ETHNIC stereotypes are a bane on any society. They exacerbate ethnic relations and, worse, impede the growth of understanding and empathy among individuals from different communities that have had minimum social interaction over a long period of time.
Recent remarks by former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad that “ the Chinese are a wealthy lot” and “control all the towns in the country” would be examples of such stereotyping.
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