IT is often said that racism permeates in every community and culture with those claiming to be victims of racism – knowingly or subconsciously – being the most racist of the lot.
Such seems to be observation of socio-political activist Adrian Lim Chee En who tracked the Facebook emojis of two English portals – namely, SAYS and Malay Mail – which featured the death of a Malay man killed by a buffalo during the recent Eid al-Adha a.k.a. Hari Raya Korban.
The digital creator known for his progressive advocacy found 1,600+ reactions from both news sites of which “an astonishing 540 Chinese Indians (34%) laughed at the dead Malay man”.
He then contrasted this with the May 2022 freak incident in which an Indian woman was killed by falling fragments of a statue in a Hindu temple in Ipoh.
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“A check on two Malay portals (Sinar Harian & Harian Metro) shows 8,900+ reactions, of which only 106 Malays (1%) laughed at the dead Indian woman,” remarked Lim in a recent FB post.
“This roughly means … When an Indian dies, 1 out of 100 Malays laughed at the dead Indian but when a Malay dies, 34 out of 100 Chinese Indians laughed at the dead Malay.”
Shocked with the 1% vs 34% disproportion, he vouched “with 100% certainty, these 34% Chinese Indians are currently the ones shouting the loudest ‘we’re victims of racism’.”
“But in fact, these 34% are actually the most racist and Islamophobe people in the world,” chided the former student activist and founder of the coalition Mahasiswa Ganyang Akta Hasutan (a student movement advocating for the repeal of the Sedition Act 1948).
“The only way West Malaysia will ever break from this vicious cycle of racism is when the Malays start calling out racist Malays, Chinese start calling out racist Chinese and Indians start calling out racist Indians.”
‘Hurting feelings of non-Muslims’
Former icon teacher-turned-social media influencer Mohd Fadli Salleh who highlighted Lim’s findings in a FB post went a step further to sum up sentiments of the Malay community at large to the recent Kuala Terengganu road tragedy in which 18-year-old Wah Han Keong had his head severed.
“99% of Malay Muslims are sympathetic, even asked for the QR (code) of the voctom’s father, spread the QR (to request condolence money), went to console the deceased’s family … this is no joke,” jibed the former educator of SK Gombak 1 in Selangor.
The suspect who drove the Golf GTR is a Malay Muslim but 80% of the comments from Malay Muslim netizens condemned him, wanted him to be charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, hoped that he was the one who died, etc.
Yet when Malays or Muslims talk about their rights, they’re accused of not being harmonious, accused of fanning 3R (race, religion, royalty) sentiments, accused of hurting te feelings of non-Malays/non-Muslims.
Earlier, digital creator Khairul Azri lamented at how low “the value of a Malay/Muslim’s life is in the eyes of some Malaysians”.
“Check out the comments and the reactions to the death of a man in the recent sacrificial activity (in Chinese and Indian news portals),” penned the self-proclaimed “apolitical commoner”.
“Thank God for having inspired (Mark) Zuckerberg to create Facebook for this has exposed what is written in the hearts of some people.” – Focus Malaysia
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