Chinese-Indonesian: An Odyssey through Racism, Ethnicity and Science

By That T. Ngo

The book traced the journey of his Hakka grandfather who left China for Indonesia in early 20th century as an indentured servant, of his father who was born and grew up in East Java and of himself as a Chinese-Indonesian who grew up in Indonesian, lived through racial and ethnic discriminations and the violent pogrom during 1965-1966. It also chronicled his educational experiences in Chinese high schools in Indonesia and his quest for a higher education that was denied to him in his native land because of his race and educational background. His leap-of-faith journey that took him to Canada, where he succeeded to obtain a doctoral degree in biochemistry and led him eventually to settle in the Golden State of the United States as a research scientist.The book also provided a brief history of Hakka people and their migration to Indonesia.The book points out the fallacy of the concept of native and non-native Indonesians, challenges both Chinese-Indonesians and the Native Indonesians to face the reality of today and to honestly and to objectively discuss what each group has done to other to the detriment of their country.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148236638X
• ISBN13: 9781482366389
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"