Assimilation as Multiracialism: The Case of Singapore's Malays

被引:33
作者
Barr, Michael D. [1 ]
Low, Jevon [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
关键词
Singapore; multiracialism; meritocracy; Malays; ethnicity; education;
D O I
10.1080/14631360500226606
中图分类号
C95 [民族学、文化人类学];
学科分类号
0304 ; 030401 ;
摘要
The myths of meritocracy and multiracialism 'explain' between them both the 'fairness' of the Singapore system and the subordinate role of the non-Chinese minority races. They also purport to assure the minorities that they enjoy full status as members of the nation-building project and that their cultural and religious mores are embraced and protected within its framework. Using the Malay minority as its case study, and arguing from archival, oral, official government and secondary sources, this paper argues that the Singapore systems of meritocracy and multiracialism have not been concerned primarily with intercommunal tolerance since the 1970s, but are now programmes of assimilation of the racial minorities into a Chinese-dominated society.
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页数:22
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