"Race or ethnic group?" Politics of race in Malaysia
This paper investigates the reasons why university students in Malaysia prefer the term race over ethnic groups.The usage of the word race by students and faculty members in the classroom will be examined, along with academic writings and media usages of this term.Further, reasons for the pervasive...
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| description | This paper investigates the reasons why
university students in Malaysia prefer the term race over ethnic groups.The usage of the word race by students and faculty members in the classroom will be examined, along with academic writings and media usages of this term.Further, reasons for the pervasiveness of the term race in Malaysia will be explored.In this paper I argue that the
concept of race is used to create a notion that the three major ethnic groups in Malaysia are physically/biologically separate groups, and that their differences will never be changed.Such sedentary ethnic divisions are important for
the maintenance of social hierarchy and status quo in
Malaysia. |
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| spelling | uum-222582017-06-06T02:50:04Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/22258/ "Race or ethnic group?" Politics of race in Malaysia Nakamura, Rie HM Sociology HT Communities. Classes. Races This paper investigates the reasons why university students in Malaysia prefer the term race over ethnic groups.The usage of the word race by students and faculty members in the classroom will be examined, along with academic writings and media usages of this term.Further, reasons for the pervasiveness of the term race in Malaysia will be explored.In this paper I argue that the concept of race is used to create a notion that the three major ethnic groups in Malaysia are physically/biologically separate groups, and that their differences will never be changed.Such sedentary ethnic divisions are important for the maintenance of social hierarchy and status quo in Malaysia. Horizon Research Publishing 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/22258/1/SA%203%208%202015%20389%20398.pdf Nakamura, Rie (2015) "Race or ethnic group?" Politics of race in Malaysia. Sociology and Anthropology, 3 (8). pp. 389-398. ISSN 2331-6179 http://doi.org/10.13189/sa.2015.030803 doi:10.13189/sa.2015.030803 doi:10.13189/sa.2015.030803 |
| spellingShingle | HM Sociology HT Communities. Classes. Races Nakamura, Rie "Race or ethnic group?" Politics of race in Malaysia |
| title | "Race or ethnic group?" Politics of race in Malaysia |
| title_full | "Race or ethnic group?" Politics of race in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | "Race or ethnic group?" Politics of race in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | "Race or ethnic group?" Politics of race in Malaysia |
| title_short | "Race or ethnic group?" Politics of race in Malaysia |
| title_sort | race or ethnic group politics of race in malaysia |
| topic | HM Sociology HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/22258/1/SA%203%208%202015%20389%20398.pdf |
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