Bumiputera

E510799

affirmative action beneficiary group legal status socio-political category

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.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bumiputera of Malaysia	1
bumi	0
putera	0

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	affirmative action beneficiary group ⓘ legal status ⓘ socio-political category ⓘ
appliesInJurisdiction	Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPolicy	New Development Policy NERFINISHED ⓘ New Economic Model (Malaysia) NERFINISHED ⓘ New Economic Policy NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastedWithCategory	non-Bumiputera ⓘ
contrastedWithEthnicGroup	ethnic Chinese Malaysians ⓘ ethnic Indian Malaysians ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
etymologyFromWord	bumi ⓘ putera ⓘ
grantedBy	Government of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
grantsBenefitType	business licenses preferences ⓘ civil service preferences ⓘ educational quotas ⓘ government contracts preferences ⓘ housing discounts ⓘ scholarships ⓘ special investment schemes ⓘ university admission preferences ⓘ
hasComponentCategory	Malay Bumiputera NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesEthnicGroup	Acehnese Malaysians NERFINISHED ⓘ Banjar Malaysians NERFINISHED ⓘ Bugis Malaysians NERFINISHED ⓘ Javanese Malaysians NERFINISHED ⓘ Malays NERFINISHED ⓘ Minangkabau Malaysians NERFINISHED ⓘ Orang Asli NERFINISHED ⓘ indigenous peoples of Sabah NERFINISHED ⓘ indigenous peoples of Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedToConstitutionalArticle	Article 153 of the Constitution of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Javanese people of Malaysia → legalClassificationInMalaysia → Bumiputera ⓘ

Malay → majorSubgroupOf → Bumiputera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bumiputera of Malaysia