I'M NOT SURE WHETHER YOU WILL READ MY OPINION ABOUT RACIAL INTEGRATION IN MALAYSIA BUT I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU. I GOT THE IDEA TO SHARE ABOUT RACIAL INTEGRATION SEEN SEVERAL UNWANTED INCIDENTS HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTRY RECENTLY.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT RACE? IN MY OPINION, RACE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR OWN BELIEFS, RELIGION, CULTURE AND OTHER PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS. MEMBERS OF A RACE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEIR RACE AND WOULD DEFEND WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN OR THEIR WAY OF LIFE IF THEY ARE THREATENED IN ANY WAY.
AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE THREE MAJOR RACES HERE IN MALAYSIA, THE MALAYS, THE CHINESE AND THE INDIANS . SO FAR WE HAVE MANAGED VERY WELLTO STAY AS ONE NATION DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES. ONLY THE MAY 13 INCIDENT IN 1969 SPOILED AN OTHERWISE PERFECT CO-EXISTENCE.
THE PEOPLE OF MALAYSIA HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE UGLY INCIDENT. MOST HAVE LEARNED THAT RACIAL STRIFE IS INTOLERABLE AND NOT WORTH THE BLOOD SHED. MORE THAN THAT, WE HAVE LEARNED TO HELP THE COUNTRY PROSPER DESPITE ALL THE DIFFCULTIES. WHILE OTHER COUNTRIES ARE ROCKED BY RACIAL RIOTS, WE LIVE IN HARMONY.
HOWEVER THIS LIVING IN HARMONY DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE IS RACIAL INTEGRATION. RACIAL INTEGRATION IS COMBINATION OF ALL THE RACES TO MAKE ONE UNIQUE MALAYSIAN RACE. THE BASIC DIFFICULTY LIES IN THIS PROBLEM; WHICH RACE IS GOING TO GIVE UP ITS CULTURE OR BELIEFS, SO THAT IT SUITS THE OTHER RACES? FROM WHAT I SEE, NO RACE IS GOING TO DO THAT VOLUNTARILY. CULTURE AND RELIGION ARE TOO DEEPLY INGRAINED IN US FROM THE MOMENT WE ARE BORN. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE ONE'S BELIEFS.
SO, WE ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN RACIAL HARMONY, NOT INTERGATION. WE HAVE HAD MANY YEARS OF PRACTICE IN HARMONY SO I SEE NO REASON WHY WE CANNOT GO ON AS USUAL. SO WHILE WE MAY NOT INTEGRATE COMPLETELY, WE HAVE THE NEXT BEST THING- HARMONY. FOR THAT WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL AND, WE ALSO HAVE TO TRY OUR BEST TO MAINTAIN THE HARMONY AMONG OTHER RACES. WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY AGAINST UNWANTED INCIDENTS. HOW ABOUT YOU FRIENDS???? DO YOU AGREE WITH ME??? WHAT IS YOUR OPINION? :) :) ;)
BY.... DEVISRI NARASIMMANAIDU...A 116946
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