Public Forum on Institutionalized Racism in Malaysia by HINDRAF and KL Chinese Assembly Hall Civil Rights Committee
Date: 17 January 2012
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
The speakers are:
1) Mr.N.Ganesan - National Advisor to Hindraf
2) Dr. Kua Kia Soong - Director Suaram
3) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Azmi Sharom - Law Lecturer and Activist
Chaired by: Dr Lim Teck Ghee - Director, Centre for Policy Initiatives
Racism in Malaysia is developing into a subtle, pervasive and increasingly aggressive form of racism.
What started as a defensive affirmative action program is now fast degenerating into an aggressive form of institutionalized racism. This is sapping the potential of Malaysian society. The future on this trajectory is disastrous for all Malaysians. It will bring ruin to all of us.
The political, legal and administrative structures of our country – the anchors and sources of this institutionalization need to be fundamentally revamped. For this to happen, the public view of what is truly happening must become sharper. This is not an easy task - given the resources at hand for the beneficiaries of this racist system.
Public opinion must first be aligned with this developing reality, before any change can happen. With the kaleidoscope with which we all view Malaysia the perceived reality now, is not disturbing enough to galvanize people to action. This needs to be addressed.
HINDRAF and the Civil Rights Committee (CRC) of the KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall are taking upon themselves to educate the public to address the needed paradigm shift . Together we embark on the first of a series of fora to highlight and educate about the structures and processes that entrench racism into our system, the impact to the nation and to the future of the nation if this is all left unchecked. And also to inform of some early stage activities in this respect.
This is the first time this topic is being broached in a public forum. We wish to push this topic into the foreground of political discourse in our country. – in its barest from. This is part of the campaign of HINDRAF and CRC to bring an end to racism in the country. We have been browbeaten to accept the status quo of this racist regime – but it only continues to reduce us as a people and as a nation. It is time we stood up and said no to institutional racism and begin the process of change.
We have an interesting evening planned at the forum. We invite all concerned Malaysians to attend this forum. At the forum besides what the panel of speakers plan to share, we also look forward to tapping the wisdom of the participants in the form of thoughts about attaining a racism free Malaysia.
2 comments:
I'm busy passing the word around about this forum tomorrow. It's very timely and such a great professor not to be missed!
The racial situation in Malaysia shows a lack of intelligence and blood line nationalism. I'm from England where every single person is equal to one another by law regardless of any physical element. Its like here in Malaysia, the government is looking after the interests mainly of bumiputra. They get easy access to overseas scholarships, cheap loans and housing and get all the government contracts which they sub contract to thee far more efficient Chinese. One thing which is interesting about these types of stupid, shallow and weak operations is that it becomes aperant that there is a serious inferiority complex among Malays. Nuff said, just have a look at thee street, or thee shops, or thee bank and its clear for all to see everywhere you go. Their culture is lazy, laid back and many of them don't have much ambition or focus. Their IQ in general is childlike.
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