Who am I? 1/4 malay?

last SG · 2009-02-17T14:46:44+00:00

Just be what you are now, you still have a long way to go. Forget about it.

huzane89 SG

Someone quoted, " If someone do not embrace their heritage, it is the same as a tree that have forgotten about its roots.".

I am someone with mixed decent. My I/C is stated as Malay and I grew up with the malay culture and upbringing. I recently found out that I wasnt decended from 'pure' malays at all.

My paternal grandfather = Javanese from Indonesia

My paternal Grandmother = sg malay

My Maternal grandfather = bengali from Mumbai, north india

My Maternal Grandmother = Chinese from China

So does this make me ONLY malay, or i actually have many relatives that I have from other races and countries.

P.S. Dont try and flame me as i am not being a racist or anything. I just want to explore my ancestors history and culture. Or does their culture matter? Am I considered as part of each heritage since I am of mixed decent.

[J]erry SG

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hisoka SG

more important is which heritage are you brought up in and which heritage do you identify with.

huzane89 SG

Personally, i was bought up with the malay heritage, but i dont identify with it. As a child, I didnt really like people calling me a malay or chinese. I look more like my mother and my mother took on her mother, so i look like a mix of malay and chinese.

huzane89 SG

I dont know. It's something like an inner struggle.

MichelleStone SG

Javanese and Malay belongs to the same group of ethnic. And it forms 50% of your lineage. Henceforth, your root is Malay no matter whose appearance you took on.

JJxJJ SG

i feel alien already

RedizAlertz SG

Why will there even neccessary to have any inner struggle? Ur father is a malay, u are brought up as one, u adapt malay culture, so those alone aready made u a malay.

Is being a pure breed that important?

JJxJJ SG

Why will there even neccessary to have any inner struggle? Ur father is a malay, u are brought up as one, u adapt malay culture, so those alone aready made u a malay.

Is being a pure breed that important?

ts mentioned he wanted to explore the history and culture of his ancestors... so it does make some kind of difference.

cApitaland SG

same here. welcome to the club. there are so many people claiming to be mix blooded nowdays its not surprising anymore.

huzane89 SG

Javanese and Malay belongs to the same group of ethnic. And it forms 50% of your lineage. Henceforth, your root is Malay no matter whose appearance you took on.

I do understand this. Malay and Javanese are one of the 'Astronesian' ethnic group. I soon found out that they are not the same. The cultures are similar but very different. How is having Javanese heritage makes me 50% malay?Javanese is Javanese. Malay is Malay. Ask any Javanese and Malay and they will tell you. Dont ASSUME that the two are the same.

skythewood SG

What do you think is the racial difference between japanese, chinese, koreans, taiwanese?

technically, they are of the same ethnic group.

some of their culture is similar.

saying their "culture is similar but very different" is just bad logic or bad english.

huzane89 SG

Why will there even neccessary to have any inner struggle? Ur father is a malay, u are brought up as one, u adapt malay culture, so those alone aready made u a malay.

Is being a pure breed that important?

Ok, if you look at it that way. My paternal grandfather is Javanese. Doesnt that make my father javanese? Not malay? I dont care what the race of my IC says. (In IC follow father). My bloodline came from different ancestry and culture. I was brought up with malay culture and western culture. Does that make me part caucasion too?

So, your notion that I am malay is not acceptable to me.

Since when did I mentioned that I wanted to be a pure blood? No its not important, if you implied being a pure blood malay. I am 1/4 malay.

Short Ninja SG

When I was young like you I was confused about my own race now I just confuse people and I feel fine.I have Thai/Chinese peranakan/Malay blood.

huzane89 SG

What do you think is the racial difference between japanese, chinese, koreans, taiwanese?

technically, they are of the same ethnic group.

some of their culture is similar.

saying their "culture is similar but very different" is just bad logic or bad english.

the relationship of your example with the relationship of Javanese and Malay is the same. Michelle stone mentioned that being Javanese is the same as being Malay. It's saying, being Korean is the same as being Japanese.

I may have quoted it in a bad way. My apologies. But do you see the relationship?

huzane89 SG

What do you think is the racial difference between japanese, chinese, koreans, taiwanese?

technically, they are of the same ethnic group.

some of their culture is similar.

saying their "culture is similar but very different" is just bad logic or bad english

Your relationship of your example and the relationship between Javanese and Malays are the same. Michelle Stone mentioned that being Javanese is the same as being Malay. It's the same as being Japanese is the same as being Korean.

Do you get the relationship between the two? I may have quoted it in a bad way. My apologies.

skythewood SG

I may have quoted it in a bad way. My apologies. But do you see the relationship?

Actually, to me they are the "chinese looking " asian group, so they are the same to me.

Just like "Malay looking" asian group is the same to me.

Culture just pick one to follow... preferably the one that your family is practicing... have fun...

huzane89 SG

So short Ninja. What you are saying is you are of mixed decent? and not really particular about which one?

caleb_chiang SG

it is not a question of who but what...

JJxJJ SG

So short Ninja. What you are saying is you are of mixed decent? and not really particular about which one?

follow the one you're brought up in or something..