Discuss whether or not Tun Abdul Razak's son, our current prime minister, Datuk Seri Najib is continuing his father's legacy primarily in affirmative action.

             

             Affirmative action is policies that consider people gender, race, colour, religion, sexual orientation or national origin in order to benefit them in government institutions. New Economic Policy (NEP) is an example of affirmative action in Malaysia which is introduced by Malaysia second Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Razak after the worst riot tragedy on 13^th May 1969. The main objective of NEP is to restructure the economics of all races which Malays and Bumiputras get the biggest quota in government opportunities as they were the races that left behind in economic.

             In A Leader’s Legacy Tun Abdul Razak shows that Tun Abdul Razak biggest legacy is reuniting all races in Malaysia after the 13^th May 1969 tragedy and minimized the gap between low class people and high class people by applying NEP to the community. The question is, does Datuk Seri Najib is continuing his father’s legacy primarily in affirmative action nowadays and the answer is no.

             In 32:38 shows that Tun Abdul Razak hoped that NEP would improve poor people economic and most of the poor people were Malays which lead to misunderstood from other races. However, in today affirmative action shows that it not gives quota to poor people but mostly to high class people who have big position in government and influence in politics.  Some of the high class people will also do the same thing by giving any opportunities in entering the government institutions to their relatives and friends.  The poor people fate nowadays is neglected by Datuk Seri Najib as he focus on 1Malaysia which means all races are treated as the same and the quota to Malays and Bumiputras also decreases day by day.

             Other than that, NEP also had united Malaysian no matter what their race and religion are as in 46:57 and 47:49 after 13^th May 1969 with success. It is contrary from nowadays affirmative action as these policies are the one that set Malaysian apart and the proof is when many opposition parties and Malaysian questioning the relevant of affirmative action in Malaysia. Affirmative action nowadays not only affects the other races relationship but also among the Malays and Bumiputras as there are three major politic parties in Malaysia and none of the parties has the same thought about affirmative action even though most of the politicians are Malays and Bumiputras.

             As conclusion, based on the points given show that Datuk Najib Abdul Razak is not continuing his father’s legacy in affirmative action as the policies benefiting the high class people than the poor one and it becomes the main source of disunity in Malaysia.