Race, Ethnicity, and the Cultural Landscape: Crash Course Geography #29

I'm from Malaysia, so I was intrigued by the Malaysian flag in the thumbnail. Then the video starts with a shot of Montreal, where I now live. :)

Yay Malaysia represent 🇲🇾 A beautiful multicultural country...with politicians trying to break us apart 😔

3:54 "Someone can be both Malay, a dominant group, and Christian, a non-dominant group." Oof in theory it should work like that, but in reality religion was never a personal matter in Malaysia.

thank you for the reminder of how unique and beautiful Malaysia is! living here can make you lose sight of that 😭♥️🇲🇾

3:54 - "Someone can be both Malay [ethnicity] -- a dominant group -- and Christian, a non-dominant cultural group..." Although this example may work elsewhere, this is a poor example in context of Malaysia, as this will almost NEVER happen /or will never be allowed to happen (politically); as the definition of being Malay [ethnicity] is explicitly defined in the highest law of the land, The Malaysian constitution 160(2) which states: "Malay" means a person who professes the religion of Islam, habitually speaks the Malay language, conforms to Malay custom..."

Well articulated and explained video. Was surprised to see my country highlighted in the thumbnail. Coming from Malaysia myself, it’s upsetting and disgusting that some politicians in Malaysia hide behind religion to divide and conquer. Often, they equate race to be the same as religion. They even claim the Malay word of Allah to be exclusively used for Muslims only. Holy scriptures and Malay Christian bibles were banned because politicians took claim to language. It’s utterly disgusting. Xenophobia is a cancer in society that needs to be removed. Thanks for highlighting this. Much ❤️

Any proud Malaysian in here? 👐✨ If you are, surely you can identify yourself with crispy rendang 😆

I found this very helpful. It concisely explains the idea of culture in a scholastic way yet still shows consideration for the people it uses as examples. Nice.👍

Half my family is from KL, and it was great seeing familiar places featured on a CC video. KL is a beautiful place, and I encourage everyone to visit if they can :)

I'm very happy with this video. Understanding culture is very important, but it often gets overlooked especially when not accustomed to encountering cultures other than your own.

As a Malaysian I feel proud. Culturally we are diverse, though I do wish we can see past our differences and act together as one country.

I'm glad you're covering this element of geography - I happen to find it the coolest and most interesting.

would have loved for you to have mentioned the California Genocide but thank you for mentioning residential schools and forced assimilation—great video as always!

Welcome to Montreal! I had the same culture shock as you but in reverse when I travelled to New York to visit my friends! ("What?! All the packaging is in English?!" 😆)

3:55 - Can a Malay individual have Christianity as his/her religion? Because from what I know, it is almost impossible for a Malay individual to be a Christian due to the strict Syariah law. Please educate me on this :)

This is refreshing to see attention brought to this. Maybe if more people know about this globally the Canadian government will try to help the First Nations communities rather than have symbolic holidays and false promises.

at minutes 3.54, Alize said "Someone can be both Malay-a dominant group - and Christian". as far as i remember Malays cannot be Christians. Lina Joy went to court because she wanted to be identified as a Malay Christian but she lost her case...😊

Even within the US Culture Shock is a thing. I found moving from Chicago to Rural Missouri about as tough as moving from Chicago to Shenzhen

Whoaaa. Malaysia make it to Crash Course Geography! A mix Malay-Chinese Malaysian here.