Ever experienced racial discrimination in Singapore?
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Please share your bad experiences. Do non-chinese experience more racial discrimination given that the majority race here is Chinese?
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Compare to Malaysia, we can't even hold a candle.Originally posted by foxwalk:Please share your bad experiences. Do non-chinese experience more racial discrimination given that the majority race here is Chinese? -
It rarely seems to go beyond the race jokes we share in school. However, a schoolmate of Indian descent said he was treated like an alien in one of the SAP schools while he was there for a visit.
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traditionally SAP schools are more "Chinese" in nature from what I observed...altho not all classes take Higher Chinese...Originally posted by Kuali Baba:It rarely seems to go beyond the race jokes we share in school. However, a schoolmate of Indian descent said he was treated like an alien in one of the SAP schools while he was there for a visit. -
from some young skater punk wannabe with an australian accent. he was about 14.
i gave it straight right back to him. -
I think he is asking about personal experiences in S'pore context.Originally posted by PJ_Quek:Compare to Malaysia, we can't even hold a candle.
It will be foolhardy to expect a paradise in any society. But it'll be sadder if
such encounter result in generalisation of a community. -
You need to understand why there is the discrimination in the first place. So why always involve the chinese? why not the malays and indians ? Haven metion enough of the chinese in these forums? how about the others?
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racial discrimination everywhere also have.
In singapore we discriminate against bangalah, we go to bangalah they will discriminate against us.
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Beyond the Beng jokes, Mat jokes, Bangla jokes and Ang Moh jokes.... not really.
But sometimes the Mats ask me why I seem to hang out so much with the Chinese.... I'm Malay by the way....
Give me a break.... those Chinese are my classmates. Why should I not hang out with them?
For that matter.... why do those bloody Mats not hang out with their Chinese classmates!?!?!?!
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hey, its nice to hear that!Originally posted by fudgester:Beyond the Beng jokes, Mat jokes, Bangla jokes and Ang Moh jokes.... not really.
But sometimes the Mats ask me why I seem to hang out so much with the Chinese.... I'm Malay by the way....
Give me a break.... those Chinese are my classmates. Why should I not hang out with them?
For that matter.... why do those bloody Mats not hang out with their Chinese classmates!?!?!?!
I'm chinese and I have malay and indian friends too. During my upper sec school, my best pal is an Indian
Thing is although in Singapore many people agree on racial and religious harmony, and dont mind if people from other races join them; most of them still stick to their own kind. Kinda disappointed that some people still see 'skin color' when making friends...
But the good thing is most of us wont really discriminate and put down people from other races. -
As an american with caucasian descent, when I was in Singapore I noticed a few stares kind of like "what is that american doing here" at least that's how it seemed at the time. No one came up to me and said "Americans go home!" like what happened to us in France...
The french hate americans... -
x2 i agree...malaysia really cannot make it(no offence) as ive experienced it before~Originally posted by PJ_Quek:Compare to Malaysia, we can't even hold a candle. -
i think true discrimination shows up when the auntie or uncle at the hawker center gives you mpre food cuz you are chinese, or less because you are not malay/indian.
another instant is when people start getting defensive and say, this girl/guy is a traitor,, why must he/she resort to dating outside of his/her race?
to me, its just complete bullsh*t -
i see racial discrimination everday when job advertisement requires u to be able to `speak' mandarin/chinese. (not talking 'bout jobs based in china). they say `speak', but are actually looking for chinese applicants.
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True enough......Originally posted by foxwalk:i think true discrimination shows up when the auntie or uncle at the hawker center gives you mpre food cuz you are chinese, or less because you are not malay/indian.
another instant is when people start getting defensive and say, this girl/guy is a traitor,, why must he/she resort to dating outside of his/her race?
to me, its just complete bullsh*t
I remember back in primary school I once had a old Chinese relief teacher cos my form teacher was absent that day.
That old hag closed an eye when the Chinese boys were literally running around the class turning the place into the zoo.
And she scolded us Malays for sitting together to quietly discuss soccer.
Bitch.
You should also see the amount of mocking I get when I tell people that I'm going after a Chinese girl...... The Mats chide me for thinking that 'your own race isn't even good enough for you' while the Chinese guys mock me for giving them 'fewer opportunities to chase girls'.
Heck, some of the guys at the sgforums BBQ said the same thing to me when I said I liked a Chinese girl. We were just talking crap at that time and the discussion somehow shifted to the issue of girls.
I also get stares sometimes when I date my female Chinese friends....
Maybe the level of racial discrimination here isn't as bad as in some other places.... but it still exists, nonetheless. -
hmm, u might be right. but then there's also sexual preference too (which IMO is also biased).Originally posted by OneDoubleManTayar:i see racial discrimination everday when job advertisement requires u to be able to `speak' mandarin/chinese. (not talking 'bout jobs based in china). they say `speak', but are actually looking for chinese applicants.
The younger generation of the non-chinese are now taking Chinese language as an acadamic subject and I must say my Indian friend's kids are speaking Chinese and getting grades as good as any Chinese (if not better )! So these 'speak chinese' req cant work for long...
To be fair, I can understand the req is necessary if the person who took the job need to communicate to foreign Chinese clients and such, so it's not only for jobs based in China/Taiwan. -
Originally posted by fudgester:
damn. tat sux.
True enough......
I remember back in primary school I once had a old Chinese relief teacher cos my form teacher was absent that day.
That old hag closed an eye when the Chinese boys were literally running around the class turning the place into the zoo.
And she scolded us Malays for sitting together to quietly discuss soccer.
Bitch.
for me, i got the sexual discrimination treatment when i was in my Pri 5. My form teacher!!! is biased and punished us guys very often. She would say that we're noisy, naughty, blah blah, and make us stand in the open space after recess while the girls will be allowed to go up to the classroom.
Till this day, I dunno WTF is wrong with her (prolly rumours that she was jealous coz she couldnt give birth to boys but got 2 girls
ah well...) The 'punishment' is sooooo fcuking freqent its almost every day. I think she's a pervert and mentally unstable. -
my race is better than your race and i'm running the amazing race. Still not confident of our own race than you should think of changing your skin color or your mindset.
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i support racism........im a racist and only like the whiter colour
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oh ya ceecookie please shut the FARK UP!
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the best i have met is
some stranger.....an uncle thinking im from china (chinese racist against chinese!!!!)
cos of the way i speak chinese.....
and he jus shot off a string of scoldings.....something about china ladies shd not come here to cheat ppl....i gave him a blank look then walk away......dunno isit he kena cheated by da lu mei before or he is deranged......
not the first time im being mistaken as da lu mei, but is 1st time kena "scolded" -
In one of your thread, you say thatOriginally posted by foxwalk:Please share your bad experiences. Do non-chinese experience more racial discrimination given that the majority race here is Chinese?I prefer non-chinese guys. they're more fun, and tend to be less corny. i'm not trying to offend anyone, maybe it's a generalization on my part. actually i prefer non singaporean guys too.
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=91789
Are you trying to tell us that you are racist? -
There is racism everywhere..And it never fails to amaze me how jialat it is.
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sure there is discrimination going on. everywhere. even here.
might not be a racial thing but.. its happening all the same.
example.
check out all of foxwalk's recent topics.. u would see a certain lamer saying all she posts is bad. that particular lamer would also dig out her old posts.. no matter how long ago.. no matter if its relevant or not.. to try and put her words against her..
my english no good.. dunno if this is discrimination or prejudice or just a plain vendetta against her. after she had a few choice words for this lamer.. enlighten me pls. -
Yeah I do experience some racial discrimination for being with a non-chinese guy.
I get weird stares in public (I stare back at them)
My relatives think there is something wrong with me not being able to get a chinese guy They even chided my mum for not forcing me to join the SDU Anyway I told my mum to tell them to mind their own biz in a polite way and if they have anything just tell me directly and not behind my back.
Haha now my brother is under scrutiny by them (same suggestion that he should join the SDU too) because his ex-gf was non-chinese