Diversified culture? That is the biggest crap perpetuated by the
West. New York / London etc. for example always touts the PR line
that they have lots of ppl with differen skin colour.
C'mon ppl, dun be so shallow falling for that crap. Which
city/country doesn't want to paint itself that way? In the West,
its merely politically correct advertising.
But look deeper for heavens sakes. Which English speaking
city/country doesn't have different skin colour folks? Even Hong
Kong has a surprising no. of Africans, Indians and Malays, not
just Ang Moh, even though many of them can hardly muster any
Cantonese. The standard line in the west is that you can eat
different kinds of food in restaurants. What a load of hogwash! If
u've got the money, you can eat Sushi in Moscow or Vietnamese in
London. Big deal. Its called splashing the cash - somebody will
want to take it if you are willing to pay. But what about eating
different types of ethnic food at prices where students can afford,
for breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper? Students in Singapore
living on their own dun even need to cook.
The US always tout the line that a melting pot is some cool
thing. Really? U guys lack the experience to see through tat
crap. A melting pot is the worse thing to happen to minority races.
It means they get assimilated into the prevailing white culture and
they lose all their characteristics. Look at the kids of minority
races who are born in the US and attend US schools from a young
age.
They dun teach your ethnic mother tongue in schools, they dun
celebrate your religious occasions, nor New Years. Countries like
the UK celebrate bloody pointless "Bank Holidays" several
times a year for what ridiculous purpose other than to have
long weekends (even the historical origins suck and lack any modern
relevance)! Or maybe, they like to celebrate banks that ruined the
world economy? Why can't they designate those days to celebrate the
Chinese Lunar New Year or Deepavali or Hari Raya when they have
such a huge population of ethnic Indian/Pakistani/Chinese
in their country? It shows true respect and love for your
fellow citizens. You mark the occasion, you celebrate with people
from diverse backgrounds.
If you're Chinese in the UK/US, the Lunar New Year is so
inconvenient to celebrate with your family and friends cos its
white man's country geddit? Even the celebrations in the Chinatowns
across the white world are always held on the WEEKENDS only.
I've posed this to British (especially cos of their shitty
pointless bank holidays) /Aussie/US folks & friends so many
times, they get stunned into silence by these simple suggestions.
White and Christian countries geddit?
Yet they always scratch their head wondering why the minorities
are so unhappy, why there is so much anger, resentment, social
unrest, rioting and racial crimes. Never heard of the crime
rates in New York or London? Never occurred to you that once the
sun sets, kid and grandparents are NEVER seen on the city streets
in these countries? U get stabbed or shot geddit? The streets are
dirty and crime is serious. Contrast that to where you are now. If
I see my little nephews at night in town, I'd joke that its past
their bedtime, not the fact that they r in danger of getting
sexually abused by paedophiles/kidnapped/killed etc.
Look closer to home, Singapore does MANY things right, but the
West will never acknowledge that - they are too proud to even
consider what Asia can teach them. I've been to Malay and Indian
friends homes to celebrate their Hari Rayas and Deepavali's - only
in Singapore dudes.
Singapore ain't perfect but we get many things right too u
know.
Yes. The crime rate scene happens especially in Harlem
neighbourhood in NYC.
It's true the media will do window dressing on its ways to
promote global diversity at the workplace. Same for Singapore.
Although the PAP always emphasizes on racial harmony and
globalization and not forgetting, foreign talent, do you think
Singapore is still so welcoming towards those foreigners?
I tell you, many many are still unwelcome.
Look at the Bangla workers. How they are being treated and
discriminated? Remember when the government tries to designate
housing for them in Serangoon? There are many local dissidents to
this policy.
I still don't know how far those new races are being
discriminated at the white collar workplaces. But then let me tell
you it is in human nature that when one sees a foreigner the first
time, especially of different skin colour, he or she tends to ask
questions about culture. There will still be judgement anyway. I
see a foreigner as a foreigner usually, except probably for
Malaysians or Indonesians. I talk to them like tourists. I don't
really socialize with them the way I can socialize with my local
friends.
The 1st introductory impression of a foreigner is always more
judgemental than towards locals.
US, Canadian and Australian authorities do not declare
Chinese New Year, Aidil Fitri, Deepavali, African festivals or any
other non-American, non-Canadian, non-Australian or
non-European festivities as public holidays even at municipal
level, rather than national level. This is because they are only
constituting a very tiny percentage of the national demographics.
It's just like allowing Burmese or Filipino festivals declared as
public holidays in Singapore now. How weird can this be if they are
declared?
To me these countries do follow what the UK has been practising
as of 17th and 18th century as when these countries become
independent, people of the British ancestry make up the
majority in them. But then they do allow Jewish festivals
to be public holidays there now.
Thus, anyways, I don't think Singaporeans are even more
cosmopolitan than the New Yorkers or Torontoans by judging at the
ways Singaporeans preceive the foreigners. It is only in the eyes
and ears of the PAP or people who have worked or studied overseas
before. Singapore does not even have rights for the minority
immigrants, whereas HK, NYC and Toronto have them. So how can
Singapore be more cosmopolitan than them?
