Waythamoorthy: We're not racist
Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) chairperson P Waythamoorthy has denied that he is spearheading a racist movement.
"We just can't understand this racist label pinned on us through no fault of our own," he told Malaysiakini.
"People who say that we are racists should first examine the meaning and definition of the term," added the Hindraf leader who is on self-imposed exile in London.
p waythamoorthyWaythamoorthy was responding to an avalanche of public comments against him.
This followed mostly calls in Sabah and Sarawak that PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim should re-assess his position in the party. Waythamoorthy was quoted in the article as well.
He reiterated his charge that Umno has over the past half-century finally degenerated into a racist organisation.
But he disagreed with the assertion that Hindraf and Umno are similar or that it is a case of "the pot calling the kettle black".
"A racist is one who denies other people their place in the sun and their legitimate rights under the Federal Constitution. That's Umno. That's the truth whether some people like it or not.
"A person fighting for his place in the sun and his rights under the Federal Constitution – read Hindraf – cannot by any stretch of the imagination be labeled racist. That would be defamation," he stressed.
read more:-
http://hindraf4you.blogspot.com/2010/02/waythamoorthy-were-not-racist.html
"We just can't understand this racist label pinned on us through no fault of our own," he told Malaysiakini.
"People who say that we are racists should first examine the meaning and definition of the term," added the Hindraf leader who is on self-imposed exile in London.
p waythamoorthyWaythamoorthy was responding to an avalanche of public comments against him.
This followed mostly calls in Sabah and Sarawak that PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim should re-assess his position in the party. Waythamoorthy was quoted in the article as well.
He reiterated his charge that Umno has over the past half-century finally degenerated into a racist organisation.
But he disagreed with the assertion that Hindraf and Umno are similar or that it is a case of "the pot calling the kettle black".
"A racist is one who denies other people their place in the sun and their legitimate rights under the Federal Constitution. That's Umno. That's the truth whether some people like it or not.
"A person fighting for his place in the sun and his rights under the Federal Constitution – read Hindraf – cannot by any stretch of the imagination be labeled racist. That would be defamation," he stressed.
read more:-
http://hindraf4you.blogspot.com/2010/02/waythamoorthy-were-not-racist.html
