BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS 
Podcast  >  Bfm Show  >   >  Talkback Thursday: Binning the "lain-lain" category.

Talkback Thursday: Binning the "lain-lain" category.

22-Jan-15 18:05

Talkback Thursday: Binning the "lain-lain" category.

Borneo charted new territories for themselves now that Sabah has joined Sarawak in binning the “lain-lain” race category on government documents and generic forms. The decision came after the Sabah state government deliberated on the matter and decided that the column should now be replaced with a blank space to allow applicants to identify their respective ethnicities.

Just to refresh everyone’s memory, the race column in forms have 4 boxes to tick from. The first 3 boxes represent the 3 main races, Malay, Chinese and Indian. The last box is called “lain-lain” or “others” with a space beside the box asking to state what race you are specifically. This applies to the Eurasians and the native races, mostly from ethnic tribes, of which Sabah alone has over 30.

In recent years, the binning if the race category in forms have been brought up with majority of those supporting the move stating that Malaysians shouldn’t be tagged. People have commented how segregating Malaysians according to race, further polarises the nation. So why are we so hung up on the having a race category? Is binning the lain-lain category in forms really necessary in the context of unity? Why?


This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories: 

Tags:  race malaysiadan lain-lainsabahsarawakwest malaysiaracial polarization1 malaysia





Play / Pause

Listen now : BFM 89.9 -- The Business Station

Today’s Shows



11:00 AM

A Bit of Culture (REPEAT)

Gossip Is A Form of Resilience and Rebellion; Kam Raslan | Na’a Murad | Marion D’Cruz

12:00 PM

I Love KL (REPEAT)

Protect Our Flood Retention Ponds!; Shuhana Shamsuddin, President, Pereka Bandar

1:00 PM

Best of Enterprise (REPEAT)

Battling and Preventing Ransomware: Key Steps to Safeguard Your Business; Datuk Alan See, CEO and Co-Founder, FIRMUS

2:00 PM

Popcorn Culture (REPEAT)

Deadpool & Wolverine + Odd Couples On-Screen

3:00 PM

GGWP (REPEAT)

Empowering Indie Developers With Xbox Game Camp Asia; Chia Jun Shen, Global Expansion Lead (Southeast Asia), Xbox | Suan Goh, Co-founder and Studio Head, CtrlD Studio | Jonathan Tang, Developer, Smooth Brain Game Labs | Vanessa Ong, Developer, Smooth Brain Game Labs

4:00 PM

Pick Of The Pops

Ep553; Patrick Teoh

6:00 PM

The Pulse (REPEAT)

By The Way | Pulse Picks