I keep hearing stories of minority actors being told that they are not acting ‘Malay’ enough or ‘Indian’ enough, and what it often means is that they are supposed to play terrible racial caricatures. It means a Malay character who…
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The ‘Ramadan’ Bazaar isn’t some special zone reserved for only Muslims and/or Malays. Many patrons and stallholders are not Malay. Anyone, regardless of their race, is entitled to their own opinion of the things on offer there. Whether they think…
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This sort of patronising smugness stops us from being more reflective and self-aware of systemic racism in Singapore. The very act of patting ourselves on the back for a job well done shows just how blinded by majority privilege Chinese…
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