How Racist are the Malysian Chinese

NOT TRYING TO BE RACIST HERE BUT THERE IS SOME CHINESE WHO WHEN PARKING SOME ARE PLAIN RACIST. WHEN THEY ARE GETTING INTO A CAR IN THE PARKING LOT AND SEE A CAR WITH A NON-CHINESE INSIDE THEY EITHER WAVE THE WAITING CAR OFF SAYING NO GOING YET OR JUST RE-PARK THE CAR AND GET OFF. ONCE YOU ARE OUT OFF THEIR SIGHT, THEY GET INTO THE CAR AND DRIVE OFF OR WAIT ON A CAR WITH A CHINESE DRIVER IN IT AND THEN THEY DRIVE OFF. YOU CAN SEE THIS HAPPENING ALL OVER MALAYSIA AND IT HAPPENS IN 8 OUT OF 10 TIMES AND IT IMPLIES THAT 80% CHINESE VEHICLE DRIVERS ARE INDEED VERY RACIST.

ALSO 9 OUT 10 CARS PARKED AT A DISABLE PARKING LOT (OKU) IS A CHINESE DRIVER

 ALSO MORE LIKELY A CHINESE DRIVER WHO DOUBLE OR THIPLE PARKS HIS CAR AND DISAPPEAR IS MORE LIKELY 9 OUT 10 TIMES A CHINESE DRIVER

 I AM NOT TRYING TO BE RACIST BUT POINTING OUT TO THEIR SELFISH TRAITS. 

I TRIED TO BE LIKE A SELFISH CHINESE DRIVER BUT ONLY LASTED 5 SECONDS AND PITY THE POOR DRIVER WAITING FOR A PARKING SPOT. NEVER LOOKED AND SEE HIS RACE.

 THIS IS WHY A LOT OF CHINESE YOUNGSTER DRIVERS DO THIS SELFISH PARKING DRAMAS BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS DID THE SAME AND FOR THEM TO BE RACIST IS COOL AND ALSO SAME HAPPENS AT RESTURANTS AND HAWKER CENTERS. IF YOU ARE NON-CHINESE AND IN A RESTURANTS OR HAWKER CENTER WITH ALL TABLES TAKEN, BETTER GO ELSE WHERE BECAUSE WHEN THEY SEE YOU AND HAVE FINISH THEIR MEALS, SEE YOU AS INVISIBLE AND WOULD NOT EMPTY THE TABLE BUT WHEN A CHINES COMES AROUND, THEY RUSH TO PAY THE BILL AND EMPTY THE TABLE. I TRIED TO BE LIKE A SELFISH CHINESE RESTURANTS OR HAWKER CENTER PATRON BUT LASTED ONLY 5 SECONDS AND GAVE THE TABLE AWAY TO WHO EVER WAS STANDING AND WAITING FOR THE TABLE AND NOT BOTHERED ABOUT WHO HE OR SHE WAS AFTER FINISHING MY MEAL

 IT ALSO HAPPENS WHEN ORDERING FOOD AT RESTURANTS AND EVEN YOU ARE EARLY YOU GET LATER THAN A CHINESE WHO COMES IN AFTER YOU AND WHEN YOU COMPLAIN THE EXCUSE IS HE TELEPHONED EARLIER.

YOU CALL MALAYS RACIST AND YOU CAN INDIANS RACIST BUT THE REAL RACIST AND SELFISH ONES ARE THE CHINESE. BEST WHEN GET UP IN THE MORNING HAVE A SHOWER FIRST AS IT WILL BRIGHTEN UP THE OUTLOOK ON HOW YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD. I KNOW AND I KNOW MOST CHINESE DO NOT TAKE A SHOWER IN THE MORNING BECAUSE THEY HAD A SHOWER BEFORE THEY SLEPT. ALWAYS IF NO PREFUME USED, CAN SMELL A SOURISH SMELL FROM THEM AND THE ORDOUR IS VERY NAUSATING

YUP I THINK I SOUND LIKE A RACIST TOO BUT ALL HUMANS ARE BORN RACIST

Read Below what A Malaysian Chinese have to say about Chinese racism  in Malaysia

The Chinese must confront anti-Malay racism

By Sebastian Loh

I remember working late at one of my previous jobs – only my boss, a colleague, and I remained in the office. We had recently hired a few new Malay employees but they had already left for the day.

Taking advantage of this, my boss turned to my colleague, who had a hand in supervising the new staff, and casually asked, “What do you think of our new Malay staff? Are they okay?”

The questions made me sick to my stomach because they implied that Malays are somehow less capable or less hardworking. But that experience really encapsulates the steep discrimination Malays face in the private sector.

And that’s not just a one-off story – there’s compelling empirical evidence that confirms this.

Several years ago, researchers Lee Hwok-Aun and Muhammad Abdul Khalid published a landmark study on the effects of race on private sector hiring.

The paper titled “Degrees of Discrimination: Race and Graduate Hiring in Malaysia” concluded that, “Malay job applicants are significantly less likely than Chinese applicants to be called for interview”.

Additionally, the researchers noted that “Malay-controlled companies are less likely than Chinese-controlled companies to call a Malay applicant for interview”. But that obscures the far more disturbing aspects of their findings.

It is true they found that Chinese-controlled companies called Malay resumes (applicants) at a marginally higher rate than Malay-controlled companies (3.8 per cent and 3.4 per cent respectively). But what’s more important is the ratio at which these firms called Malay and Chinese applicants.

A look at the study’s data reveals a stark contrast: Chinese-controlled companies called an astounding 6.3 Chinese applicants for every Malay applicant they called. Malay-controlled companies, on the other hand, called 1.6 Chinese applicants per Malay. So while it may be politically inconvenient to swallow, it’s not difficult to infer that racism is significantly more entrenched at Chinese-controlled firms.

This is not a call for mobs with pitchforks to swarm the nearest Chinese company. But it’s high time that we in the Chinese community come to terms with the facts: Yes, Malays face severe discrimination in the workplace. And yes, Chinese people have a lot to do with that discrimination.

For years, these accusations (and even the aforementioned study) have been met with fierce dismal and defensive arguments from many Chinese. In response, they rail against government favouritism and point to the discrimination they face from government policies.

But how does that reactionary and juvenile “he started it first” attitude solve anything?

Today, Chinese Malaysians are arguably the first to complain about worsening race relations in the country. So how do we go about fixing that?

Here’s what hasn’t worked: Having runs or picnics with multiracial themes (Seems like a weekly thing these days). Or holding up placards with feel-good slogans (Have you thought of a career in calligraphy and advertising instead?).

Or waxing nostalgia about a mythical period when Malaysia was more open and tolerant (Do you really believe race relations in times past were that amazing? Aren’t you forgetting the May 13 racial riots?).

Blissfully ignoring the complexities of racial issues – including anti-Malay discrimination – keeps us from making progress. Folks, we can’t Ola Bola or Yasmin Ahmad ourselves to racial harmony.

Instead, what’s necessary is a realistic assessment of our situation. Until and unless Malays feel secure and welcome in the private sector, the cycle of racial division will continue. The most toxic (and racist) political forces in the country only thrive because Malays are alienated and left behind in the broader economy.

And we the Chinese need to change that. The Chinese community and political leaders need to take the lead in proposing policies addressing discrimination in the workplace.

They need to convince industry players – many of whom are Chinese – of the need for change and diversity.

And most importantly, we need a national conversation on race that is mature, frank, and devoid of cheap sentimentalism. We need to recognise that Malays also suffer greatly in the private sector if we are to expect them to recognise our own grouses.

We need to stop talking exclusively about violations of our rights, and talk about how we can help Malays get ahead in life. In short, we need to drop the insularity and defensiveness, and think of others.

If we can do that, I expect we’ll see a tremendous amount of goodwill from the great majority of Malays – and not just the urban liberals who are regulars at NGO forums.

Imagine the sort of massive change that it would bring to our politics and society. But that’s only if we choose to be part of the solution, not the problem.

The alternative is to continue holding anti-racist runs and picnics every year to remind ourselves that we’re not racist. I think the country deserves better, don’t you?

Sebastian Loh is an FMT reader.