Dr Mahathir Mohamad has taken a page out of John Lennon’s book, or rather song, to envisage a Malaysia devoid of racial politics.

While the late British singer envisioned a world without religion, possession or borders as in his hit song ‘Imagine’, the 98-year-old former premier’s imagination was rooted in racial and cultural assimilation instead.

In a Facebook post titled “Imagine”, the former premier, who has been spewing a deluge of unsubstantiated allegations against the non-Malays, recalled his school days in the...