Bumiputera

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Bumiputera is a Malaysian legal and socio-political category that grants certain indigenous and Malay-heritage groups, including many Javanese Malaysians, preferential rights and affirmative action benefits.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf affirmative action beneficiary group ⓘ
legal status ⓘ
socio-political category ⓘ
appliesInJurisdiction Malaysia ⓘ
associatedWithPolicy New Development Policy ⓘ
New Economic Model (Malaysia) ⓘ
New Economic Policy ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Islam ⓘ
contrastedWithCategory non-Bumiputera ⓘ
contrastedWithEthnicGroup ethnic Chinese Malaysians ⓘ
ethnic Indian Malaysians ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
etymologyFromWord bumi ⓘ
putera ⓘ
grantedBy Government of Malaysia ⓘ
grantsBenefitType business licenses preferences ⓘ
civil service preferences ⓘ
educational quotas ⓘ
government contracts preferences ⓘ
housing discounts ⓘ
scholarships ⓘ
special investment schemes ⓘ
university admission preferences ⓘ
hasComponentCategory Malay Bumiputera ⓘ
linked to: Bumiputera

non-Malay indigenous Bumiputera ⓘ
hasDebateTopic ethnic equality in Malaysia ⓘ
meritocracy versus quotas in Malaysia ⓘ
multiracial national identity in Malaysia ⓘ
hasLanguageOrigin Malay language ⓘ
hasLegalBasisIn Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
includesEthnicGroup Acehnese Malaysians ⓘ
linked to: Acehnese people

Banjar Malaysians ⓘ
Bugis Malaysians ⓘ
Javanese Malaysians ⓘ
Malays ⓘ
linked to: Malay peoples

Minangkabau Malaysians ⓘ
linked to: Malay peoples

Orang Asli ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Sabah ⓘ
linked to: Kadazan-Dusun

indigenous peoples of Sarawak ⓘ
linked to: Dayak peoples
isAffirmativeActionFor Malay-heritage groups in Malaysia ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Malaysia ⓘ
literalMeaning sons of the soil ⓘ
meansInMalay earth ⓘ
son ⓘ
policyGoal increase indigenous economic participation ⓘ
promote Malay and indigenous socio-economic status ⓘ
reduce inter-ethnic economic disparities ⓘ
politicallySensitiveTopicIn Malaysia ⓘ
relatedToConstitutionalArticle Article 153 of the Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malay → majorSubgroupOf → Bumiputera of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Bumiputera
Bumiputera → hasComponentCategory → Malay Bumiputera ⓘ
linked to: Bumiputera
The Malay Dilemma → mainSubject → Bumiputera policy ⓘ
linked to: Bumiputera
The Malay Dilemma → associatedWith → Bumiputera ideology ⓘ
linked to: Bumiputera
Tawau Division → hasEthnicGroup → Bumiputera communities ⓘ
linked to: Bumiputera