Prejudice And Racial Discrimination In The United States

As a multiracial country , it is a big issue in the society of Malaysia nowadays that the education system and scholarship opportunity in Malaysia claims to be fair to all races . The government claims that they are being equal in education and scholarship opportunity eventhough it’s the Malay people who bring about this equality . It was claimed in the constitution of Malaysia that the privilege of the Malay people in the country is preserved . This issue brings conflict in the country since the day of the constitution was signed . The dictionary defines privilege as a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people . In Malaysia , majority of the citizens are Malay and followed by Chinese and Indian . Racism is somehow growing in our country and it affect the country’s harmony because of the privilege for Malay people . In our country , we have two types of school that …show more content…
The Chinese will go to Chinese’s school and the Indians will go to Indian’s school . This is similar to what have been claim by Robert L. Carter , an American activist and a U.S District Judge . Carter claims that ‘the persistence of de facto segregation and the reality of continued low quality education for many Black children have even driven some to argue that a return to more formalized segregation will somehow benefit Black children’ (Carter) . Somehow , this is different in my country . Segregation will not benefit any races because the students will not have any understanding about other races . Regarding the quota for the Malay people in the boarding school , other races tend to against it and they want equality for the boarding school . Some ministers in Malaysia do suggest that if they want the quota for their increases , the vernacular schools should be abolished . For me , it is a win win situation between the races if they want their rights