Race-based events are racist if they sow hatred towards others - Khalid
A race-based gathering itself is not racist until it is used as a platform to create hate against other ethnicities, said Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad.
Taking to Twitter today, the Amanah party leader was responding to Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who had expressed frustration over allegations that the recent Malay Dignity Congress was a racist gathering.
"Gathering is not a problem, but it is the content. All races, and ethnicities, do gather to discuss problems faced by them and the country to find ways to address the problems.
"However, if it (the gathering) is used to sow hatred towards other races, only then it is being racist," he tweeted.
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Mahathir, who is Bersatu president, had attended the congress which was held in Shah Alam on Oct 6.
Khalid was not among those present at the congress.
The gathering had been criticised by certain quarters for its speeches, which were alleged to be racist in nature and insensitive in a multiracial country.
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