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"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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Main Author:	Nakamura, Rie
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Horizon Research Publishing 2015
Subjects:	HM Sociology HT Communities. Classes. Races
Online Access:	http://repo.uum.edu.my/22258/1/SA%203%208%202015%20389%20398.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/22258/ http://doi.org/10.13189/sa.2015.030803
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spelling	my.uum.repo.222582017-06-06T02:50:04Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/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 http://repo.uum.edu.my/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
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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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title	"Race or ethnic group?" Politics of race in Malaysia
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publisher	Horizon Research Publishing
publishDate	2015
url	http://repo.uum.edu.my/22258/1/SA%203%208%202015%20389%20398.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/22258/ http://doi.org/10.13189/sa.2015.030803
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