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Crossing Continents: Malaysia: Racial Supremacy No More?

Series 1, episode 0

For nearly four decades, ethnic Malays have benefited from positive discrimination over the nearly 40 percent of Malaysians of ethnic Chinese and Indian origin. But in 2008, the country's unique racial compact began to be strongly challenged from within. Mukul Devichand reports on the tensions and meets Malay, Indian and Chinese young people on the front lines of the struggle between ingrained racism and the possibility of a more equal future.