By David Chua
I'm not amused to read a report in Malaysiakini that non-Chinese teachers are not welcome in Chinese Primary Schools in Sabah. The reason why I'm not amused is that Chinese Schools in Malaysia has to a certain extent become a bastion for Chinese chauvinism and racism.
I have personally experienced as a non Mandarin speaking Chinese being alienated by my Mandarin speaking colleagues. They somehow feel that I'm not a 'pure' Chinese as I did not go to a Chinese school. In short, I'm a 'Banana Chinese'.
My daughter goes to a premier Chinese Girls School in Penang and she has came back home and told me how teachers in her school have taught them among others, not to trust people of other races, eat food given by their Malay friends as the food may have a spell in it that would make them marry a Malay or covert to Islam. They are told not to trust Indians especially Indian men as they would try to molest or rape them.
They even discouraged students from having non Chinese boyfriends. One student was scolded by her teacher for having a Sikh boyfriend. Another interesting point to note is that the school that my daughter goes to has an unwritten policy of rejecting male Indian teachers who are posted by the Education Department to the School. The reason for this is that there is a 'fear' among parents that male Indian teachers have a tendency to molest or rape their daughters.
To be honest, as a Malaysian First and Chinese Second, Malaysian, I'm really disappointed with my fellow Chinese for their racism and chauvinism.
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