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W12: “Dear Malaysians, think about it!”

Racism is easily the most widespread disease around the world, as most people are considered racist, or at least affected by it in some way, whether it is personal racism, institutional racism, or even structural racism. Now racism in itself is not contagious, but it can still be taught from generation to generation, as the parents teach their children, and then to their children, and so on…

Expectations 

    Before I came to Malaysia, I was already expecting to be treated in a different way, since I do come from a foreign country, and I do have a different mindset, as well as a different cultural background, so I was already prepared to be treated in a separate way than everyone else. 

    But what I was not prepared for was how everyone else was treating their own countrymates, my first thought of Malaysia, or what I heard about it was that it is a melting pot of cultures, where there are Malay, Indian, and chinses people living in harmony, or at least that is what I thought, instead it was way different than what I had in mind. 

First time 

    The first ever day I got to Malaysia was the first I have seen racism in Malaya, and surprisingly it was not towards me, the taxi driver (who was Chinese) that took me from the airport was hesitant to talk to me at first cause he thought I was Malay, as I initiated the conversation, the driver himself told me that he didn’t want to talk to me cause he holds a grudge towards the Malays, cause they themselves didn’t like the Chinese people, which in the beginning I thought was like a particular case, but the longer I stayed in Malaysia, the sooner i discovered it was almost everyone that felt the same way.

Problem and solution 

    For me, I think the main problem is just that the grudges and hate do get transferred from the parents to their children, but for Malaysia is also hidden segregation, as I have heard from friends, most schools in Malaysia are separated by ethnicity, from Malay, Indian to Chinese, not saying that the children are forced to go to these schools, wither by their parent or the government, but it is easier for the parents to put their children in an environment that they think they would be more comfortable in, and I do have a Chinese friend that went to a Malay school, and she says that the bullying was too much for her to handle.

    So as a suggestion to all Malaysian, maybe rethink the education system, cause change can only happen if you have a stronger and more open-minded generation, that will take over when it is their turn to do so. As John Wesley once said “what one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace”, which could have a different meaning to whoever reads it, so think about it Malaysians.








Rashed Suhail Muh'd Khalifa

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