Understanding the Psyche of the Contemporary Dominant group Malay Malaysian- The Silently Discomfiting and ‘Pulsating’ Ramifications Impacting them and the ‘Other’

Malaysia, as a formerly colonised nation, is seen as a political entity not totally free from the centrifugal forces that tend to emerge and undo the social bonds that are attempted to be forged by the powers that be, and by the diverse communities themselves. These are in the form of socio-economic programmes, the New Economic Model, ‘Masyarakat Madani’ (Civil Society Malaysia -equality is its primary pillar), development plans, and so on generally said to be for the benefit of all Malaysians. Malaysians, particularly the minorities and the natives of the land, yearn to belong to the nation. This, the above groups want to not only be talked about, but seen to be done in the form of equitable governmental largesse. This is viewed presently as still very much skewed towards the majority group which is constitutionally endowed with special rights. The sense of beleaguerment, and being in doctrinated irrationally that they are intellectually incapable, and intermixed with a fear of loss of their rightful benefits in the country, which eventually has endowed on them the title-‘sons of the soil’, continue to seemingly prevail in their mental psyche. This has seemingly taken them on the trajectory to want to be regarded as the nation’s favoured group, to then egatively-impacting-on-nation-building sense of discrimination and disgruntlement ‘lived’ with by the ‘Other’– the minority communities. Writings of social science academics and analyses on the socio-political scenario of the country were the focus of the research methodology employed. It was concluded from the data studied that in all urgency, a further in-depth values-based and holistic ‘Education’ system was the key means of bringing about positive changes to the seemingly debilitating psychological traits of the dominant group mainly, and importantly, fulfilling the needs of ALL citizens proactively and for the nation going forward, without any element of qualificationor reservations.