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Why the Race-Based vs Needs-Based Debate is Fundamentally Flawed

44 mins·15:00, 5 Jan 2023
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Why the Race-Based vs Needs-Based Debate is Fundamentally Flawed

44 mins
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15:00, 5 Jan 2023
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Guest: Dr Lee Hwok-Aun, Senior Fellow, Malaysian Studies Programme, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Recently, Dr Lee Hwok-Aun, Senior Fellow, Malaysian Studies Programme, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, wrote: “Pakatan Harapan routinely disavows race-based policies, offering instead the notion of need-based policies. This commitment to need-based assistance has constructively focused attention on low-income households, but its prescription for ‘replacing’ race-based programs is fundamentally flawed.” 

This is pretty much an extension of what Hwok-Aun has been writing for years now. 

Question is, why is it fundamentally flawed? Hwok-Aun joins us to share his insight.

Presenter: Dashran Yohan

Producer: Dashran Yohan

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