bidayuh not bumiputera?

Racial discrimination happens everyday in Malaysia. But when it discriminates against the people whom we are supposed to "privilege", then there is something grossly wrong with the way our policies are implemented.

Now, I am not entirely supportive of the National Economic Policy. I believe that preferential treatment should be for the underprivileged, and not for the elite sons of the soil. But when there is such a policy, the implementation should ensure that the distribution of wealth is fair and justified to its intended target audience.

When a native of East Malaysia is not recognized as a Bumiputera, it goes to show how distorted this word has become. Instead, we have falsified Bumiputeras in this country, mainly immigrants from Indonesia who gained PR status by merit of professing a certain religious belief, and not out of loyalty to King and Country.

When a genuine Bumiputera is ignored by the NEP, which is supposedly to help the Bumiputera themselves with preferential treatment, what more can be said about the true non-Bumiputera Malaysians who have long been discriminated against in this beloved country's socio-economic policies?