“Malay supremacy” in action
Posted By EurasianSensation on February 16, 2012
Membership prices of a certain golf club in Kuala Lumpur.
Affirmative action policies based on the idea of Ketuanan Melayu (“Malay Supremacy”) have been in effect since the New Economic Policy of 1971. The NEP was designed to lift the economic status of poor Malays, but the real beneficiary are wealthy Malays. The approach has clearly filtered down to the private sector as well.
Omar is a Pakistani-American with an interest in history. He also moderates the Asiapeace discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asiapeace/
And I bet that they would give pricing discounts to whites.
Yes, in effect. See “Other”.
I’m surprised that Indians have the greatest price differentiation, greater than Chinese and “others”. Recalling the Malay-Chinese riots in that part of the world, I would’ve thought Indians and Chinese would be charged the same or the Chinese being charged more owing to their economic dominance.
So does this mean that Malays are more accepting of Chinese and Others than Indians?
Rather it looks like they have quota for each race, possibly based on ratio of population and there is more demand from Indians compared to the proportion of population they represent. Not that this anyway makes it sane!
Yes I find it surprising since Chinese as a group are somewhat wealthier than Indians.
Actually, this is one reason why a lot of Malaysian Tamils who are of Ceylonese background do not label themselves “Indian” but as “Other”.
Wow! That is really pretty blatant!
and what is most damning is what isn’t even mentioned, and that is the plight of people of african origins. i would think that they are not even allowed.
you know what? golf sucks anyways. it’s for guys who don’t know a musical instrument.
I am thinking Golf is very much a movers & shakers networking club in much of Asia more so than in the West because in the latter there are plenty of private and public Golf courses to accomadate people of varying socioeconomic backgrounds.
I wonder if well to do Malays (excluding top ranking diplomats) would be allowed membership at Dubai’s premier Golf clubs…..
Welcome to dhimmitude
Speaking of persecuted Model Minorities
http://geocurrents.info/place/russia-ukraine-and-caucasus/caucasus-series/the-many-armenian-diasporas-then-and-now
One change over the past few decades has been the reduction of the once sizable Armenia communities in the Middle East generated by the Ottoman expulsions. Lebanon is the key locale here, still hosting some 150,000 Armenians, or about four percent of the national population. Before the Lebanese Civil War of the late 1970s and ‘80s, the community was substantially larger. But despite its recent decline, the Beirut community remains culturally vibrant, publishing three Armenian-language daily newspapers. Each paper is linked to a different Armenian political party, typifying the fractious and sectarian nature of Lebanese politics.
Historically speaking, the Armenians are no strangers to mass deportations and refugee crises. Robin Cohen traces the Armenian “victim diaspora” back to the actions of the East Roman Emperor Maurice, who resettled Armenians in Cyprus and Macedonia in 578 CE.* The Seljuk Turkish invasion of the Armenian homeland in the eleventh century resulted in a much larger refugee flow. Many settled in Cilicia in what is now south-central Turkey. There they built their own kingdom, which emerged as a fairly powerful state called Cilician Armenia (or Little Armenia) in the 1200s. After Cilician Armenia fell to the Mamluks of Egypt in late 1300s, the more prosperous members of the community fled to the cities and towns of Europe. Central and Eastern Europe were major destinations. Poland-Lithuania, desperate to populate its vast expanse, welcomed many. So did Hungary and the Romanian principalities. So many migrants settled in the Transylvanian city of Gherla that it became known as “Armenian-town” (Armenopolis, Armenierstadt or, in Armenian, Hayakaghak). As late as 1850, Gherla had an Armenian majority; subsequently, most of the community was assimilated into the Magyar (Hungarian) population.
The current Armenian exodus has a distinct gender imbalance, with men predominating. In some rural areas, women now form a clear majority. As one local informant recently told a reporter, “It’s a total matriarchate. We even joke that our village’s name should be changed from ‘Canyon of Roses’ to ‘Canyon of Women.’” Counterbalancing this trend has been a marked upturn since independence in the sex ratio at birth; far more Armenian boys are being born than girls. This trend is found throughout the southern Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan now vie with northern India and eastern China for their natal sex imbalances. The exact reasons for this seldom-noted Caucasian phenomenon are not clear, although son-preference obviously plays a major role.
i think this might be anti-”black” racism. many southeast/east asians view south asians as ugly blacks. how muslim indians are treated is a nice a control.
“how muslim indians are treated is a nice a control”
I’m confused with the above. With most typos I can suss out what is being conveyed.
Re. Oriental views on S.Asians.
How do they get to grips with the fact that culturally East Asia has been greatly influenced by the SubCon?
SE Asians have also been strongly influenced by China. No great love there either.
But is that mainly to do with ethnic Chinese(Han) economic hegemony in SEA , mainland China’s expansionist ideas towards islands like the Spratleys , Chinese invasion of Vietnam and a foreign policy that supports butchers like Pol Pot?
Far as I know, India/SubCons groups in SEA aren’t dominating the local SEA economies like ethnic Chinese and have no territorial expansionist ideas.
Seems India’s influence has been both to its Far East and West..
Vedic Religion in Ancient Iran
http://www.scribd.com/doc/81925059/Vedic-Religion-in-Ancient-Iran