abstract:The concept of a Malay race was originally proposed by the German scientist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), and classified as the brown race.University of Pennsylvania Since Blumenbach, many anthropologists have rejected his theory of five races, citing the enormous complexity of classifying races.
He says,to shore up its support within the Muslim Malay community, the government now has to support or at least tolerate more hardline actions on issues of race and religion.
VOA: standard.2010.02.24
His opposition alliance won the popular vote, securing 50% of the ballot by pledging to remove race-based quotas for the majority but poorer ethnic-Malay community in this mostly Muslim country of 28 million.
Its pledges to unwind a decades-old race-based affirmative action policy designed to give a leg up to the majority ethnic-Malay population and reduce corruption have a strong appeal among mostly younger voters, analysts say.
The opposition also has also pledged to unwind a race-based affirmative action policy designed to give a leg up to the majority ethnic-Malay population and to reduce corruption, changes that younger voters strongly support, analysts say.