Recently read some1's blog abt sg. he said tat racism is still very much in singapore. and that cos we last time oppressed by ang moh, so now there's a certain hatred to them.

I think he onli partly rite. it's only oppression tat caused such sentiments to overflow. There are still many pp who think tat ang moh is 1 class above us. It's the jealousy and the frustration against the ang mo that alotta Singaporeans are biased with. If a movie is english, it's worth watching. If it's chinese, it's not worth watching. If a company's ceo is ang mo, it must be a good company. If an ang mo sue a singaporean, he must be rite. If ang mo is gay, it's ok. If a Singaporean is gay, it's disgusting. If an ang mo bared her boobs, she's pretty. If a Singaporean bared hers, she got no morals and her parents did not bring her up properly.

Oh my. I do sound biter against ang mos. But I aren't. I just find it strange to be accused of racism ang mos when i alawys thought it is mroe the other way round. Maybe I am myopic. Some pp were overheard saying pretty derogatroy remoarks in the 1421 exhitbitions. Alotta us refers to caucasians as ang mos, me included. But have we made the lives of them unbearable here? Do any of them feel his life is threatened by racism? I don't know. In my myopic world, it isn't.

He also commented that we have our race printed on the IC. If we are all Singaporeans, why should we be segregated by our race? And why are there places where it's predominantly malay, and places where it's predominantly chinese, malay, etc.

For the 2nd point, I thought there were quotas in the number of pp of each race can stayed in a block and in an estate. ie, a chinese family may not be able to sell their flat to an indian family because there were too many indian families staying in that block or in that estate.

For the 1st point, I read in the comments in that blog that we should celebrate our diversity rather than to assimilate everyone. That I agree wholeheartedly with. Every race have certain characteristic. We should look at how to maximise our own potential in our own arena rather than to make everyone the same. We should be proud of our heritage, be it chinese, malays, indians or ang mos. We may laugh at the other races sometimes, but if it's done with humour, and not malice, then I see no harm in it. We should be able to laugh at ourselves as well.

He also mentioned that at places where alotta pp from all races congregated, you can see the pp of different races forming their own cliques. I feel this due more due to familiarity. We just feel that it's easier to relate to our own race. We do not shun the other races, though we do not actively try to assimilate with them.

Racism in Singapore is not totally eliminated. I do not think it ever will be. Not only in Singapore, in the rest of the world as well. But as long as there's equal opportunities for all, then the most important thing is done, and we can progress as a nation.