: I'm Malaysian
: So you're Malay?
: No, I'm of Dusun and Rungus ethnicity
: What is Dusun and Rungus?
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The perpetual frustration of clarifying "I'm Malaysian, not Malay" only to be met with "What is Dusun and Rungus?" Malaysian identity is richly diverse, yet many Bornean indigenous ethnicities remain invisible to outsiders. We are more than just one label.
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