RE:Malaysian
by Kaushik on Aug 25, 2005 05:45 PM Permalink
In case you didn't know, the Malaysian population is ethnically broken up in the following way:
60% Malays 30% Chinese 10% Indians (these are originally tamilians who were brought in as bonded workers in the late 19th century)
Judging by his features, he IS of chinese origin. Malays have darker skin and their eyes are not as thin as that of chinese.
RE:Malaysian
by Jormund Elver on Aug 25, 2005 10:38 PM Permalink
To start with, the features are spelt mOngoloid, and not mangaloid as the person who made the above comment seems to believe.
Second, anyone who has had the opportunity to travel to Malaysia or Singapore KNOWS VERY CLEARLY that Malays are a different ethnic group from the Chinese - these people are the indigenous peoples of the Malay peninsula.
On the other hand, people of Chinese origin, as this singer is, are called Chinese (or Chinese from Malaysia, since their nationality is Malaysian!)
It merely displays your ignorance that you are not able to make a simple distinction between ethnicity (which is what the writer is referring to), and nationality, which is completely different.
So next time please do YOUR homework before you write something so stupid - or if this is indicative of your IQ, please don't write such arrant nonsense (or anything else for that matter!)
