Comments on: Young Malay M’sians not ready for non-Malay / Muslim or woman PM http://www.thenutgraph.com/young-malay-msians-not-ready-for-non-malay-muslim-woman-pm/ Making Sense of Politics & Pop Culture Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:50:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hong http://www.thenutgraph.com/young-malay-msians-not-ready-for-non-malay-muslim-woman-pm/#comment-8387 Hong Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:18:02 +0000 #comment-8387 chance and malaysian, Undertaking a survey like this does not derogate from the multi-ethnic Malaysian ideal the two of you mentioned. I cannot say for certain from the information provided but it would seem that the second part of the survey involved an open-ended question ('If you can only choose one identity, would you say that you are...?') which would suggest that the respondents themselves supplied their own ethnically biased answers. The ethnic, East-West and school system breakdowns are crucial in order to understand where the gaps are in nation-building so that we may address them as there are almost certainly specific social, economic and political factors attendant to the perceptions of these different groups. Citizenship is a franchise, after all, and some may feel their concession has not been equitable, for reasons that may or may not be temperate upon examination. But examine it we must. To just sit there and proclaim blindly that we should stick to an ideal that is not held by a significant proportion of certain segments of Malaysian society, if the results of this survey are to be believed, is naive and unhelpful. chance and malaysian,

Undertaking a survey like this does not derogate from the multi-ethnic Malaysian ideal the two of you mentioned. I cannot say for certain from the information provided but it would seem that the second part of the survey involved an open-ended question (‘If you can only choose one identity, would you say that you are…?’) which would suggest that the respondents themselves supplied their own ethnically biased answers.

The ethnic, East-West and school system breakdowns are crucial in order to understand where the gaps are in nation-building so that we may address them as there are almost certainly specific social, economic and political factors attendant to the perceptions of these different groups. Citizenship is a franchise, after all, and some may feel their concession has not been equitable, for reasons that may or may not be temperate upon examination. But examine it we must.

To just sit there and proclaim blindly that we should stick to an ideal that is not held by a significant proportion of certain segments of Malaysian society, if the results of this survey are to be believed, is naive and unhelpful.

]]> By: Stand_on_our_feet http://www.thenutgraph.com/young-malay-msians-not-ready-for-non-malay-muslim-woman-pm/#comment-8215 Stand_on_our_feet Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:26:07 +0000 #comment-8215 The study does endorse my obversation and understanding of what is happening around us: - a multiracial nation with a dominant race that controls the public service, state executive and politics, and has growing economic power, and religion, this race will determine the future of that nation. - as history shows, under normal circumstances, the dominant race will flex its muscles [....] - black Americans adopted the white religion, language and way of life for a long time. [....] At the same time, other races migrated and blended into American society. White economic power has to accept the fact and acknowledge the reverseable growth of a multiracial population. Obama has been accepted as their leader because of the racial composition in America has changed over of the years. White American is NOT the dominant race in America in terms of culture, trends and spending power. I agree that we cannot apply America as a model across the board. We can learn something in terms of race relations and nation building. [...] The study does endorse my obversation and understanding of what is happening around us:

- a multiracial nation with a dominant race that controls the public service, state executive and politics, and has growing economic power, and religion, this race will determine the future of that nation.

- as history shows, under normal circumstances, the dominant race will flex its muscles [....]

- black Americans adopted the white religion, language and way of life for a long time. [....] At the same time, other races migrated and blended into American society. White economic power has to accept the fact and acknowledge the reverseable growth of a multiracial population.

Obama has been accepted as their leader because of the racial composition in America has changed over of the years. White American is NOT the dominant race in America in terms of culture, trends and spending power.

I agree that we cannot apply America as a model across the board. We can learn something in terms of race relations and nation building. [...]

]]> By: malaysian http://www.thenutgraph.com/young-malay-msians-not-ready-for-non-malay-muslim-woman-pm/#comment-8198 malaysian Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:52:44 +0000 #comment-8198 Give "Malaysian" a chance, please stop harping on "Malay-Non Malay" ,"Muslim-non-Muslim".....The survey should be tuned to the way that we are all proud to be Malaysians first. Give “Malaysian” a chance, please stop harping on “Malay-Non Malay” ,”Muslim-non-Muslim”…..The survey should be tuned to the way that we are all proud to be Malaysians first.

]]> By: chance http://www.thenutgraph.com/young-malay-msians-not-ready-for-non-malay-muslim-woman-pm/#comment-8197 chance Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:51:03 +0000 #comment-8197 Malay-non-Malay, Muslim, non-Muslim... Please la....stop all this [...]....this [...] issue [is] being brought up again and again, yet the same author complains that we are not Malaysian enough..... Malay-non-Malay, Muslim, non-Muslim… Please la….stop all this [...]….this [...] issue [is] being brought up again and again, yet the same author complains that we are not Malaysian enough…..

]]> By: Karcy http://www.thenutgraph.com/young-malay-msians-not-ready-for-non-malay-muslim-woman-pm/#comment-8185 Karcy Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:07:21 +0000 #comment-8185 Excellent and interesting stats, thanks! Excellent and interesting stats, thanks!

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