Gregory Wee notes that Sepet “create[s] a sense of insecurity in the social, cultural and political construct of Malayness”. In so doing, Sepet causes the viewer to confront essentialist notions of racial or ethnic identity as well. The title of the movie comes from the phrase “mata sepet”, which means “slit-eyes”. Indeed, as I have shown, the film foregrounds the narrow perception of race that people tend to succumb to, for example, the “crass Chinese businessman [and] the comic Indian character” (Khoo, “Art”). Sepet also highlights how fine the dividing line between races is. At the end of Sepet, Orked’s father says, “I truly believe this boy’s not suitable”. Orked’s mother, however, compares his response to her own experience with her late father, who said the “exact words when [she] told him [she] wanted to marry” her husband. Orked’s mother chooses to focus on Orked’s love relationship with Jason rather than focusing on Jason’s race. Another value espoused in the movie is “honour among friends”. Keong chides Jason for letting him walk home alone; in so doing, Jason was unable to help Keong, who was attacked by Jimmy’s gang. Keong points out that “even Orked understands” this sentiment. These scenes show that values such as love and friendship cut across racial lines. As Yasmin Ahmad writes in her notes about Sepet, “I have always found, without fail, that racism was just surface stuff”. Sepet reminds us that we need to go deeper and realise our common humanity.