Singapore turning into America?

mixedblooder SG

the law is not liberal, that is true.

In schools everything is so bloody restrictive; hair length etc.

The singapore govt is not american. But the singaporean people desire to be more american, becoz they think it is cool and all. Which is not a bad thing, it is true that american/european/western culture is cool.

The chinese pretend to be whites sometimes, the indians/malays try and be african americans etc etc, the eurasians (like me) are caught in between their tainted blood, but most of us (except me i think) side with our western side. I try to be proud of my both worlds, but i am caught in between cos i am not accepted by eastern side, and i am driven to my western side for acception, since i look like them. That is my reason. But anyway moving on.

On the radio u hear DJs putting on their fake american accents to try and sound more american. U hear most teenagers saying "I wanna go to the states". U see people suddenly getting into hip hop and wearing funny cotton caps on their head in this hot weather. There are many other instances of Americanisation; e.g. people are wearing shoes, drinking more wine, cooking more steaks and potatoes, dining more at fast food outlets (unless they are dragged by their older relatives to the Kopi Tiam).

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have no answers, i have merely posed more questions. As a people, in doing this, being sapped (so to speak) by American culture, is it wrong? It sure does not feel wrong does it? Except when the whites look at you strangely and in a peculiar manner. Is it wrong to forget our culture like chinese masks, language and writings etc etc (Most of chinese students don't like chinese, most are not that good in Chinese, many did not get distinctions for O levels)? Is it wrong?

Are we desiring to be of a certain heritage of which we don't have? Or do we even have the right to be of that heritage which we so anxiously seek to be?

I await answers...

pocketpig II SG

Nighth4wk go write a letter to your mp and request for a ban on circumcision so we can stop turning into america.

De|usi0n SG

than i can carry a gun to go out on the street….and gunfight happens everyday!!

PuRe-EviL SG

Haha ... I thought Japan and Korea having more influence now??? kekekekeke ... all the J and K pop culture ... Laughing

mixedblooder SG

Yes Singapore is turning into America. Although the laws do not permit this transformation fully with pure democracy; e.g. absure rules in schools, teachers thinking they are god, PAP in control with little seats for any form of opposition.

However the population has the desire to be American/White, or at most to be accepted in the same light and status as caucasian americans. More and more people are Christians, it could be because they have communed with God, but i think it is because of the anxious desire to be more western, as Christianity is seen as the white man's religion, more importantly America is predominantly Christian.

More and more people are into hip hop and other aspects of American culture; wearing silly cotton hats over their head in this South East Asian weather for example. More young people are hugging one another in an effort to express love/care/friendship thing which is practised widely in Western culture. Most of the local students do not do very well in their mother tongue especally Chinese, more importantly, most students don't like mother tongue in favour of Western languages.

You can hear more "Cool" "Its Like" "I wanna go to the states" being sprouted among the locals. Even the local DJs put on fake American accents while on air to be more Westernized. Young people opt for American fast food before being dragged by the older generation for meals at hawker centres. Students are more interested in American culture than Asian culture. The Prom has been adopted in schools now.

But even more interesting, is the fact that people dye their hair with light colours and putting in coloured contact lens. Some even go to the extent of having special nose jobs. Some even go to the extent of denying their true cultural roots due to embaressment.

This is what is happening to our society now as far as I can see. I don't have answers, I have merely brought more questions.

Is it wrong for us to desire to be of a different culture from our own? Is it wrong for us to denounce aspects of our own culture in favour of something else? Do we even have the right to physically/unnaturally tamper with ourselves to try and be of a different heritage?

mixedblooder SG

Oh yes 1 thing i forgot to point out; the chinese in singapore seem to associate themselves with white americans. Whereas the indians and the Malays try and line themselves up with the African Americans. Caucasians be themselves. EUrasians like me end up being torn between both sides of their constituent races. However most Eurasians (except me, i am proud of both worlds) opt to side with their Western side and denounce their Eastern side.

chaar123 SG

Actually what he say make some sense leh…. sometime i wish i was from usa. George Bush is a hero. Tony Blair is a hero.

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