I came across this page whilst looking around ….what Malay parents are saying…Indeed, I am in a dilemma. With three children ages 25, 23 and 20 innocently raising questions like “How come we get a 7% discount when buying a house or “what’s this Bumi status thingy” followed by a quick how come, I am in all honesty, stumped!

I guess when I was growing up, the explanation was that the Govt needs to eradicate poverty etc. but I nor they, dont see abject poverty these days.
Time flies by and the situation has changed. Here in klang valley there is still some level poverty amongst the urban poor BUT they are from ALL races (did I use that word? I have come to loathe the word race). We shouldnt help the Chinese, Indian, Malay! We should help the poor, sick, old , deprived, challenged or what have you.

Back to my kids, I dont want to be one of those shallow racist parents you described above, which begs me the question, WHAT DO I TELL THEM THEN?

Snake Terence – Yalor, the results of parents giving their children wrong perceptions and this may get worse when the kids now grow up.

klaw – The sad thing is majority still have that perception and still live in the communal way, so that’s why we have so much animosity.