Preferences for the Majority Jared Taylor, American Renaissance, October 2008 In the United States, racial preferences are for minorities. Most Americans can hardly imagine preferences for the majority and — if they even think about it — assume that if whites become a minority racial preferences will be finished. They shouldn’t count on it. Malaysia had preferences for the majority Malays even before independence in 1957, and has only extended them as time has gone by. The people who pay the price, mainly the largely Tamil Indian population, complain bitterly, and although there has been some talk of leveling the playing field, Malays are not about to give up their privileges.