Kerana mereka itu Melayu

Melayu kelas atasan pun layak kerana mereka adalah Melayu...

Bukan semua orang Melayu Malaysia itu petani, buruh kasar, nelayan, budak pejabat, posmen, 'soldadu', polis atau pemandu teksi yang tergolong di dalam kelas orang-orang tercorot kerana mewah kemiskinannya. 

Mengikut Syed Husin Ali di dalam bukunya, “ Ethnic Relations in Malaysia: Harmony and Conflict”, Strategic Information and Social Development, (SIRD), Petaling Jaya, 2008 (halaman 14 – 16):

The contemporary stratification system can be summarized as follows:

(a) The Upper Class is made up of (i) the nobility, (ii) leading government politicians and administrators (iii) successful capitalists or businessmen, and (iv) successful professionals.  Those in category (i) are exclusively Malay, in (ii) mostly Malay, while those in categories (iii) and (iv) are mostly non-Malays, the majority being Chinese...” 

(b) The Middle Class is made up of (i) middle ranked government or public servants, (ii) professionals, and (iii) businessmen, managers, etc.  Whereas membership of the civil service in (i) is largely made up of Malays, that of the medical, technical and educational, for example, consists largely of non-Malays, although the Malay component is increasing..”

(c) The Lower Class is made up largely of (i) the peasantry, (ii) the lowest ranking personnel in government or uniformed services, and (iii) workers in commercial and industrial enterprises.  A big majority in (i) and (ii) are Malays...”

Soalannya:

Tatkala Wira KT dan Perkasa bercakap tentang Melayu dan segala hal yang berkaitan dengannya, kita teringat soalan-soalan seperti berikut:

(i) Apabila Wira Dunia Ketiga dan Perkasa yang dijuarai Wira itu, menjerit-jerit bahawa orang-orang Melayu akan kehilangan kuasa jika pembangkang mengambil alih tampuk pemerintahan negara ini, orang-orang Melayu manakah yang mereka rujuk?

(ii) Apabila mereka bertempik sorak bahawa orang-orang Melayu masih jauh ketinggalan adakah orang-orang Melayu itu adalah golongan “(a) The Upper Class is made up of (i) the nobility, (ii) leading government politicians and administrators (iii) successful capitalists or businessmen, and (iv) successful professionals?”

Adakah orang-orang ini, lebih-lebih lagi yang bersama-sama Umno/BN yang sebenarnya bakal kehilangan kuasa mereka?

(iii) Apakah tidak memalukan jika orang-orang Melayu dari kalangan kelompok “(a) The Upper Class is made up of (i) the nobility, (ii) leading government politicians and administrators (iii) successful capitalists or businessmen, and (iv) successful professionals” ini terus menerus ikut  mengecap segala keistimewaan ini semata-mata kerana mereka itu adalah Melayu?

Sistem keadilan sosial rimba raya manakah yang kita pakai?