O fcourse they'd show only the good things on tv, since
singapore tv often tries so hard about being politically correct,
and do you really think bad things get shown on tv?
when i was a schoolkid i used to think there's racial harmony in
singapore. but then i realised, just because you don't have
uprisings and strikes and riots doesn't mean there is racial
harmony. most people (usually the majority) just grind their teeth
and bear with whatever they don't like about minorities, but when
an opportunities present themselves, they will not hesitate to
speak bad about them. i had so enough of these people.
do you know once my colleagues even asked me if my husband
smells just because he is of indian origin? if you have never been
in that situation before, you would just think that racism is
someone else's problem. well, it is not. tensions do run high a lot
of times with such insensitive anc closed minds which are willing
to learn anything outside of their own cultures and one day, trust
me, the social fabric will be torn if things remain the same,.The
thing is the majority usually feel racism is something that doesn't
happen in that backyard, for a simple reason.. because they are not
on the receiving end of it. they will always think places like US,
Australia are worse, but are they? to have a really fair perception
and balanced view, why not ask the minority in singapore whether
they feel more accepted in their homeland or elsewhere?? then only
you can get a fair answer.
The thing about races is that some of us hardly know how the
other races are like. Do we even know why indians have that kind of
smell? Obviously, if a particular race finds another race abit
'different' from theirs, definitely there would be some 'i don't
like it' kind of thing. Humans are judgemental...You get what I
mean?
If we all could just sit down, talk with the minorities, get to
know more about them, befriend them, treat them like how we treat
our own race...i think this racial problem might be gone in no
time.
