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When Malays adopt Chinese values
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What happened along the way was that the Malays were
told they must become wealthy to be successful. They
were told they must copy the Chinese and become rich
like the Chinese. So the Malays looked at the Chinese and
copied the Chinese and now only talk about money,
money, money. And the Chinese no longer like these new
Malays that are so different from the Malays of 60 or 70
years ago.
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
When we read the comments in the Internet, Facebook, Twitter, the Blogs, etc., we wonder what type of
person these people are. They are so rude and bigoted it boggles the mind that such people even exist.
And this sickness is not confined to just one race. Stupidity is colour-blind.
Are they like that because they are Muslim? Or is it because they are Chinese, maybe? Race and religion
play no part in why people behave the way they do. It is upbringing that shapes the mind of these people.
And these people are what they are because of a very poor upbringing. In other words, their parents and
society made them into the type of person they are today.
And that was one of the reasons the British colonial masters decided to set up schools like the Malay
College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) slightly over 100 years ago. The British realised that the Malays are a
very feudal-minded community (I would rather use community than race). Hence it would be very
difficult to change the Malay mindset (to make them get rid of their feudalistic attitude). Instead, you try to
turn them into modern feudalists (if such a thing even exists since feudalism is an ancient concept).
The British did not want to eradicate Malay values, customs and traditions, or make the Malays less
Islamic. They wanted the Malays to maintain these old values but also adopt modern values in the British
tradition. Hence what you would get in the end would be brown Englishmen Malays who remained
Muslims (prayed five times a day and fasted during the month of Ramadan) but also played cricket and
rugby, had tea and crumpets at 4.00pm, and maybe even a glass of brandy after dinner to go with your
cigar.
I say, old chap, care for a glass of sherry?
Thank you so much, old bean. I think I will stick with my single malt. Its so smooth.
Yes, I prefer Chivas to Macallan myself. I think Macallan is a bit overrated.
Couldnt agree with you more. By the way, you joining us for poker this weekend?
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Im afraid not. Im driving up to Ipoh this weekend for the races. Got some money on a horse thats a hot
favourite.
No, that is not a conversation between two white skins. It is a conversation between two brown
Englishmen. And this would be how they would talk back in the 1930s or 1940s, maybe even still in the
1950s. And those of you in your 70s or 80s would understand what I am talking about because you people
of that age still look back on the Malays of that era as being wonderful people and extremely different from
the Malays of today, 60 or 70 years on.
So, what changed? Well, society is what changed. Malays became more religious, or at least they think
they are, and also became more materialistic, the result of the indoctrination by Umno that Malays can
only be considered successful if they are rich and if they are not then Malays would be considered
failures.
Hence success became equated with wealth. The Chinese (meaning Malaysian Chinese) are successful
because they are so wealthy and pay 90% of the personal income tax (this is what Tun Dr Mahathir
Mohamad said but we are not sure whether this is true). So, to be successful like the Chinese, the Malays,
too, must be wealthy.
How many of these successful Chinese have written 25 books? How many of these successful Chinese
have discovered a cure for cancer? How many of these successful Chinese have improved agriculture to
ensure that the millions who die of malnutrition every year can be saved?
That is not how we measure success. Success is measured by how much money you have in the bank.
And this is what the modern Malays of the post-Merdeka or post-NEP era have been taught. If you want
to be successful like the Chinese then you have to be rich like the Chinese. So we need to pursue wealth
by whatever means possible, fair or foul.
Never mind whether it is a black cat or a white cat as long as the cat catches the mouse.
To get rich is glorious.
That was the battle cry of modern China of the Deng Xiaoping era in the 1980s. And today, 25-30 years
on, China has achieved what Deng dreamed about. Chinese students in the UK not even old enough to
have sex are spending on luxury goods like there is no tomorrow. Money is flowing like water and one
shopping trip totals more than what the Brits make in take-home pay in a month.
That is what is called success. And if the Malays want to be successful like the Chinese then the Malays
must also become rich like the Chinese. This is what the Malays have been taught. So the Malays no
longer play cricket or rugby, or sip sherry or brandy after dinner. They also no longer play poker or go to
the horse races. The Malays of today are good Muslims who pray, fast and go to Mekah every year
without fail.
And the Malays of today also aspire to become rich like the Chinese, or richer than the Chinese if
possible, because if not the Malays would be seen as failures and inferior to the Chinese.
Many Chinese post comments in telling me that I am a failure. They insult and vilify me Malaysia Today
and try to shame me because I am not rich and live the life of a poor man. How do you survive in the UK?
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You have no money. So you must be a crook who has sold his soul to the devil because you need money
to live and you are too poor and do not have money.
I know these Chinese think lowly of me. And they do so because I do not have money like them. And they
think if I do not have money then the only way I can survive would be to prostitute myself. It is always
about money as far as these Chinese are concerned.
And the Malays have also become just like the Chinese where everything is about money. This is what the
Malays have been taught since the time of Merdeka. So those of you who are in your 60s, 70s or 80s no
longer like the Malays of today. You reminisce about the pre-War or pre-Merdeka Malays and tell us what
wonderful people the Malays were back in the old days. And you tell us that the Malays of today are very
different from the Malays of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
The Malays of the old days may have been Muslims but they were a different type of Muslim. Just watch
those old P. Ramlee movies to understand what we mean, the old folks tell us. The Malays of those days
enjoyed life and lived in harmony with the other races. The Malays of that time were not greedy or
corrupted or always thought about wealth. What happened along the way?
What happened along the way was that the Malays were told they must become wealthy to be successful.
They were told they must copy the Chinese and become rich like the Chinese. So the Malays looked at
the Chinese and copied the Chinese and now only talk about money, money, money. And the Chinese no
longer like these new Malays that are so different from the Malays of 60 or 70 years ago.
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