
I am going to be blunt and a little harsh in this article. The nation is in a crisis, politically speaking. And although no buildings have been torched yet, nor lives lost, make no mistake – we are in a dire situation.
I am not referring to politicians like Dr Akmal Saleh and his racial rhetoric. But I am talking directly to us Malaysians, particularly those not of my race and religion.
To this group, there are seven realities that we as Malaysians must come to peace with before we talk about change. If we do not accept, or merely deny these realities, we will go nowhere or worse will slide even further down a perilous road.
The first reality is that the Malays will never change.
There is no gentle way to go about it: as an academic who has examined the matter thoroughly, I have come to the conclusion that the Malays will still hold on to their racial identity above being a Malaysian.
The Malays have been fed a narrative that they were here first and that they need not discard…