Race and nonracialism 2

One of my earlier post, Race and nonracialism, posted a few days ago and listed in Malaysiakini , has attracted many comments (37 until the time of this posting), arguing one way or another.

This morning I have written a comment under that article and on second thought, I would like to publish it as a post so that more people can see my points of argument that all men are created same and equal.

This is my comment:

After 50 yrs of race politics, people are brain washed so much that everything in this country is race orientated.

We need to really do away with racial politics, but I dont see that coming soon unless all the people can be influenced into thinking like A True Malaysian. That is easier said than done, unfortunately.

But ultimately, there will come a day when this non racial approach becomes a reality

Even the whites in US has changed their mindsets, and many are already ready to accept a non white to be a President.

If my readers care to read some of my earlier articles, they will find that in one of them, I have mentioned that all human are basically alike, once we cast away the colours.

We have the same beating hearts, we have the same brains, internal organs, the same skin structure, same skin cells, even the same cancers and susceptibility to the same viruses.

To me, the different colours evolved as a results of the different habitat that they live. If you live for few thousand years in a hot place, your skin will be darker, as a protective mechanism given by the Creator. It is just like a white wearing a dark clothing or a black wearing a white clothings – the colours are just the pigments and not anything unusual or superior.

So there is no such thing as race supremacy, no such thing as Ketuanan Orang Putih, Ketuanan Melayu, Ketuanan Cina, Ketuanan orang India etc.

If we accept this fact (this is a scientific fact that All Homo Sapiens belong to a single species), then there should be no arbitrary differentiation of race.

Taking this idea one step further, there should be no arbitrary division of people into countries and states.

ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD SHOULD BE TREATED EQUAL AND THE SAME.

If we can have a European Union, why can’t we have a World Union, the whole world integrated into a single big family and country?? ( 50 years ago, no one would have thought EU would be feasible).

The stumbling block is the politicians and the religious leaders, who use race and faith into consolidating their own powers and interest.

You may laugh at me that I am too idealistic or simplistic, but if you ponder carefully, if all the people start to think like this, then why can’t we have a World Union? Why can’t the rich really help the poor?

(For every idea to become reality, there must be some idealistic ones -you may call “fools”- to propagate the idea first, even though it may be too futuristic or advanced for the people of the time.)

The rich has so much to spare, why can they share a bit of their wealth with the poor to enable the poor to learn to stand on their own?

Why can’t we think along this line?

(P.S.  **When I say “help”, it means giving training, education opportunities, equal employment opportunities, teaching know-how, etc to underprivileged people and help them to stand on their own feet, and not spoon feeding type of help, by giving cash , money etc- and that is spoiling and not real help)