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Racism Alive and Well in Malaysia

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By Baradan Kuppusamy, Asia Times (Hong Kong)

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's first serious survey of race relations in more than 50 years indicates that behind the government-promoted facade of unity and peace, racism runs deep in one of Asia's most multi-ethnic melting pots.

The telephone survey of about 1,200 Malaysians also found that the majority of the various races find comfort and security in their respective ethnicity and not, as the official travel and tourism brochures suggest, in a common "Malaysian" identity.

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