did they leave Singapore because of the racist policies ( singaporean Malays did that). These people who said that the NonMalays who left this country due to its racist policies do not know their facts!! I am not worried about them - good riddence bad rubbish!!!

All the NonMalays want are more and more and more to the exclusion of others. We Malays have been more than fair to our other fellow Malaysians but the Malays are not about to be pushed to the period in the early 1970s!!!

Jamil

zainal said...

Hi Tun,
Why the current goverment is suppressing the malay rights?? They should look at the reality: Out of 10 billionaires in Malaysia, 8 are chinese and one is Indian and the malay is only one!! What a shame?? Imagine with 60% malay population their income per capita is the lowest: Rm 4500 for chinese, RM 3450 for Indians and the malays is RM2450.What a shame again?? The malays got nobody to get moral or social support if some bad intentions towards them from the government for example; compare to Indian and Chinese whereby they can get support from India, China, Taiwan, Singapore and all non muslim countries. Take example the Hindraf case, or the recent grievances by non malays which are not true, in fact.Most of the East Asian countries support the M'sian chinese.

anaklangkawi said...

Tun,
I acknowledge your writing.. same what u said in the malay dilemma..
let me highlighted here who is racist & who is not:-

1- mandarin speaking preferred
2- chinese contractor price? special price compared to other races.
3- why we need Sekolah kebangsaan? why we differentiate our kids at the beginning.. so who is racist now?
4- 30% economy by bumiputera? is 70% not enough? what else do you want?
5- University & scholorship? bumi's dont have money & biasiswa. u guys have funds like TheStar fund, limkokwing fund, MCA fund, MIC fund, other private company fund normally non-bumi will get it?
dont they? so this little governm fund still want to temper? so who's greddy & racism.
6-can a malay do business in chinese community? think about it?
but i think chinese are doing well in kampong2 with malay majority?

dont think malaysia is a simple country. i suggest those who appose Tun on this article read his Book named "the malay dilemma"..

Tun, u are always my hero from the day i born till now..

haz said...

aslmkmn tun,
semoga tun sihat selalu
u r the most brilliant PM in malaysia.kredibiliti tun x sapat dianfikan lg.sy rs sungguh terkilan dgn perbuatan pemimpin2 umno terhadap pun.depa dh jd mcm lembu yg bila tarik tali ke kiri, dia p kiri,tarik kanan,dia p kanan.walaupun sy kurang minat dlm politik dan masih mentah mngenai [politik tetapi sdikit sbanyak,sy tau jgk sepertimana rakyat malaysia yg lain.rakyat malaysia terutama org mlayu bukan bodo untuk menilai,bukan pekak untuk mendengar,bukan buta untuk mlihat apa yang terjadi skrg.sy harap tun teruskan perjuangan demi agama,bangsa dan negara.

semoga tun sntiasa sihat dsamping kluarga trcinta

mnor adyan said...

to vjkr, i dun really get u...what are you trying to say...some explanations please so that i can get a clear view....suddenly u accuse me as outdated mentality without explanations....tell me if u are the expert....actually u guyz neh perjuangkan ape? perjuangkan kuota ker perjuangkan bangsa malaysia...atau perjuangkan hak2 utk kaum masing2...? at the end of the day actually u guyz neh sebenarnyer perjuangkan kaum masing2 jugakkn....same thing happens to the malay...pastuh nak ckp bangsa malaysia...so confusing...things are getting complicated these days...and suddenly people berusaha bace balik sejarah....believe that everything happens for a reason...even i didnt get a scholarship...but i managed to go to university with study loan and i graduated...i live in urban area...i believe that i have a strong will...thats why i dun mind about not getting a scholarship...the poor ppl and excel in study shud get the scholarship...every human has their own unique characteristic...their strength and weakness...we are not that perfect we have limitations...i believe in this..QURAN MENJAWAB "Allah tidak membebani seseorang itu melainkan sesuai dengan kesanggupannya."
- Surah Al-Baqarah ayat 286

taipingmali said...

you are a malay racist yourself!
shame on you! malaysian chinese have suffered enough! Migration to Singapore is imminent!
Majulah Singapura!

VERY GOOD ...AND WHAT CAN U GET IF U GO TO USA, NZ, OR CANADA? CAN U PEOPLE OPEN A SRJK(C) OVER THERE. OR ANY HIGH SCHOOL SMJK (C)???

MM said...

Saya gelihati dengan cara ANTIMAMAK berbicara dalam blog ini.
Tak habis-habis dengan cerita roti canai, nasi kandar sebagai permulaan. Kelakar betul. Lepas tu dia hentam Tun dan orang2 yang support Tun.
Walaupun dia guna pseudonym 'antimamak' yang memberi gambaran dia tak suka mamak, tapi agaknya kalau satu hari tak kena teh tarik atau roti canai kedai mamak dia tak boleh tidor kot??
Maaf ya, bergurau saja.

Anonymous said...

Dear Che Det,

Mentioning the word race itself is already racist enough. Anything further is just plain racist.

Period.

Atila Ismeth said...

To : Jeffrey.

Your article 1June refers.
Quote : "....I know the quran dont allow u to question it. What kind of religion is this???"

I am Muslim.

I grew up in a 99% mixed religion chinese population.

I had two years of christian kindergarten, the teacher was a Dutch Christian Missionary. Before each morning tea breaks, she uttered prayers in Christianity and I would utter mine in Islam. She never commented instead she would remind me not to forget it before eating my bread.

I had 12 years a prominent convent school whereby the headmistress a White Christian Missionary.

My school was beside a Buddhist temple where we normally go and get fed free food by the Priests. Priests treated us with respect and we too extend our respect.

I make an attempt to be present at Thaipusams even into the temples to understand Hinduism.

I went to Chinese, Christian cemetary because friends or their immediate family member passed away. See how others do funeral or cremations.

I had piano classes with a Chinese Christian teacher.
I had yearly piano recitals at churches.

I had tenis classes from a Chinese Christian who is daddy's good friend.

I stayed in USA with a Christian-Adventist lady. While in the USA, I went to the church where my landlady goes every Sunday.
I joined them their Sundays yard sales, she plays violin beautifully for church recitals, etc.

In USA, when I cant find Halal meat/chicken from Arab/Pakistan shops, my next alternative would be from a Jewish Kosher shop. Even Jews would buy Halal meat/chicken from Arab/Pakistan shops.

My 46year old Godsister is a Chinese Christian.

My 20year old Godson is Chinese Christian.

My best friends are circles from Chinese-Christians and Chinese-Buddhist.

I presented a Quran translation to my ex-GM (my ex-employer) who wanted it from me seven years ago and now we are good friends. Hes a Chinese-Buddhist.

I was blessed by Allahwst in year 2003 "Labbai kallah...." to go for Umrah. Now, i pray that Allahswt blessed me to go for Haj next.

My life goes on...........


Jeffrey,
All my Life, I have never condemned other religion. As far as i remembered from my kindergarten days, I never uttered like those what you wrote.

My parents taught me of a verse
in the Quran : Surah Al-Ikhlas.

As young as four years old, my parents drummed into me to never mock other people's religion/faith because we live in a 99% Chinese community.

Have you opened and read a bit of the Quran translation in English? Please do, Allah's words are for everybody.

Allahswt blessed us all humans (all meaning you and i and all) with brains to observes other religions and to have respects for them. Quran & Hadiths are the guiding factors in Islam.

You got it all wrong when you had this : "I know the quran dont allow u to What kind of religion is this???"

May I ask you, what kind of shallow minded Christian are you? I pity that you had to say that.

Kindly do your homework before you blarred such statement of Islam because it reflected your shallow inner faith and consideration to other religions.

All my Life, I observe Surah Al-Ikhlas thus I am able to do through the long list above.

Till today, my Godson would discuss topics present in both Quran and Bible & many topics in Quran are not in the Bible. We somehow never ever quarrelled or get into argument.

I believe that ones religion at one understanding and for others to understand takes time.

He would question me daily topics from halal food and why, why wear scarf, prayers, to gays/lesbian, to Dooms day, etc.

I am sure Christianity would want you to respect Islam & other religions as well.

Remember we are the religion of the "sky". In Islam, the books for religion of the "sky" : are "Taurat", "Zabur", "Injil" and "Al-Quran". (Sounds familiar to you?)

The Quran has :
1. 1/3 very clear for us humans to understand and see (example of the Sun and the Moon),
2. the other 1/3 is unclear (examples : during Prophets time, the crack on the Moon is already written in the Quran, some cannot believe it, as 1400 years go by, science now has proven the Moon actually is like a ball cut into two with a crack in the middle. Even scientists refer to Quran to detect cetain hisrotical sites now.) AND

3. the other 1/3 belongs to Allahswt - beyond our human minds to comprehend (examples : seven levels of skies/heaven, what we see at nite up there is only Level-1 and "Israk Mikraj").

Because of Surah Al-Ikhlas, I never make any hint/force my Godson or my Godsister or other non-Muslim friends to convert to Islam.

To convert anybody is to convert ones heart mind soul and physical, thus must gain one's repect.

To condemn is certainly damaging and the religion would not be attractive, one nay shun away.

Allahswt would fate our path in Life for everybody in this World regardless a Muslim or non-Muslim.

Jeffrey, if you have any questions of Islam, I am more than willing to volunteer to answer you within my means...Insyaallah/God Willing.

Thank you.

kesatuan pejuang malaysia said...

Mr.Energy,hope that you can build/buy your house in Singapore(Or even Pedra Branca..hihi).Poor you dear Energy.How much you want to spend to buy or rent for a little house/apartment in Singapore?Do they have enough land to build new township?Think abaut it...Thoroughly before blaming dearly Tun.

Peace...

gwkolonel said...

Kepada blogger yang menggunakan nick antimamak

kurangkan lah idea bodoh anti dengan menghentam TUN tanpa fakta jelas.. kebodohan anda semakin ketara

MSMA said...

kebelakangan ini jika orang melayu memperjuangkan nasib kaum mereka, mereka dituduh bersikap perkauman. bila kaum lain memperjuangkan nasib kaum mereka, tidak pula dilempar tuduhan begitu. Kalau saya dituduh bersikap perkauman hanya kerana menegakkan dan memperjuangkan nasib bangsa saya, maka saya dengan bangga mengaku saya besikap demikian. Cukuplah saya lihat nasib kaum saya di negara selatan dan utara semenanjung bilamana duduk dibawah pemerintahan bukan melayu.

"Tanah Melayu Tanah Airku"

Thomas said...

Dear Tun,

I am a Malaysian of Chinese descent who worked hard to pay for my education overseas because affirmative action hasn't allowed me to get the benefits of higher education locally.

Despite this inequality, it has taught me not expect anyone to hand me anything on a silver platter. It has emboldened me to have a better attitude, to work hard, get a good education and fight to get through life as tough as it already is. It has made me stronger.

In spite of this, if someone asks me what nationality am I, I proudly proclaim myself MALAYSIAN, not Chinese or even Malaysian Chinese! Because it's the country I love and it's one that has made me stronger through it's un-equal system!

What has this affirmative action done for its beneficiaries? It has made them lazier and ignorant, and further increasing their dependence on this charity through the generations. Unfortunately, this vicious cycle will continue for as long as this inequal distribution of benefits continues.

yudhish' said...

Dear Tun,
What you are trying to say is true..There are difference between the rich and poor and we cant do anything if the majority of the rich come from the same race..Yet there are people who are still poor and cant afford to live in a unstable economy which we are facing now...For instance,as far as we are concerned the petroleum,diesel and electricity price went up...we never had such kind of a sudden high rise of petroleum when u was the prime minister...

I have no comments on whether u are a racist or not because as i know we never had any economical problem during your time as the prime minister...in this 22 years there are many things which u have achieved but i would say that it is not enough...and i wouldn't want to compare malaysia to singapore as i know that singapore is a small country and it is easy to develop a small place compared to a big place like malaysia...

But if the petroleum prices goes up, everything goes up...yet the wages or pay doesnt go up....how are we as citizens going to overcome this problem...i agree that there was pay increase in the goverment sector,but what about those who work in the private sector?...Are you trying to say that everyone should work in goverment sectors?...if that's the case,does the non-bumiputeras get a job easily in goverment sector?...

I still support you Tun,but it is just that i dont understand why are there many racial issues goin around in malaysia...they dont see themselves as malaysians and often compare themselves as malays,chinese,and indians...i do not blame the goverment in everything,but the goverment also playes a role in the racial issues...i understand that the malays were left out those days...but i can see many malays who are living with luxury now...so is the government spoon feeding the malay people?...i would suggest that the goverment help those who really needs it only..help the poor and those who need it...not help the whole race...well,i am sure the goverment could trace everything about a family's assets and liabilities...so they should help those who really cant afford and those middle class people...why does the rich benefits everything the lower class people benefit but the lower class people dont benefit what the rich benefits?

There are many successful chinese and indians..i cant deny that,but what is this thing called Bumiputera for?...that is the 1 which is making the difference...and those non-bumiputeras are feeling left out because of this....i would say that the goverment should only help those who needs help regardless the race.

And the country really needs to develop,why isn't the goverment improving the public transport and why are there so many cars on the road which causes to traffic congestion?...i never experienced this in singapore...why are there only 2 coaches in a LRT in malaysia and why are there around 15 coaches in a MRT in singapore?...is it because Malaysia doesnt have the facility to increase the the public transport system?...or is it because the politicians have kept the balance money to themselves instead of using the total amount on building this infrastructures? and to speak about road systems,why is the roads built and after a few years i see them digging back the road to do something else?....shouldnt they plan it everything in the beginning itself...well,if they want to put a new piping line or upgrade the system of any such things shoudn't they plan it all in the beginning?...

i would say that malaysia's rules and regulations are not strict enough and the law and order is also not implemented well enough...no one is afraid of the law&order or abide the rules®ulations here...this should be stopped and i wouldnt mind if malaysia is as strict as singapore because there it's like "if everyone follows the rules,why shouldn't i follow as well" but here it's like "why should i follow the rules while others don't"....

anyway,that is all that i wish to say....keep on ur good work and i hope you could do some good to us...i am an INDIAN but i see myself as a HUMANBEING before i call myself a MALAYSIAN.I'm only 20 years old and i admit that i don't know much about politics and life,but this is just my point of view.I'm sorry if i had said anything that may have offended you or anyone else.THANK YOU!

MALAYSIA BOLEH!!

P.S:Hope they achieve VISION 2020,i doubt the goverment could do it.So i hope they prove it to everyone.

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izmt said...

Assalamualaikum TUN,

Halo there Jessen,

Thank you for your reply.

Your denial that that the 60% is not referring to the Malays dose not hold water and can be rebutted.

Reasons:-

1. we are posting comments in an article entitled "Racist Card" and basically it is about the Malays.

2. you did say something on the government helping the majority which directly points to the malays

3. and come on, if you use the figure 60% & 40% it is soo obvious that you are referring to malays & non-malays ratio.

Let us get confirmation on the composition of Malaysians according to race. hope somebody can gives us the figure...

If you are saying that i am a racist, a would really like to meet someone who is not racist...

Wake up dear Jessen from your utopian world whereby no one is racist. the only thing is how racist you are, it is just a matter of degree.

If you want to contribute to the country, why are questioning the sanctity of the social contract.

Would you agree with me that all this attack and questions on the social contract is not good for the country.

One more thing, everbody is championing their own race. and both of us are no different.

Unknown said...

2) “Appeal for United Kingdom to move emergency United Nations Resolution condemning “Ethnic Cleansing” in Malaysia”.

Is this statement true?????

When we look at the world map today, we can easily identify India on the map.( The same goes to the others)

There was a Malay Peninsula (Semenanjung Tanah Melayu) on early years map before. But, the name had gone now.

So we can see now which race is trying to wipe out which from this world. Common sense will give you an answer.

Hidup TUN!! We still need you.

Akmal Hisham Abdul Rahim said...

Salam Tun,

Saya secara peribadi amat bersetuju dengan artikel Tun ini. Umat Melayu perlu ada satu kefahaman yang baru dan pada hemat saya, rata-rata pemikiran anak muda kini sudah terkesan dengan konsep 'total freedom' (kebebasan yang mutlak!) dan total equality.

Walhal jika kita lihat konsep equality dan justice itu berbeza.

Apappun saya berharap agar artikel Tun ini dapat dibaca oleh ramai umat Melayu yang lain.

Walaupun saya amat tidak bersetuju dengan beberapa idea dan pendapat Tun, tetapi dalam hal ini saya menyokong 100%.

Terima kasih.

Orang Malaysia said...

The racism in Malaysia is due to refusal of Chinese and Indian Malaysians to assimilate to the local cultures and language. Religion is personal issues, they are not expected to be muslims.

I have been living in Canada for 3 years now. The first thing the immigrants would do when they first arrived in Canada is to get English language training including the Chinese and Indians from Malaysia. It is embarrasing that some foreigners speak better Bahasa Malaysia than some Chinese.

How to create Bangsa Malaysia when children are segregated by race from Kindergarten?. There is no interaction with other races. Race-based education should be abolished. All children here are educated in English in Canada but they have French, German, Spanish and Mandarin immersion programs.

I am a Malay and I am proud of my heritage but I practise "Dimana bumi dipijak, disitu langit dijunjung". I behave like a Canadian to be accepted as one.

Anonymous said...

dear tun


actually i don't really care i'm chinese or what.cause i really born in M'sia.that's fact.why human just think this people want take my thing,that's people want kill me.i don't why study a lot book will have this thinking.malay not human?chinese not human?or india not human?i hope all M'sian don't care what race.just help our country.no matter what race you are.you still have to eat.why don't use the time go help people who really need help.more better than just talk.

Mamee said...

Assalamualaikum Tun,

Very true. You always have a way of saying things just as THEY are. My husband is not a Malaysian, but he is MORE Malaysian than some..well MOST Malaysians. He is from the West and since decades ago he has been admiring you. You are the only person who makes sense for him, and is his hero, as you are mine. Everything that he says about the West is exactly as how you put it. Thus, he has been promoting Malaysia and her multi-racial peaceful "contents" to the western world, especially Muslims here.

In Holland and Belgium for example, there is a special word for immigrant - "allochtonen", as long as you are not completely WHITE - even if you are a mixed dutch (have a Dutch mother or father) born dutch, hold a dutch passport and VERY Dutch! In Spain, it is the same, although Mediterraneans are not as racist as Europeans from other parts of the West.

I'd like to share an article I recently read from The Netherlands. A woman, a third-generation moroccan woman, went to a swimming pool in a fully covered Muslima swimming suit - you have these in Malaysia. The people who were swimming in there didn't like the sight of her and complained to the pool manager. She was instructed to get out and leave. When it became a case, the manager explained to the press simply by indicating that they 'have three different periods for different categories: 1. Old people, 2. The less-abled people 3. Immigrants.

And they have the cheeks to tell the rest of the world on how lovingly "tolerant" and dashingly "integrated" they are.

When I read about the Tamil Malaysians' complains, or when I talk to my non-malay friends who keep complaining about how one-sided Malaysia is, I quickly tell them to fly out of the country and try living in a 'multiracial' environment as in the west, where they have so much faith in. Only THEN, they will realize that they have been complaining about walking without shoes, when others are walking without foot!

Eireen Camelia said...

totally agree with hawk tan..
come on lah, why you people make things getting complicated?

im malay. i have lots of indian and chinse friends. i respect them, and im not a racist.

im growing up with stephen chows' movies and some indian heroes like rajnikan. get my point?

please be thankful and glad for living in Malaysia.. why cant u people (to those who feel bad-treatened) just show and spread some love?? hatred wont bring to any better solutions.

and yeah to Energy... maaan im so so dissapointed with your words. its rude. and unintelligently projected.

and im just 17. laugh at me. i dont even care.

SAYANG YOU TUN M~! GOD BLESS YOU :)

dzulqarnain said...

TUN we need you back... we still need you for our bright future... i don't care what you did past, but you better than UMNO leader now...

please help us....

Unknown said...

Tun,saya amat bersyukur kerana saya lahir pada tahun 1984 kerana pada ketika itu Tun adalah Perdana Menteri Malaysia.

Saya membesar didalam negara yg sudah harmoni dan sedang pesat membangun.Menikmati hidup dengan selesa,walaupun ibu bapa saya tidak berpendapatan tinggi tetapi kami masih cukup makan,cukup pakai.
Tidak ada seorang rakyat Malaysia pon yg bole menafikan itu semua.

Tetapi skrg saya sudah berumur 24 tahun.Saya amat risau kerana ini adalah waktu saya 'my turn to shine'.Bagaimana saya hendak melakukan semua itu dengan keadaan negara skrg ini.

Kita telah menyaksikan negara2 jiran kita jatuh di tangan negara2 besar.Saya xmahu kita turut menerima nasib yg sama dgn mereka.

Plz Tun,u have to do something about it.


p/s : Saya amat bersetuju dgn komen Pulau Sibu...

Unknown said...

Hi your honorable TDM
Your say on when non Malays claiming for their rights they are not considered racist and when Malays claiming for their rights we are considered racist.

I think the statement is not accurate. As when Non-Malays claiming for their rights, citizenship and equal treatments in all aspects, they never downgraded or attempted reduce the rights of Malays, let alone making claim that they are the Tuan of other races. If one were to recall episodes in German History, the massacre carried out on other races was derived from racial hatred and racial superiority of one race, the Aryan. But in the case in Malaysia, Non-Malays never made any claim they are more superior, so where is the racist part?

No one in this country is robbing anyone of their rights. Non Malays are not robbing rights of Malays. What they are advancing is to advance the country through meritocracy. For more than 30 years since NEP, if the model of development of NEP need not be changed as changing it is construed as robbing the rights of Malay, then how come the country is not developed yet? Can you say our country is no more developed than S.Korea, HK when they were on par with us 20-30 years ago? If not, then it must be something wrong with the system. The Non Malays are asking for openness so the country can compete and advance, is it racist? I cannot find any racial element here.

Nuar Da Vizard said...

It's true TUN!!

saye sgt sedh bler Tun meninggalkn UMNo..
tp dsbbkan kepmpinn skrg yg lemah...kita semue ptt kua dr UMNO tnd protes keats AAB...
dia lemah...xseperti Tun...

dgn khairi yg makin naik skrg ini...
sayer xtahu mcm maner arh tuju Malaysia slps ini...

saye tkt apabila Anwar Ibrahim makin berpengaruh dlm arena politik kita...

saye tidak mahu ngra kita hncur dtgn dia.

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