Research paper
Kayathri D/O Veerapandian
50099370
ESL L12
Title : Racism will break Singapore’s harmony
Racism will break Singapore’s harmony
What made Singapore a multi racial country? Singapore is a nation created by our forefathers from China, Malaya (Malaysia), India and other foreign countries. The nation was brought together as one despite having people of different backgrounds, beliefs and values. The primary reason for how our country has come so far, being a first world country is due to our harmony. Though, there is a huge racial diversity in Singapore, the perspective of having a harmonious culture is what makes Singapore a united multi-racial society. However, crude actions by some inconsiderate Singaporeans could pose as a negative threat to the national unity in Singapore.(Brainc,2004) Racism has been prevalent ever since the birth of the nation however technology has take the seriousness of racism to a new level. As internet is now easily accessible, a racist post is able to go viral easily garnering more witnesses and resentments. The increasing trend of cyber- racism should be suppressed as it could disrupt our harmonious culture(Jiow, 2013) which could deter the stability in Singapore. Cyber-racism is an act of racial discrimination on a particular race by another on the internet. As internet is easily accessible due to the technology advancement in Singapore, there have been a increasing number of cyber crimes (Symantec Corporation, 2011 as cited by Jiow,2013) like cyber- racism as people often use this medium to vent out their frustration and voice out the opinion on situations that has upset them. An gullible person's post could become an act of racism if one uses a particular upsetting inc...
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While the L.A. riots were far larger, and the effects are still being felt, I still feel that the Watts riots had more of an impact. I had known about the riots previously, as I had been interested and looked into it on my own, but I had not looked into the economic at the time. Seeing that there were not any real economic effects from the riot, and in-fact some things may have gotten even worse, changes how I think of riots reported on in the media. Although there has been little in empirical studies done on the impact of the Watts riots, which is odd due to their importance in recent American history, especially now, it is clear that the riots started a trend of misguided racial tension that continues to this day, one that has prolonged the suffering and disenfranchisement of Blacks in the United States. While I do not believe another riot is the answer, researching this riot has shown me that while the riots can be considered important, the reality is that their effects on society are quite minimal, and only the political discussion of the riots is what has lasted to today. The failure of any real reform since then of the treatment of Blacks in general, let alone in the criminal justice world, shows to me a real lack of justice in the United
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The Tulsa race riot changed the course of American history by actively expressing African American views on white supremacy. Certainly I feel with the available facts in this research paper, that the whites were the aggressors for the events leading up to the Tulsa race riot and the start of the Tulsa race riot. African Americans were simply there to stand up against the white supremacy and to provide the African Americans Tulsa their freedom and equal justice.
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The racism/intolerance that will be examined has been seen in America for centuries and in the last fifty years, seemed not to be such an issue anymore and that is intolerance toward one's ethnicity. Coupled with the advancements in technology and in the purported enlightened attitudes that people show one another, the very thought that r...
...able they really are with overtly racist stereotypes; and even with all the “human right”’ movements that spring about there is still the need for long-lasting solution against combating prejudices. By displaying stereotypes jokingly, especially ones that pertained for the Asian population, Yang proves not only do people hold prejudice against other groups with his examples of Asian stereotypes, but that stereotypes are still prevalent in today’s society.
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Racism is one of the world’s major issues today. Many people are not aware of how much racism still exists in our schools workforces, and anywhere else where social lives are occurring. It is obvious that racism is bad as it was many decades ago but it sure has not gone away. Racism very much exists and it is about time that people need to start thinking about the instigations and solutions to this matter. Many people believe that it depends on if a person was brought into the world as a racist or not but that is not the case at all. In fact, an individual cannot be born a racist but only learn to become one as they grow from child to adulthood. Basic causes, mainstream, institutions, government, anti racism groups, and even some hidden events in Canada’s past are a few of the possible instigations and solutions to racism.
Without the clear indication of the formation of national culture, tense relations between the Malays and Chinese arose when Malays insisted on the construction of national culture based on their culture and this unequal relation between the Malay and non-Malay cultures was recognized and written into the 1957 Constitution. (Hock Guan, Lee 2000) In the 1960s, Malays want their culture and language to have the privileged position in the new nation while Chinese demands equality for every culture, religion and language. The tension between these issues then slowly leads to the 1969 ethnic riots.
An economic powerhouse, Singapore 's highly educated and employed populace is vaguely reminiscent of a Western society, at least more so than Malaysia 's. There is no prominent, let alone state-managed, system of racial or religious discrimination. In fact, Singapore seems to go out of its way to make identity a non-issue for Singaporeans (Lecture 7), who seem more concerned about the influence of foreigners than about racial divisions amongst themselves (Lecture 10). However, I argue that the very act of attempting to make racial and ethnic identity a non-issue is in and of itself an act of identity politics. Singapore 's fastidious management and extensive urban planning, carried out in large part by Lee Kuan Yew and the People 's Action Party, is a prime example of identity politics at play in Singapore. Singapore 's architects designed the island-nation carefully, its small size putting a premium on developmental space, encouraging extensive forethought (Lecture 7). For instance, Singapore was made to be equally accessible to all residents via the mass-transit SMRT system, with no region more economically or socially desirable than another (at least in theory) and this in part discouraged the formation of ethnic ghettos (Ibid). Similarly, Singapore 's highly coveted public housing units are designed and managed by the PAP, and their ethnic compositions are carefully managed so as to be representative
Singapore considers itself as a racially tolerant and harmonious country and indeed it is with the four official groups, mainly, Chinese, Malay, Indian and others races. Racism could be defined as the belief that one human is more superior than another due mainly to the difference in skin color. Racism, in the past has induced wars as well as the formation of nations and Racism has been around since the beginning of human history.