Looking beyond race

Amandus (left), Jayson and Prem play the three leads in this musical about the birth of modern Kuala Lumpur

AT this point in time, it would be silly of me to say that I am imagining the growing racial and religious hatred not only in our country but around the world.

Here in Malaysia, it has become a norm in the political arena to make a racist statement in order to convey a point. And race bigots who start organisations with extremist views tend to get a large following compared to those who want to make a moderate stance.