The (In)significance of Race in Singapore's Immigration Context: Accounts of Self-Differentiation by Academically Elite Students

Autor/in	Lu, Luke
Titel	The (In)significance of Race in Singapore's Immigration Context: Accounts of Self-Differentiation by Academically Elite Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 22 (2023) 1, S.18-35 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lu, Luke)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-8458
DOI	10.1080/15348458.2020.1832494
Schlagwörter	Race; Advantaged; Self Determination; High Achievement; Student Recruitment; Student Characteristics; Immigrants; Ethnicity; Scholarships; Talent; Student Attitudes; Self Concept; Cultural Differences; Chinese; Second Language Learning; Acculturation; Student Adjustment; Cultural Influences; Foreign Countries; Personal Narratives; Educational Background; Intergroup Relations; Secondary School Students; Undergraduate Students; Peer Relationship; Study Abroad; Singapore; China; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rasse; Abstammung; Selbstbestimmung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Ethnizität; Scholarship; Stipendium; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Schülerverhalten; Selbstkonzept; Kultureller Unterschied; China; Chinesen; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Akkulturation; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Ausland; Erlebniserzählung; Vorbildung; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Sekundarschüler; Peer-Beziehungen; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Singapur
Abstract	In order to counter low birthrates, the Singapore state recruits top-performing students from China and Vietnam with scholarships to augment the local talent pool. Another criterion is that most immigrants must be ethnically Chinese, so as to fit into Singapore's majority racial group. This study examines whether and how race (or other factors) might contribute to (dis)affiliation amongst academically elite students in Singapore. Drawing on life history interviews and focus group discussions with top-performing students in Singapore, I investigate how informants engaged in self-differentiation. Instead of race, informants positioned themselves and others along a Singaporean/non-Singaporean polarity, using nationality and time of entry as markers of cultural and structural difference. Chinese linguistic practices were perceived as deficits and impediments to being localised amongst them. The state's assumption--that immigrants can fit in locally just because they fit official racial categories--does not consider how cultural practices are re-valued when transported to a different space. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01