Wednesday 12 June 2013

How the word 'Malay' becomes a dirty word

First of all, I want to thank a reader who responded to my last posting Meroyan kalah pilihanraya which was about former Batu Pahat MP Puad Zarkashi venting his anger for his loss in the recent GE13 by attacking his former mentor Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman.

The reader's comment is,  


Ani...fyi, puad started his political carrer as umno johor executive sec in 1998. Ghani spotted his potential at kelab umno london. He was doing his phd then. 1999 GE puad expecting jadi candidate, but tun m rejected his name. Dont know for waht ever reason. Ghani saved him n appoiint puad as his setpol. 2004 nama tk naik jugak sbb perangai dia sendiri. Gaduh dgh ket bhg batu pahat dato zainal. Ghani bagi dia jadi pengerusi jpmm. Jadi jurucakap umno johor di perhimpunan agung. 4 times. Puad became famous n ghani appoint him as senator. Then come pru 2088 n puad became mp for batu pahat. First term mp terus jadi deputy minister. Now puad lost his seat in batu pahat. Nak salahkan siapa?

Malays describe being ungrateful as "tak tahu mengenang budi" or "kacang lupakan kulit".

Actually, being ungrateful is a despised trait in the Malay culture. Those who behave in such a manner were scorned upon by their community. Malay children were inculcated with filial piety as an exercise which encourage them to return the kindness of others'. That was what it used to be among the Malays, at least until quite recently.

Folklores, such as the Hikayat SiTanggang which tells of how a successful and rich son who forsake his mother being turned to stone for his misdeed used to be popular among Malay children. 

I however don't think that many Malay children nowadays know that story.
Probably even some of the adults have forgotten the Tanggang story as there appeared to be so many ungrateful Malays these days.

For instance, there are those who feel entitled to whatever help extended for them to be successful in life by the government. They don't think they need to be thankful for such help. They never seem to realize that they would not be getting such help if they are not Malays whose economy as a community is the worst among the country's main races.

But, from where and since when did the Malays learn to be ungrateful? 

Well, maybe not all of them were like that, but the number appears to be growing.

For every issue affecting the Malay community's interest, there will always be those among them who turned against their own people. 

In such cases, first there will be a self-hating ungrateful Malay, and then there will always be another supporting him, and then another and another....until it will reach a point where 'Malay'  becomes a dirty word equivalent with words such as 'racist' and 'bigot' even among the Malays themselves. 


14 comments:

  1. Those in the photo are there because of UMNO .
    Just see who is the Chairman.
    Now these same people are going to destory UMNO.
    Stop the decadence in UMNO or HANCURLAH UMNO.

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  2. The scums are what people call motherfuckers (excepting the old spayed bitch in there...but she sure fucked the APs).

    Motherfuckers: whether the denotative or connotative meaning or both, it aptly sums these mat salleh wannabe pondscums. I reckon even the true blue Mat Sallehs would be loath to be associated with douchebags such as these.

    Warrior 231

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  3. Sebenarnya ramai Melayu yang macam tu ni Annie. Dah kaya sikit, belajar dah tinggi sikit pastu campur ngan geng-geng Melayu elite yang tinggal di bandar-bandar besar, dah rasa special. Pandang rendah kat Melayu lain. Biasa la tu...

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    1. Tak payah pergi bandar besar. Dah banyak dah yang saya jumpa. Bila dah berjaya sikit mulalah meninggi diri walaupun sebenarnya kejayaan dia atas pertolongan orang lain. Kalau Hang Tuah diingati dengan ayat "Takkan Melayu hilang di dunia," TDM akan diingati dengan "Melayu mudah lupa". Kedua-duanya tepat sekali bila berbicara mengenai melayu.

      :)sarah

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    2. TDM dari Kerala7 July 2013 at 21:00

      Ybhg TDM adalah anak seorang India dari Kerala. Sebab itu dia selalu menghina Melayu sebagai mudah lupa, perlu tongkat dsb.

      Ini India lupa diri. UMNO parti orang Melayu tak tahu dia India jadi mereka pilih dia jadi President.

      Dah tu, orang melayu masih miskin tapi TDM dan anak-anak bilionair!

      Itu namanya akal klingons!

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  4. Due to slow pot roasting brain-washing by the Chinks over the years. Malay men especially think marrying a nyonya makes them a notch higher to being modern, smarter and lain dari yang lain...hehe. No matter how cina bukit the nyonya is. Sudah kawen baru tau lebam juga, mati2 depa ingat pink. Joke is on them. Low self esteem what to do lor.

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    1. Orang Kelantan dulu kata orang Kelantan yang kahwin orang melayu Johor sebab menunjuk.

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  5. Awek comel kat latar tu melayu atau cina?

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  6. Annie, it boils down to "JATI DIRI". Contoh paling klasik, case pasal "sufiah" budak Cambridge yang bijak. When it was first reported about her "brilliance" semua orang kata bapa dia orang Pakistan sebab tu dia la pandai. Never mention that her mother was a MALAY and she is a genius as well. Tapi bila dia tergelincir with some semi nude photo, the first thing they report is a MALAY posing nude for a living... Memang saya very upset. very very upset... What a waste of talent. Lumrah alam, all the bad things the label will go to Malay..

    On mixed marriage, Nabi pun sebut kalau kahwin campur akan ada generasi yang bijak pandai..I know you are from a mixed marriage..and it proves you are "clever malay girl".

    Follow Kunta Kinte...know your roots...

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  7. Tanya dengan si- mamat Azran tu', yang Mak Dan Bapak Dia buat PhD dulu bawah Dasar Ekonomi Baru kan? Bayangkan tak Ada DEB?

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    1. Bayangkan jugak Kalau DEB tak Ada, mak bapak Jadi penoreh getah? Beza tu kan, mak Bapak penoreh getah Dan mak Bapak Ada PhD Dan Profesor di UM Dan UKM! Akhirnya, Si Mamat ini Jadi Si - Tanggang abad ke- 21. Ungrateful. Ada cara nak menegur Orang Melayu, tapi jangan bongkak Dan angkuh! Apa lagi Jadi ungrateful! Kalau dulu DEB gagal kerana perompak Dan penyamun , post DEB Akan terus menyaksi golongan Melayu middle class yang hilang maruah Dan banyak songe!

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    2. Bapak dia buat PhD duit atok dia lah!

      Depa bukan melayu, mana dapat biayaan.

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  8. Ibarat nila setitik rosak susu sebelanga.
    Malay leaders are more interested to get projects for themselves and their cronies.
    Malays are generally not good in business. So therefore they resort to politics to become rich fast. The honest malay politicians like zulkifli nordin n ibrahim ali who defend the Malay rights are being sidelined and they r called racists. Sad to see this happenning.

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  9. Jangan cakap melayu tak pandai berniaga.Ramai yang berjaya di zaman TDM tetapi mereka "dibunuh" di masa Nuar jadi TPM@Menteri Kewangan dan zaman Pak Lah dan sekarang ni dek penusihat2 1malaysia.
    Gani "jual" sebahagian johor bahru kpd s'pura dan kaum cine. Zaman TMY taklah teruk sangat.Sekurang2nya TSM dan melayu2 lain dapat juga berniaga.Dapat milik Pelabuhan Johor, TPP, Senai Airport,JTOP dll.
    Masa Gani adakan KPRJ,nak maju projek mesti dgnnya, tapi hampir muflis sehingga minta cine PL selamatkan, dan dengan penuh tipu muslihat.Org melayu disisihkan. Apa jadi pd Teluk Danga. Rumah limas, rumah melayu dll, buat jom heboh disana, promosi yg bukan2, guna peruntukan kerajaan utk naikkan cine PL dan kroni2nya.Mana pergi org melayu yg berniaga di Teluk Danga?
    Bangunkan wilayah iskandar utk org cine & s'pura, akhirnya makan diri sendiri, ditolak oleh orang melayu yg menghukum & org cine yg main belakang.

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