The government has decided not to pursue the proposed Race Relations Act - just four months after saying that the cabinet had agreed to do so.The change of heart was announced today by Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Shafie Apdal. He said that the cabinet has now agreed that there was no need for the Act, according to reports. Shafie said that the cabinet had studied the matter thoroughly and has decided not to proceed with the proposed Act. "Race relations is something that comes naturally and cannot be forced through legislation," he told reporters today. "That is why everyone in the cabinet agreed there was no need for such an Act." Shafie added that so many experts were against such an Act being implemented in this country. The minister also said that he had studied similar acts in several other countries and found that such an act was not suitable here...The Race Relation Act proposal came hot in the heels of the Ahmad Ismail controversy where the Penang Umno chieftain had allegedly labelled the Chinese minority as "squatters". (Source: Malaysiakini) I'm certainly not an expert in law but I certainly know that all humans come from one man - Adam. Thus, there is only one race - the human race. Race supremacy will die a natural death. Today, Barack Obama will be remembered in history as the first non-white President of the US to be inaugurated.
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