LAZY MALAYS? THE RIDICULE OF DERISIVE STEREOTYPE FROM THE POST-COLONIAL COLONISTS

Malays have long been stereotyped with certain negative characters and this has prompting for decades. They had blamed their inability to compete against other races in many aspects. The main objective of study is an exploration how British writers the images native through texts. A thematic content analysis involving articles published by Singapore Free Press were analysed purpose. findings showed that some contents misleading far from being accurate. managed portray as lazy apathy publications. These accusations not explained intellectual manner, a result civilizational cultural discrepancies between colonial Malay subjects. Such stereotype was actually planned ahead legalized colonization land.