Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Of Race, Gender and Equality

Pop quiz.. What's the hottest issue in Malaysia now?
Hike in petrol price

What is the hottest issue in US now?
Obama won over Hillary and he is contending against McCain

And yes, it is very possible that US will have their first ever Black president... And i am actually anticipating for it. What would he do? what would he change? how can he impact the world? After all, he's a Black.. which is very interesting..

Let's take a step back and imagine that Obama didn't won.. let's say Hillary won.. I would still be anticipated cause she would be the first female president. Now how cool is that? Regardless of race and gender, everyone is qualified for contesting for the presidential.

Looking at Malaysia, I would say this scenario would be impossible, if not almost impossible. Imagine a race other than a Malay being Prime Minister. Imagine a female being the Prime Minister. hmm.. quite hard to imagine no?

If Malaysia can one day transcend race, and gender... i believe we would truly be a strong nation then. Now who says that Western influence is always bad?

We should learn this life lesson from them..

God Bless~

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