📍 Here's why 🇲🇾 Malaysians always insist that Indonesians are Malay people, meanwhile 🇮🇩 Indonesians always reject that idea.
Because the way Indonesians and Malaysians see their peoples is really really different.
● In 🇲🇾 Malaysia, all Malaysians with Indonesian ancestry (Bugis/Buginese, Malay itself, Java, Banjar, Acheh, Minang etc.) are all classified as Malay people (or "Bangsa Melayu"). Meanwhile Chinese and Indians living there are classified differently. In Malaysia there are (mainly):
1. Malay nation/race (all Malaysians of Indonesian ethnicities are in this category)
2. Chinese nation/race (all Malaysians of Chinese ethnicities are in this category)
3. India/Tamil nation/race (all Malaysians of Mainly Tamil is in this category)
● Meanwhile in 🇮🇩 Indonesia, they have their own concept, Indonesia only has one single nation which is: Read More »