Delimma (
No apologies for Malaysian way
) is a typical bumiputera filled with smug complacency and adept at trotting out trite justifications for the pernicious politics of privilege that pervade Malaysia.
To appreciate what the Malays have done to Malaysia, we must imagine that the Founding Fathers of America followed Malaysia's blueprint in 1776 when the American Declaration of Independence was made.
The
Bostonian Americans
, as the first migrant community to arrive in America, would take up a position as our
Malays
have done. Later all American whites would be allowed to occupy the exalted position as White Princes of the Soil or
Whiteputeras
. Such a racist connotation would naturally be politically unacceptable. So the Bostonian Whites toyed with the concept of "First Americans". That also ran into flak since, obviously, the Red Indians came first. If only Umno had been around in 1776 to help them out then.
Finally they hit on the term "New American".
Anyway, the Bostonians would go on to form a rightist, primarily White party, the Republican Party, which currently holds power. Of course, a few token blacks would be allowed to become members, such as General Colin Powell and Dr Condoleeza Rice, the current secretary of state and national security advisor. Hmm, can you see a Chinese or Indian Malaysian general becoming chief of the armed forces, over here?
The
Red Indians
would then be our
Orang Asli
. Curiously, the US historically granted native land rights to the Red Indians, some of whom have become wealthy due to oil/mineral rights and the opening of casinos on their native lands. In contrast, our Orang Asli have been granted only some hunting and fishing rights, and I am told by them that the Malay administration refuses to give them allowances and medical benefits unless they become Muslims.
The non-white immigrants and former slaves would assume the position of our Malaysian Chinese, Malaysian Indians and Others.Yes, black slavery was practised in the US till the Civil War but thereafter, the full rights granted under the US Constitution were available to all US citizens. True, until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, some Southern states enacted racist laws but landmark Supreme Court decisions, decisively ended segregationist policies through enforced busing, affirmative action policies, etc.
In contrast, our majority Malays have perpetuated Special Rights for themselves till Kingdom come, not for the many poor Malaysian Indians who were dispossessed of their allotted estate housing and menial plantation jobs for almost a hundred years when plantations were sold off for housing estates for big profits, or for the many poor urban and rural Chinese eking a living.
It is an obscenity to see well-fed Malays driving around in Mercedes Benzes and drawing fat salaries, yet availing themselves of "7.5 percent bumiputera discount" for posh houses, plentiful government scholarship forms to go overseas, entitlement to bumiputera unit trusts paying 10 to 15 percent returns when everyone else is in recession or going broke (the extra cash due perhaps to mandatory share allotments from new listings) while the Chinese and Indian Malaysians keep quiet because they know they do not count.
Well, of course, the
New Americans
would not be able to maintain law and order in America, without lots of coercion. First, you must imagine that the
Ku Klux Klan
became legitimised. They turned into the Young Republicans, always striking out, but covertly, for the perpetuation of white supremacy. Just as
Umno Youth's raison de etre
is to perpetuate Malay hegemony and privileges.
The Whiteputera's established a
New American College
in 1778. Till today, this college has produced all American presidents who have been exclusively white males, Praise the Lord! The secret rule No 52 of the college is that only Whiteputeras can be admitted.
The Whiteputeras also introduced Article XVIII of the Constitution of 1776 , i.e. that "White battalions shall be continuously raised from among the scions of whites exclusively, to exceed by 50 percent any other military forces raised to defend the American people". This parallels the perpetuation of Malay Regiments here.
The Law and Order Act was also enacted in 1798, to enable the US government to detain any citizen indefinitely, without trial, and harass and put the fear of a righteous God into any possible dissent with the wonderful and blessed peace and harmony in the US of A.
Do you get my drift, Mr Delimma?
