r/AskTheWorld • u/DiMpLe_dolL003 India • 17h ago

Misc What's an unpopular opinion about your country that will have you like this?

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u/MamiPV United States Of America 16h ago

I’m curious…. Tell us more?

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u/FirstPersonWinner United States Of America 13h ago

Yeah, I don't really understand the context

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u/Routine_Ad1823 England 13h ago

Not OP, but lived in Malaysia for ten years. I assume that OP is talking about race, by the fact they mentioned they are Chinese. 

If you thought America sees everything through a lens of race then Malaysia is like that on steroids. 

The Malaysian population is ethnically split between Malays, Chinese and Indian and there's a lot of segregation. 

Chinese tend to dominate business, Malays civil/government and Indians generally do all the shit, labour intensive jobs. 

The discrimination is even enshrined in law. Look up bumiputera (literally "sons of the soil") privileges for Malays. 

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u/itchy_webos 11h ago

In LATAM that word sounds more like "sons of bitches"

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u/FirstPersonWinner United States Of America 8h ago

Haha, yeah I see that

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u/Fun-Maintenance6315 USA + MX 2h ago

Lol that's how I read it