"Malaysian Chinese"
Is this noun be used no more?
Apparently, we called ourselves "Malaysian Chinese" rather than "Chinese-Malaysian"
Is this to due to the fact that we put more emphasis on the "Malaysian" than the "Chinese"?
Or is that simply because of the difference between American and British English?
"I am Malaysian, but I'm Chinese"
Why do we always have to add that latter part of our self-introduction?
Is is really that important to distinguish ourselves from other groups of people in Malaysia? Maybe...
But the point I'm trying to make here is,
is this issue of identity the thing that tore us apart all these years?
Besides the color of our skins, the different language we speak,
And the different religion we embrace?
Our race is predetermined,
But we can choose our ethnicity
If that is the case,
What then is the our ethnicity?
What then is Malaysian cultute?
What then is the Malaysian people?
"One Malaysia"
Does One Malaysia only to possess One Culture?
Should One Malaysians only to speak One Language?
Should us only be called True Malaysians after we lost track of the ancestors' journey?
What then should Malaysians be like?
There are only questions posed
And more questions to come
There is no answers here
For these answers are only to be discovered by ourselves
