COMMENT | Ideally, I would like my Weltanschauung to be classed based but unfortunately, living in Malaysia and not observing complicated race-based hierarchical structures is dangerous, especially when the non-Malay dialectic is defined and controlled by one racial group and the mainstream political process is defined by race and religion.

The months leading up to PKR president Anwar Ibrahim assuming the highest office of the land was a time of racial and religious flashpoints meant to hoodwink the majority polity and demonstrations of reactionary politics by minority communities.

The following news stories demonstrate the racial quicksand we find ourselves in and how the political apparatus of this country chooses to profit politically from these flashpoints.