Im a malay, well mixed. But i seriously think that the bumiputera rights is a piece of bullshit and its not helping anyone except the malays. EVen the malays take it for granted, all were doing is just spoon-feeding them.

Im a malay, well mixed. But i seriously think that the bumiputera rights is a piece of bullshit and its not helping anyone except the malays. EVen the malays take it for granted, all were doing is just spoon-feeding them.

Just for clarification. My friend found out about this thread.

cheers,

This is a very good article from a younger generation and a great granddaughter of Tunku Abdul Rahman.  A very well expressed opinion of how all Malaysians should be treated.
 
 

IF THIS IS THE VOICE OF YOUR YOUNGER GENERATION IN MALAYSIA , YOU WILL BE BLESSED.


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By The Tunku's Great Granddaughter
This is a great piece. She has all the qualities of her great grandfather. Tunku has reason to be proud of  her!

Tunku Abdul Rahman's great granddaughter
Sharyn Lisa Shufiyan, 24, Conservationist
Both my parents are Malay. My mum's heritage includes Chinese, Thai and Arab, while my dad is Minangkabau. Due to my skin colour, I am often mistaken for a Chinese.

I'm happy that I don't have the typical Malay look but I do get annoyed when people call me Ah Moi or ask me straight up "Are  you Chinese or Malay"

Like, why does it matter? Before I used to answer "Malay" but now I'm trying to consciously answer Malaysian instead.

There's this incident from primary school that I remember till today. Someone told me that I will be called last during Judgement Day because I don't have a Muslim name. Of course, I was scared then but now that I'm older, I realise that a name is just a name. It doesn't define you as a good or bad person and there is definitely no such thing as a Muslim name. You can be named Rashid or Ali and still be a Christian.

I've heard of the 1Malaysia concept, but I think we don't need to be told to be united. We've come such a long way that it should already be embedded in our hearts and minds that we are united. Unfortunately, you can still see racial discrimination and polarisation. There is still this ethno-centric view that the Malays are the dominant group and their rights must be protected, and non Malays are forever the outsiders.

For the concept to succeed, I think the government should stop with the race politics. It's tiring, really. We grew up with application forms asking us to tick our race. We should stop painting a negative image of the other races, stop thinking about 'us' and 'them' and focus on 'we', 'our' and 'Malaysians'.

No one should be made uncomfortable in their own home. A dear Chinese friend of mine said to me once, "I don't feel patriotic because I am not made to feel like Malaysia is my home, and I don't feel an affinity to China because I have never lived there.

I know some baby Nyonya friends who can trace their lineage back hundreds of years. I'm a fourth generation Malaysian. If I am Bumiputra, why can't they be, too? Clearly I have issues with the term.

I think the main reason why we still can't achieve total unity is because of this 'Malay rights' concept. I'd rather 'Malay rights' be replaced by human rights. So unless we get rid of this Bumiputra status, or reform our views and policies on rights, we will never achieve unity.

For my merdeka wish, I'd like for Malaysians to have more voice, to be respected and heard. I wish that the government would uphold the true essence of parliamentary democracy. I wish for the people to no longer fear and discriminate against each other, to see that we are one and the same.

I wish that Malaysia would truly live up to the tourism spin of Malaysia truly Asia .  Malaysians to lead - whatever their ethnic background.  Only ONE NATIONALITY MALAYSIAN.  No Malays, No Chinese, No Indians - ONLY MALAYSIANS.  Choose whatever religion one is comfortable with.[COLOR=red]

how to fulfill Tunku's vision by not marginalise other races ?what vision is that?

i tot 'bumiputera special rights' were intoduced during Tunku reign. Tunku are the one who rejected Malayan Union(all races have equal rights).

well..Remember also that Onn Jaafar want open UMNO to everyone but Tunku and other stop it

You all think I care what about those stupid, Tunku, Tuanku, or MR Ong Jar FAr.

They are long long hell history and they died don't know how many decades, who cares??

The young generation is the vital part to make this country's future and govern them well

so that we all have equal rights to live in harmony..

Hell shit about what bijan 1 malaysia, it will damn phail sooner or later.

ISA me, if bijan Dare!!!

tok kok

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

History won't repeat itself.

present policy and governance is the only law that can shape the mere future of our belove

MA LA SI YA 

so says the person who doesnt even know his own history.