Utusan ups the race rhetoric ante
Technorati tags: Racism, 1Apartheid, Utusan, Rhetoric
Amazing how much Utusan is allowed to get away with, without even a slap on the wrist. It is this race-first, damn the rest thinking that gives UMNO a bad name.
Why? Whatever Utusan says mirrors the party's thoughts. Nevermind that this may just be a perception, if it isn't the case. Perception is what goes to form an individual's reality.
The more Utusan spews its racial venom, the worse off the image of their own political masters will be. That reality, however, seems to have gotten lost in Utusan's ego-driven mindset.
Bang up job, Utusan!
Utusan calls for 1Melayu, 1Bumi movement
“What Umno needs to do now, in this pressing time, is to launch a wave of racial unity - 1Melayu, 1Bumi. Launch 1Melayu, 1Bumi immediately with other Malay parties,” assistant chief editor Datuk Zaini Hassan wrote in the Malay daily today.
In his Cuit column, he said that DAP’s slogans in the recently concluded Sarawak state election called for Chinese voters to change the Malay-led government, adding that they already controlled everything and was now aiming for political power.
“Only absolute political power has not been controlled by the Chinese, everything else has been taken. Now DAP bringing great slogans among them, Undi Untuk Ubah (Vote for Change), Enough is Enough and Selamatkan Malaysia (Save Malaysia).
“In truth, those slogans are aimed at no one else but specifically the Chinese. It is displayed proudly on the chests of DAP candidates and supporters in the Sarawak election so that the Malay leadership of Malaysia is changed,” he added.
In his column, he said that the Chinese community was a united force whose “brotherhood” was unmatched by any other race in the country.
He said that despite their different political stands, Chinese voters would unite when the time came to decide the fate of their community.
Zaini also said that the Chinese community helped each other economically and stood together unwaveringly to protect their culture, language and vernacular education.
“The Chinese language is a high priority and it is said that even Chinese who cannot read Chinese will still buy Chinese newspapers.
“In short, the Chinese are actually very fortunate to be in Malaysia. They have controlled everything. The top ten Chinese are Malaysian billionaires,” he wrote.
However, he provided no facts to substantiate the claim that the Chinese community was such a united force.
