As Black Lives Matter and anti-racism protests continue around the world, the spotlight in Malaysia has shifted to accusations of racial discrimination at a university started by a Malaysian Chinese businessman.
LKW University, named for its founder LKW, came under fire after former students and staff took to social media to accuse it of having racist policies. The furore was sparked after a photo of a billboard depicting the university’s flamboyant founder as the ‘King of Africa’ went viral, with a petition calling for its removal.
Cheetah seen here running away from the billboard
Here some links from different media.
If you’ve spent any time on social media recently, you might’ve noticed that a lot of the conversation online recently has revolved around racism. And quite recently, the LKW Uni was involved in several allegations for being racist.
Well, it kinda started off when a billboard depicting Tan Sri Kok as the ‘King of Africa’ was placed in the university’s compound since January 2020. Link
This sparked anger among the black students in Limkokwing so, an online petition was started by Samantha (Sam) Chin to urge the management of the university to remove the billboard as, according to Sam, it is insensitive and condescending to portray Lim as a savior to African students. Link
it seems as though Lim has been depicted as the ‘savior’ of Africa. For instance, the ‘King of Africa’ billboard was supposed to be a ‘funny‘ gift to Lim from the university’s internal team for his contribution to African countries.
Lum Weng Wah, designer of the billboard interview with BFM.
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