We are not transparent

Remember the topic taught by the History teacher last Friday? Kepentingan Perlembagaan. She especially spoke about the part of 'hak dan istimewa orang Melayu'.

"Perlembagaan Malaysia, dalam Perkara 153 memperuntukkan peranan Yang di-Pertuan Agong dalam menjaga dan memelihara hak istimewa serta kedudukan orang Melayu dan bumiputera di Sarawak dan Sabah. hak istimewa tersebut ialah pemberian jawatan dalam perkhidmatan awam, biasiswa, kemudahan pendidikan serta pemberian lesen perniagaan dan perdagangan." (Buku teks Sejarah Ting. 5, Bab7, m/s 164)

She talked about the biasiswa thingy stating that the biasiswa was right to be given to bumiputeras. Yes, I agree. I have always accepted the hak istimewa of orang Melayu, and I respect it. But she missed out or she didn't talk about the last sentence of the paragraph:

"Walau bagaimanapun, perlembagaan juga memastikan Perkara 153 tersebut dilaksanakan dengan berhati-hati supaya pelaksanaannya tidak mengabaikan kaum-kaum yang lain."

Please lah teacher, we know that bumiputeras have hak istimewa, but we as 'kaum-kaum lian' also have our 'hak' also. And when you teach, remember to teach rightly not choose the text that you like.