Essay About Ethnic Integration

Ethnic integration only existed in Malaysia when our leader would want to prevent another “13th May 1969” tragic racial riot event recurred again. This riot took place in Kuala Lumpur and hundred of innocent people killed because of the racial tension existed between the Malay and the Chinese.

This black history event set an example where we need to fully understand that in every ethics or race there are different culture occur. We use the model of Koentjaraningrat (2002) culture’ view, to illustrate the definition of culture where according to Koentjaraniangrat , he greatly stated culture term as the overall thinking and human creation solely through a process of life learning. In his culture’s model, culture consist of seven (7) elements namely

1.I) Religion and religious ceremonies

2.II) System and community organisation

3.III) Education system

4.IV)Linguistic

5.V)Artistic

6.VI)Economy system

7.VII)Technology and equipment system

When a group of same culture become dynamic or evolve, we also need to understand that there are traits in each group culture.The

Malaysian government introduce national ideology and was created by National Consultative Council after the racial riot of 13 May 1969 at the time the country was under the rule of MAGARAN. On 31 August 1970, it was declared as a national ideology. The national ideology based on

1)Belief in God

2)Loyalty to King and Country

3)Nobleness of the Constitution

4)Sovereignty of the Law

5)Courtesy and Decency

Based on National Ideology, the objectives are as follow:

1)to achieve a greater unity among the people

2)To maintain democratic way of life

3)To create a just society

4)To ensure a liberal attitude toward the rich and variety of cultural backgrounds

5)To build a society that progressive in science and technology.

Even until today National Ideology still instll integration of