Nearly 100 years ago... And each person seen in this video had life stories, ups and downs, and daily activities. This really makes you reflect on your position in the universe...
It's a good thing, especially when you are not tuned into the actual frequency the folks here mutter with each other..........but I'll urge you to think carefully before you swallow that red pill.
Chinese fight Chinese. Malays fight Malays. Indians fight Indians. Even family members fight against each other. That's because they have a dispute they cannot settle amicably. Nothing has to be about race. The most despicable people are politicians who make use of the race card to further their political ambitions to divide the country. That is not what Singapore wants.
Hot take but i think singapore dont see race but see nationality, I've witnessed many older china immigrants face really passive aggressive (sometimes blatant) sinophobia, and some from personal experiencs. Micro aggressions between singapore's own races aside, i often sense a very obvious hosility towards chinese nationals (maybe people are better now, but ive been scarred enough here lol)
thanks for the bold comment (bold in the sense that i wont dare to brigh this up so candidly) but somehow i agree. i have to blame the media (yes the media which still got the colonial mindset) and not the Singaporeans though.
In the 1990's we had a group PRC nurses.I think they have never seen an Indian or hair on their arms.This very young nurse sat next to me and stroked my arm.I asked why did she do that and in her basic English she told me she had never seen a person of colour or even having hair on arms.I did not feel anything negative towards as it was genuine curiosity but I advised her like a big sister not to do it anyone else as they may not take it the right way.She became a wonderful colleague and climbed up the nursing ladder picked up singlish and the rest as they said is history.As my dear late father would say that not all our fingers are the same.
I am really thankful for your heart-warming story. you are truly a person with pure heart, so does your PRC sister. In many cultures, such as China, Indian, Middle East, Africa etc., people are innocent and pure-hearted, touching body or body part is a way of showing intimacy. it is only in modern culture people kept that distance and interpreted touching as offensive. another example, you always see guys from south asian cultures holding hands and girls from east asian cultures holding hands, but that behavior is deemed as super inappropriate (and discouraged) in western countries.
Hey❤ Sporean here. Racism is everywhere in all countries. Is just the extent… We have grown up with different races from primary/elementary school. We have racist jokes… among ourselves. Laugh n just continue… ❤😂❤😂
As a local i think you have to be stacked to stay in SG. Thats the only downside to this country. A basic meal was $5, 3/4years ago now its at least $10 to afford a basic meal. Around $250 a week for groceries which is crazy to the point people have a hard time to decide should i cook or just eat out? White, black or asian it doesn't really matter, we can co-exist.
Singapore was once racist to each other to the point of constant riot and fighting. Until LKY decides, English will be the national language and everyone have to learn English All HDB(housing) will have all sorts of race living tgt, put all race into the same school. So when children are young and not knowing anything. they grew up learning that there will be people of diff skin colour and culture living aside them and no language barrier.
oh dude spoke so well at 3:05. my boss is some 50++ year old german dude who suffers from a very serious case of german guilt. man, he's a pain in the ass.
Unfortunately there is a minority here that are hell bend on importing the divisive woke ideology that in the first place makes these interviewees feels uncomfortable back in their own country.
it is not the minorities who are importing woke ideology here into Singapore. majority of those who are importing woke ideology are the monolingual atas chauvinists (aka ivory tower elites who tried very hard to allianate themselves from their own cultures) who looks down on bilingual mother tongue speakers.
Singapore values work, not colour, not language, nor religion. Are you ready to work till last breath? This country values every single person who is willing to contribute to real work. Welcome to work land.❤
I'm a mixed race. Singapore does have racism but very minor if you compare it to with other countries. Partly because Singaporeans grow up to learn to live with different races, nationalities and people with different religion. But as I grew older I realised the value and meaning of the Singapore pledge. "We, the citizens of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people, regardless of race, language or religion, to build a democratic society, based on justice and equality, so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation."
I'm from Malaysia too and I've never noticed how people from homogenous countries just couldn't help to stare if they see someone with different skin colour or dressing differently. But we're taught since we're young to respect others and everyone's the same human-being. Edit to make this more relevant: this is my experience as a civilian and cannot say the same for some parties in Malaysia. Glad to hear that Singapore is doing so well in this sense!
This is all thanks to our late Lee Kuan Yew. He insisted on having a Singaporean Singapore. Not a "Chinese Singapore", "Malay Singapore" nor "Indian Singapore". There were racial riots in the past but they were quelled with the full force of the law. I remembered as a kid living in a neighbourhood where all the different kids came together to play and we'd took part in each other's festivities.
Whenever i come back from the US, Europe people ask me what do i miss when you're away from Singapore? My answer would always be - Racial harmony. And Singapore Airlines announcement "To all Singaporeans.. Welcome home"
As a race, we ourselves in Singapore (or Asia in general) are constantly victims of racism, from THAT same group of ppl. So no, racist views are not part of our culture. If you're a good person you are a good person. If you're a lazy good for nothing POS, you're that. Race has nothing to do with it. We (most of us) sees everyone as a individual person, and judge accordingly.
I hv to say that SGP is a great place to stay until one experiences the clutters lying around most HDBs corridors n stairwells. Is there a different fire safety standards for condos n HDBs? How can one uses the railings for self-support or emergency when so many large plants n its supporting structures to raise plants higher r setup which can be burning or blocking corridors? Who is paid n tasked to do all this but shaking legs in aircon offices?
As a singaporean, i think racism doesnt come from the skin but from experiences first hand from working and collaborating with many people of certain races, and learning patterns and habits of those people instead of simply assuming certain level of competency from them. i do feel that when you cite the singapore pledge everyday, you get ingrained in you that you are not supposed to assume what a character is before interacting with them. However “genderism” is the same everywhere in the world.
While it's heartening to hear sharings like these as someone from Singapore, I wonder whether people have questioned the migration policy and why the black community is so small here to begin with. Speaking from my experience, my MBA school has a campus in Singapore, and during my school time there were multiple black schoolmates whose student visa applications were rejected outright. Hence they were unable to even come into the country and had to make alternative campus choices. I'm speaking about a prestigious school with highly qualified individuals, and they were not even coming for employment. To my knowledge most of them were from the African continent, while the few that had visas granted were citizens of places like the US. The visa rejections only happened to this particular group of people. While I do not know whether this was one-off or common, and whether our government had considerations other than race, I'm just throwing in my perspective for some food for thought. It is possible that racism may be multi-faceted and may even be institutionalized right at the start. You do not see it because you might not have even been given a chance to.
Agree alot on when you are majority. You have to be more sensitive. Hope this would be more in malaysia. Apparently the country is majority a certain race, and yet untouchable unspeakable on anything. Super super sensitive on anything racial related. 😂
Im M'sian Amercan this is so beautiful even if colonial to see how my immigrant ancestors from India and others from China would have worked and sacrificed without a chip on their shoulder.against whites and other Asians
Lets be clear singapore has a racist side to it. We make jokes about other races but thats where it stops. Theres No hate between each other just because they are from a different race or skin colour. Thats one difference between singapore and other countries
I believe how Singapore vets foreigners who can enter also plays a big role. We sort of only allow expats with professional skills into the country as long-term workers, so we'll naturally only get a certain class of people here with respect to economic status, intelligence, work ethic whether you're from America, Australia, UK or anywhere really. And that definitely plays a part in how we perceive foreigners, be it black or white people
I have to agree to what you said. also i have recently seen so many videos featuring white, black, Indian, malay and chinese people travelling in certain parts of Asia (Southeast Asia and neibouring Asia), and all of them are relaxed. you cannot downplay the role of the chemistry - when people are travelling in a safe, relaxed, non aggressive environment, they instantaneously sense it in the air naturally.
I would say Singaporeans are more classism than racism If you have money? Nothing else matters, you're good. If you don't have money? You are low SES and it matters not whether you are local/foreigner/education level/what race are you because people will use it all to judge why aren't you financially well-off. Of course that is a crude way of mentioning it in a vaccum, your real experiences will obviously vary
@@namo2403Well, then most countries are “classism” too. The advancement of technology and rise of influencers brought about the importance of maintaining a certain social status where they show off wealth. TBH, most of the wealthy people are just like everyone else.
if u know any of us Singaporean people, we have a multiracial culture, we mix freely, interracial / intercultural marriage is normal and we identify ourselves as Singaporeans first.
we started as a trading port, and we are still a modern trading port. that's why we have a mix of races. it's also what brought and is still bringing us prosperity.
Our Hate Speech Laws flies right in the nose of American beliefs of unlimited free speech though.. Not my business to tell other countries how to run their homes, but you want to keep the demons of racism out, you have to have a threshold of what constitutes Free Speech, then, come down hard.. And I do mean draconian hard on anyone that threaten collective safety and harmony.. instead of focusing on the individual rights which are constantly abused by dodgy people..
