Hi all, To start with; I'm a young ambitious black-African guy 20 something years old from a small country called Namibia (Google Search) , i got a scholarship from My Government to come and pursue an Honours Degree in Education (Specializing in IT) here in Malaysia.
Having been here for over a year now, i love #Malaysia (The country not the way some people treat me for being black here). Now i know Malaysia just like Namibia and any other country out there have had their fair-shares of troubles with Some Africans especially from "You-Know-Where" but that does not justify the cold reception some of us get just for Being Blacks(Africans) here!!! And it is a mentality that is not welcomed, especially in this modern world, here in Malaysia the General Mindset is;
If He is Black then he is 1. Hacker 2. Rapist 3. Rude 4. Smelly 5. Drug-Lord 6.Ugly!! If she is Black then she is; 1. A prostitute + the above mentioned!! That for me is pure-racism and stone-age mentality!! Most of us are here on legal grounds, our Governments are pumping Millions of Ringgits into your economy to keep us here, so try to keep your treatment of the black-men at a professional level, I'm not saying don't be wary whenever you see a black-man, it's human-nature to use their frame of reference to protect themselves against looming(Perceived and real) danger, but its utter-nonsense if I as a black-man come to your convenience store looking for something and you jump "Sorry sir cannot do Visa for money here!!" that happened to me in Pangkor Islands!! How stupid are you to think I,even if i were a criminal, will come to a convenience shop to process my illegal documents? Or i come to your office for assistance but you treat me like I'm about to kill you!! Online; it is the same issue too, a black-man online in Malaysia is from"You-Know-Where" and he is working very hard on his end-computer-system to break through your firewalls and get anything from your computer. bank, IDs etc. now again, it is a personal preference for one to decide who to interact with online, after-all it is your democracy and rights but let me duel on the Treatment our Caucasian brothers gets here. "You guys are beautiful,can i touch your hair? , can i be your fren? " again it is your right to be with who you wanna, But the worst part is that some Malaysian and Asians feel kinda inferior to the Whites and superior to the Blacks, based on what? They know better!!
I got some good news for you though!! Not all blacks in Malaysia are bad people, just like not all whites in Malaysia are Angels, the same boils down to the people from "You-know-where" and to the locals!! Now to make matters worse the people from "You-know-where" are smarter than y'all, they know how some of your brains functions. They know you guys are crazy about White guys/girls so what do they do?? Create a proper Facebook Profile of a White-hunk/Hottie with many pictures and friend you because you love them and trust them, then HAMMER you from that Angle!! Smart right? but that is another story for another time, read this blog for more tips on how you can be a step ahead of hackers without being a racist.
Bottom-line: There is a big difference between racism and trying to protect yourself from harm!! What it is, find out yourselves..
NB! this is based on my own personal view and opinions and it does not include all Malaysians, i have got some good Friends here (Chinese, Malay, Indians, Indonesians) but the General public and aggregate-opinion is what i referred to on the article above
