SERI MENANTI: Malays are not and never will be racist
(c) Rusdi Mustapha, Malay Mail
I WAS going to describe in my column this week about a book titled 19th Wife, a story of Brigham Young, the prophet and leader of the Mormon church, then maybe allude it to Tiger Woods' 19th mistress and probably write about how Malaysians, especially the Malays, love to have mistresses. Then, I said to myself: “Nah! Boring!”
So, I decided to write about the subject of racism. I begin with a statement by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who said non-Malays should not question the special privileges enjoyed by the Malays and Bumiputeras.
“They must remember that it was the Malays who agreed to give them citizenship previously. Maybe the earlier generation of non-Malays is thankful of that, but the present generation has forgotten,” he said.
Dr Mahathir also said he was, like a majority of the Malays (myself included), not a racist but still felt offended when he read an article recently in a local newspaper that stated that there were no real Malays in the world and that Malays were actually immigrants.
Granted that the statement may be right and the Malays in this country were once immigrants from somewhere. My ancestor, Datuk Puteh, who opened a settlement in Seri Menanti, was from Pagar Ruyung in West Sumatra. We are of Minangkabau descent, so am I a descendant of immigrants?
My take is, within the Malay Archipelago, great and powerful Malays of Minangkabau, Bugis and Achenese descent came and helped and fought for each other.
One member of a great Bugis royal family from Celebes, or Sulawesi, came to Pahang and was given a great title, and today his descendants became prime ministers of this great country.
Many more Bugis royalty, after being pushed out by the British or Dutch colonialists, took refuge with their brother Malay kingdoms. One from Sulawesi went to Siam, today’s Thailand, and fought with the ruling royalty to stave off invaders.
Yes, we were immigrants, but for all intents and purposes, we were politically and socially here first. Yes, we probably invaded the local inhabitants to secure the land and installed a Malay governance and the rest is just history, my man!
Just like New Zealand, Hawaii, Australia, South Africa and many, many more examples where the indigenous people have capitulated to bigger kris, gunpowder and muskets, and other “modern” weapons of subjugation.
I have said this before and I will say it again: Does this mean that Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and Hawaii and in many, many examples of brutal subjugation of people, that the lands should be given back to their original people? I think we all know that answer.
But one thing I have to agree with Dr Mahathir is that it appears the Malays in this country cannot sustain what they have acquired.
I agree with Dr Mahathir, 100 per cent, that Malays in this country have become weak — people just throw all kinds of accusations at them and there is nothing they can do… because they are weak! If they persist on being weak, then we have to put up with the inevitability of this country being governed by the Opposition, namely, by the DAP, which is smart enough to use weak Malays from other Opposition political parties to eventually grab power from the descendants of the immigrant Malay-dominated government!
Hebat, hebat permainan melalui kata-kata lidah tidak bertulang.
ReplyDeleteMereka tu dulu sampai kesini, nak tanam sayur orang melayu kasi tanah. Nak berniaga orang melayu kasi tapak kedai. Pendek kata nak apa pun melayu kasi sehingga bela babi pun orang melayu kasi dibumi bertuah ini. Sekarang segala ekonomi mereka monopoli, pun masih rakus tak kira halal tak kira haram.
Adakah ini yang dimaksudkan kerbau melepaskan buaya yang tersepit dan akhirnya sang buaya tu nak membaham sang kerbau pula. Mengapalah Sang Kerbau dituduh rasis.
Dunia-dunia....
Melayu tanah besar kita hanya disini. Macam mana Asli jadi asli macam mana Melayu jadi Melayu???
Kalau paham bersama bukti silakan.....
Melayu bukan bermula dizaman kerajaan Melaka. Bermulanya Melayu lebih awal dari itu wahai makluk rasis.
Dabong
Saya setuju sangat. Kita peduli apa kalau mereka kata kita 'racist'. Bangsat tak sedar diri seperti mereka akan memperguna apa saja utk menyakitkan hati kita dan 'memertabatkan' (kononnya) segala tuntutan mereka. Walau apapun hujah kita, akan mereka cipta hujah balas utk menentang dan menolaknya.
ReplyDeleteMereka tidak ubah seperti kaduk naik junjung. Yang pentingnya kita jangan terpedaya oleh tipu daya mereka dan bijak menghadapi rancang cara mereka. Janganlah sampai kita hilang kuasa dan kedudukan, kerana itu akan bermakna kita akan suatu hari nanti menjadi seperti melukut di tepi gantang.
Kalangan bangsa kita sendiri yang lupa daratan, bermuka-muka, menggadai maruah dsb. kerana menagih kuasa harus ditentang habis-habisan. Mereka adalah petualang dan pengkhianat bangsa. Setiap orang seperti mereka tidak boleh dibiar bebas mandiri, mereka harus dimusnahkan dan dihapuskan dengan secepat-cepatnya.
Rakyat dan Raja mesti kembali bersatu, hari ini esok dan selamanya. Agar Melayu tidak akhirnya layu di bumi sendiri.
Dirgahayu Melayu!!!
This land is OURS. We have inherited it from OUR ancient ancestors. Now our very heritage is under assault.
ReplyDeleteWe have to fight to defend it. Fight hard & smart we have to do, and fight hard & smart we will.