Here is an article that i think every malaysian should bear in mind,think forward and process what power we have as the new generation,what change we should be working hard for =))
It is said that this article is written by the great granddaughter of Tunku Abdul Rahman.Some people may question whether it's genuine or fake,but i don't care about that.Whoever wrote this,truly wrote it well.
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.
Sharyn completed her Diploma in Advertising from Taylor's College, and then left motherland to pursue her BA degree majoring in Media Studies and Anthropology at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. While waiting for her graduation in May 08, she interned briefly at M&C Saatchi Wellington, a global advertising firm. Upon returning to Malaysia, jobless and relieved of rent payments, Sharyn stumbled upon Wild Asia through The Star which sparked her interest to learn more about nature and environmental causes. Armed with a communications background, Sharyn works on the Wild Asia website and editorial, translating geek terms into laymen language, easily accessed and understood by visitors regardless of their backgrounds, be it scientific, business, the arts or just plain interested.
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.
MERDEKA
MERDEKA
MERDEKA
PS: This article is taken from a facebook page,
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=410801268718&id=688522016#!/?sk=messages&tid=1161779422393
4 chickadings!!:
you feel this maybe because you've been in her situation . you name is kang zetty anis , not really a malay , nor a chinese name . you don't look like a typical malay at all .so people do ask you are you chinese or malay , eh ?
the thing is ,the malay rights - or should i put a better term , hak keistimewaan orang melayu is something that can't be abolished . dah memang ada dalam perlembagaan semua orang dah setuju there are some things that the malays would get , provided that other races also get to do their things - their schools, allowed to practice their religions .
just after merdeka where all these things had been signed , everyone actually boleh hidup sekali . semua faham sejarah . unity is hard to achieve not because ada hak keistimewaan , it's because orang tak boleh nak terima , tak faham history . past ministers wont suka hati gubal this kind of perlembagaan if they think we wouldnt be able to tolerate with this .
i think malaysia is generous enough . other races are allowed to have their schools, practice their religions . Say , in indonesia , you can't even learn your own language , you can' even put your surname .
my friend has a Lim surname , but she had to change to William instead. because they just simply can't change it to a chinese name .
Everyone there speak bahasa indonesia . in malaysia ?though bahasa malaysia is the NATIONAL language , you sometimes even see other races can't even speak the language . we still tolerate with these people , aye ?
unity starts with respecting each other . if you respect and love each other equally despite of what they have, it would be easy . bukan sebab what they got .
like if a chinese say "you're a malay, senang la cakap apa2 , semua dapat lebih etc"
i pun boleh jawab "this is my homeland. kenapa ada sekolah cina you're able to practice buddhist/christ. when actually a country should have same one language , same nation etc ."
think again ,
i'm a half chinese myself . and i have many chinese friends . the unity thing never came up among us because we respect each other .
you feel this maybe because you've been in her situation . you name is kang zetty anis , not really a malay , nor a chinese name . you don't look like a typical malay at all .so people do ask you are you chinese or malay , eh ?
the thing is ,the malay rights - or should i put a better term , hak keistimewaan orang melayu is something that can't be abolished . dah memang ada dalam perlembagaan semua orang dah setuju there are some things that the malays would get , provided that other races also get to do their things - their schools, allowed to practice their religions .
just after merdeka where all these things had been signed , everyone actually boleh hidup sekali . semua faham sejarah . unity is hard to achieve not because ada hak keistimewaan , it's because orang tak boleh nak terima , tak faham history . past ministers wont suka hati gubal this kind of perlembagaan if they think we wouldnt be able to tolerate with this .
i think malaysia is generous enough . other races are allowed to have their schools, practice their religions . Say , in indonesia , you can't even learn your own language , you can' even put your surname .
my friend has a Lim surname , but she had to change to William instead. because they just simply can't change it to a chinese name .
Everyone there speak bahasa indonesia . in malaysia ?though bahasa malaysia is the NATIONAL language , you sometimes even see other races can't even speak the language . we still tolerate with these people , aye ?
unity starts with respecting each other . if you respect and love each other equally despite of what they have, it would be easy . bukan sebab what they got .
like if a chinese say "you're a malay, senang la cakap apa2 , semua dapat lebih etc"
i pun boleh jawab "this is my homeland. kenapa ada sekolah cina you're able to practice buddhist/christ. when actually a country should have same one language , same nation etc ."
think again ,
i'm a half chinese myself . and i have many chinese friends . the unity thing never came up among us because we respect each other .
i know you would and some people would come up with the perlembagaan thing and sejarah,ur points are true.But what i see now,is people of other races are not feeling like malaysia is their home,and i can understand why.
Not many people are like us dayang,that's what i'm trying to say,to look things from a different perspective and not live in the kuno minded world anymore.
What are our so called politicians actually doing now?if you watch persidangan parlimen,sometimes we feel ashamed to still call them Yang BERHORMAT.
Certain matters kena ikut peredaran masa,you can't totally apply what is used 30 years ago now without having protests.
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