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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 15:20

The Peoples' Parliament

Some of you have taken exception to the ‘Malay Malaysian bring along a non-Malay Malaysian friend, non-Malay Malaysian bring along a Malay Malaysian friend’ requirement to get an invitation to the Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia forum in Penang on 15th November.

If you’ve missed that announcement on this blog, you can read about it HERE.

I’m going to try and explain here the rationale for that stipulation.

The first, and in my view, the most important message that the SABM roadshow carries is that we are all, first and foremost, born as equal citizens of planet Earth, and, in the context of this nation-state called Malaysia, we, anak-anak Bangsa Malaysia, are all equal citizens.

Now, try to recall the standard adverse stance taken whenever the proposition that all citizens of Malaysia are equal is advanced by any quarter in public space.

Is not “Jangan cabar ketuanan Melayu” or “Jangan cabar hak-hak keistimewaan Melayu” the ugly response that we have grown accustomed to hear?

Who by?

UMNO and its legion of racist, bigoted NGOs.

No, not BN. The other BN component parties just hide in the shadows every time UMNO and its racist sloganeers go ballistic at the slightest mention of equality of citizenship.

Now, no prizes for guessing correctly who are the targets of UMNO and their race supremacist sidekicks.

We all know who they are.

Some of those targeted need no persuasion to incline to that race supremacist stance. They are themselves racists and bigots, to begin with, and beyond redemption. Thankfully, my experience on the ground leaves me convinced that these are but a small number, in comparison to the whole. I’ll call these the no-hopers.

And then there are others within the target group who are much too enlightened to fall prey to this racist call. The likes of Zaid Ibrahim, Malik Imtiaz and Dr. Azmi Sharom come to mind, to just name a few. These few speak up and are heard. Others, for a variety of reasons, mostly fear, sadly remain silent.

I am convinced that the majority within the target group are decent people, with the same concerns and aspirations of every other citizen of this nation. Most, though, may not have access to news sources other than the mainstream media, particularly Utusan and BH, which serve as the conduit to take the racist, hate messages of UMNO and their cohorts into the homes, the hearts and the minds of this majority within the target group.  Decent as the people within this majority are, we should not be at all surprised if they are adversely impacted by this constant bombardment that rights guaranteed to them are under siege.

Let’s call the majority of the target group “VORS“, which stands for ‘Victims Of Racist Sloganeering”, for ease of reference.

How do we, you and I and every other anak Bangsa Malaysia who cares where this nation is headed,  begin to try and undo the damage that UMNO and their hate-mongers inflict on VORS?

Speaking for myself, I truly believe that it is the responsibility of every right-thinking anak Bangsa Malaysia to reach out to every individual in VORS whom he or she knows and make every effort to undo the evil that UMNO and their racist NGOs inflict on race relations in our country.

Enter the SABM roadshow effort.

READ MORE HERE

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written by garuda, November 04, 2009 16:47:47
Weak minds like UMNO will see the eternal downfall of this country, our neighbours hv revolted and found new life with their new govts, yet we remain stuck and unable to do anything.
Police, Military is 95% or more Malay and we are doomed forever and thats UMNO,s grand plan,,they want us to leave on our own by doing things to us that will surely see us off.
Its so simple as that, think for once what do they gain from this? they want total control and we being around just makes it tougher for them, in the end they may end up killing each other for power i suppose.
We hv never been so divided this way and i believe we will see some sort of revolution real soon,,,trust me even i cant hold on to the youths any longer, they will explode soon and the world better help the non malays or the world will see another genocide here in Malaysia
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written by gundohing, November 05, 2009 11:49:15
Hey, what is this?? I am half Malay due to mix parentage. Now I have to aligned myself either to be a Malay or Non-Malay just to comply?
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