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Education-Migration Pathways and the (Re)Production of Race

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Race, Education, and Citizenship

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This chapter describes eight distinct education-migration pathways found amongst the mobile Malaysian respondents in this research. It discusses the research finding that education-migration is typically the first step of departure from Malaysia for these migrants. It argues that race, as a colonial legacy inherited and exacerbated by the post-colonial Malaysian state, has extended its structuring influence through Malaysia’s race-stratified education system. It shows how race stratifies mobile Malaysians’ education and education-migration pathways, and is in turn reinforced by mobile Malaysians’ education-migration experiences. In so doing, this chapter calls attention to the longevity of colonialism with respect to race, education, and citizenship, which in this case has been institutionalised via the education system.

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Koh, S.Y. (2017). Education-Migration Pathways and the (Re)Production of Race. In: Race, Education, and Citizenship. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50344-2_4

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