Few people understand the parallels between African American political identity in the US, and Malay Malaysian political identity in Malaysia. Perhaps both can be found rooted in the fall of Constantinople after which the Ottomans tolled the Silk Road. Both are concerned with 500 years of colonial influence. Both remain scarred by trauma that presents itself daily, to this day.
Various differences are present, but they do not reduce the commonality of these ethnic collectives' experiences. Perhaps one day, Malaysian academicians will manage to plug into global academic discourse via this kind of scholarship.
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