Pribumis, Bumiputras and the politics of race

Let's be honest: when the word Pribumi is used, it is code for anti-Chinese. This is the same in Malaysia where the word Bumiputra is used to mean anti-Chinese. The parallels do not stop there. The champions of the the racial ideology - Anies Baswedan in the case of the Pribumis and Mahathir Mohamad in... Continue Reading →

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So is Malaysian Defense Minister Hamidi a pendatang as well?

So when Malaysian Defense Minister claims he is bumiputra or Malay in Malaysia, is he lying? Is he actually Malay (an anthropological impossibility as there is no such race except in the Malaysian Constitution and the minds of the cynical politicians) or an Orang Java (an ethnicity). His family migrated to Malaysia from Jogjakarta in... Continue Reading →

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