chicken fight

Our country is being dominated with the news of cattle, crocodiles, phythons and not to be left out - chicken (fights). Apparently on 6th February this year there was a quarrel at the Shah Alam I-city KFC, whereby racial remarks were uttered in the heat of the moment. Videos of the incident were posted on youtube, and have since gone viral.  Some quarters were said to be taking the advantage of turning the chicken fight into a racial issue. Our Deputy IGP has had to caution these quarters and the public not to turn a personal incident into a racial issue. I applaud our Deputy IGP for his timely advice. Similarly the English Premier League is saddled with racism issues amongst the top clubs. To the extent that Sir Alex Ferguson made a public statement that racism in professional football should be nipped in the bud.

Racism in our country is closely related to the political system whereby our ruling political parties are segregated by race. Many a time, race and religion is used in our country to manipulate political issues and the social order. I'm of the view that to create a Malaysian race, we need to step out of our current social order, and be willing to stand up and be counted as Malaysians. We have to stop identifying ourselves as Malays, Chinese and Indians, and instead say that we are Malaysians. Maybe it is time for us to revisit what Onn bin Jaafar propagated wayback in the 1940s, to start a political party where all races come under one umbrella. Maybe this will to a certain extent, (but perhaps not a 100 percent) curb racial issues in our country. If you want to avoid another chicken fight, we have to stop identifying ourselves by race