Penerimaan dan Penolakan International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) dalam Kalangan Masyarakat Melayu dan Bumiputera di Malaysia.

The debates over the ratification of ICERD divided into a few perspectives such as supporting, support with conditions, and against it. ICERD was championed by mostly non-Malays human rights activists that prepared a report on the need for ICERD in English. The collection of opinion from this non-governmental organization made the understanding of ICERD concentrated amongst the elitist people, middle class, and English oriented. Most people are still unclear and looking for reliable sources to understand the terms in ICERD. Tracing and defining ICERD about the future of Malays and Bumiputeras must be informed using the Malay language as the medium to disseminate it to all layers of society in Malaysia. The abrupt moved by the government to ratify it was deemed unnecessary by most people. This article examines the terms of ICERD, reasons for opposing it, insufficient understanding of the English version amongst the Malays and Bumiputera, absence of consultation with the people, and series of unfortunate events that resulted in rejecting ICERD. Alas, it is a stable tension that if it is ill-managed, it could transform into violence - an ethnic riot. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]