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  • Young Chinese Boy Makes Racist Remarks, Refuse To Sit Beside Malay Man In Theatre, Parents Never Do Anthing Because He’s Just A Child

    Young Chinese Boy Makes Racist Remarks, Refuse To Sit Beside Malay Man In Theatre, Parents Never Do Anthing Because He’s Just A Child

    Dear Chinese man, and his family,

    I am that guy that was in the cinema theater before you. I wanted to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but hated crowds, so I decided to watch later.
    I am that guy who your son (who could not have been more than 10) didn’t want to sit beside, because he said: “I don’t want to sit beside Malay people”.
    I am that guy who was shaking in so much anger that he could not enjoy the first ten minutes of the movie because there was a part of him that just wanted to go over and pour his drink over the boy.

    You don’t get to tell me that “He’s just a kid”.
    A kid should be thinking of the action figures he should get after the movie, and not caring who sits beside him.

    You don’t get to tell me to “Let it go”.
    You have never experienced racism in Singapore, at least not as much as the minorities do.
    Like I told to your face, if you sat down somewhere and someone says “I don’t want to sit beside Chinese people”, how would you feel?

    I also said that he’s lucky he’s still young, because I would punch his face in if he was older.

    Also, my wife is Chinese. The majority of my friends are Chinese.
    If any of them were there with me, they would have probably told you off worse than I ever could.

    As a parent, you should teach your child to respect others.
    You bring them to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens, where the lead actor is not a White Caucasian male, but rather, a British man, born to Nigerian parents.

    Star Wars, where the story is about beings of different races getting together to defeat an evil dictatorship.

    And yet I was treated like a pariah, by a child. Speaks volumes about your character.

    I chose to sit somewhere else not to pander to his (and by extension, your) racism, I chose to sit somewhere else because I am the better man.

    I am that man who will come to your aid if sometime in the future you get beaten up black and blue because you decided to be racist, and the victims have less self control than me.

    I will be that person who will call the Police, and the Paramedics (of which many are Malay, and Indian) to help you.
    I will be that person who will stay by your side until help arrives.

    I will do so because I was taught to not judge a person by how he looks, how he smells, or how he talks.

    I was also taught to be the better man, in the hopes that one day, we can all be colour blind, and not judge each other based on race.

    Dear Chinese man, and his family,

    I am human first, Malay second. Maybe you should teach your family that too.

    God Bless,
    That Malay Guy.

    Edit # 1: So some people (2, actually) have pointed out to me that “pariah” is actually an offensive word. I have no intention of being offensive, and the word “pariah” is actually from the English language, meaning outcast. That is where the context of the word is. Go do a Google search for the word.

    Edit # 2: Some other people have said that I cannot be the “better man” if I said I would’ve punched his face. I’ll admit that the thought did cross my mind, then I thought to myself, he’s a kid, and I don’t want to ruin the movie experience for everyone else. Let life be the kids teacher. (I’m not a violent person heh)

     

    Source: Sani B Sarip

  • Walid J. Abdullah: Singaporean Majority Must Not Be In Denial About Racism Here

    Walid J. Abdullah: Singaporean Majority Must Not Be In Denial About Racism Here

    I still find it amazing that people claim there is no racism in Singapore. What is more incredible is that often, these are the same people who say that we need to continue having the GRCs, as racial voting still occurs (contradiction much).

    I do not deny that many people are unaware of ‘Chinese privilege’ simply because they are not in a disadvantaged position, and there really is no malice on their part. For these people, after reasoned explanations, they usually accept that being in the majority brings about certain benefits (for example, you are not required to ‘integrate’ or ‘prove yourself).

    But for some people, they are just in denial. And their reason for holding such beliefs is: ‘of course there is no racism, i have never witnessed it.’

    To paraphrase my favourite comedian, Jon Stewart, just because it is snowing outside your window, it doesn’t mean that global warming isn’t taking place.

     

    Source: Walid J. Abdullah

  • Malay Man Told To Learn Mandarin When Involved In Misunderstanding With PRC Waitress WHo Doesn’t Speak English

    Malay Man Told To Learn Mandarin When Involved In Misunderstanding With PRC Waitress WHo Doesn’t Speak English

    Went to a coffeeshop in Tuas, bought a can of coke zero an a bread ask the lady at the counter how much? And she replied in Chinese, so i told her in English pleased, but she keep repeating in Chinese… in a helpless situation i give her a $2 note and she look at me with such big eyes of hers and say out loud in Chinese which i still don’t understand and ask her how much?

    At that point a customer come forward and say it is $2.20 so i give her another $2 note. The Chinese lady accepted it but she still scolded me in Chinese so i told her in English, i don’t understand a single word you say and you don’t understand a single word i say why don’t you learn English so that you can easily communicate with your customers, and a man came forward and say why don’t you learn chinese too?

    And i ask him why should i? He goes on to say that Singapore is 80% Chinese and the goverment should made the chinese language as the national language not English.

    With that i told him that the national language of Singapore is MALAY and that he and that lady should learn MALAY since it is the national language of Singapore.

    He was looking rather angry at that point and i was readying myself for a fight when the owner of the coffeeshop came over and say sorry for the trouble that his staff has cause. I just walk away but what worrying me is what the man had said…….

     

    Source: Pak Dolmat

  • Lone Chinese Family In Muslim Village Loves Malay Tradition

    Lone Chinese Family In Muslim Village Loves Malay Tradition

    PARIT BUNTAR: The Ng family is one of a kind in Kampung Tebuk Haji Musa, being the only Chinese in the 3,000-strong Muslim village.

    “No issue at all. I have lived here for decades. They come to my house for Chinese New Year and we go over for Raya. Ada kenduri, kami campur sekali. Biasa lah!(When there is a feast we all get together. It’s normal!),” said the Ng family patriarch Air Chin, 61, better known as Ah Khaw in the village.

    The Malay way is second nature to the family, if not the norm.

    On Sunday, his youngest daughter, 28-year-old Siau Hooi, tied the knot with factory worker Lim Choon Yong, 37, in Malay customs. The accountant is the youngest among four siblings.

    The bride and groom were decked out in Malay splendour for their wedding.

    “We decided to reflect our friendship with our neighbours by holding our wedding ceremony in their tradition,” Ah Khaw said.

    “Most of the villagers, about 2,000 of them, attended the wedding. The family of the groom too was supportive of the Malay-style wedding.

    “When Siao Hooi’s two older brothers held their weddings in 2007 and 2010, they also married the Malay way, bersanding and all.

    “My neighbours helped and chipped in whichever way they could. There was a gotong royong effort,” Ah Khaw added.

    Berita Harian yesterday highlighted the couple’s wedding on Monday and reported how the neighbours thought nothing of extending a helping hand – from assisting with the bridal costumes to cooking up a delicious meal.

    Ah Kaw said the family would hold a Chinese wedding dinner on Wednesday at a restaurant nearby before Siao Hooi returns to Singapore, where her husband is working.

    Siau Hooi said she was proud to wear the Malay bridal costume.

    “It is a memory worth a lifetime for my husband and I. I attended Chinese primary and secondary schools but I grew up with my Malay neighbours,” said Siau Hooi.

    “We are very close to each other,” said Siau Hooi.

     

    Source: www.thestar.com.my

  • Chan Heng Chee Is Wrong – CMIO Categorisation Is Only PAP’s Tool To Subjugate And Discriminate Against The Minorities

    Chan Heng Chee Is Wrong – CMIO Categorisation Is Only PAP’s Tool To Subjugate And Discriminate Against The Minorities

    Rilek1Corner,

    As a Malay, I am insulted by the comments of the Ambassador-at-large Prof. Chan Heng Chee in http://rilek1corner.com/2015/10/05/singapore-ambassador-at-large-scrapping-cmio…. She want to defend the outdated CMIO categorisation that is her problem but what right does she have to say that scrapping it would cause so-called “unease” among minorities. She is Chinese. Not minority. Why she speaking like she macam faham?

    Worse still, she say “The majority community doesn’t feel uncomfortable. It’s (with) the minority community (where) you have to keep emphasising it’s equal language, religion, culture (and) race”. She is trying to say what? Minority races are petty? Minority races always comparing themselves with the majority? That minority races always imagining inequalities and discrimination? Then the majority race very good not racist at all?

    I want to say she is very wrong. She is from majority and she is elite. She doesn’t represent us. She ambassador she got talk to people on the ground in Singapore? Who make her expert on minority issue? She ambassador so what? Don’t mean everything she say is correct.

    I tell you, don’t be blinded by what she say. This is only wayang for them. Like she say, the CMIO categorisation is a “signal” to the minority that “every race has the same standing” and that “their place in society has not been threatened”.

    A signal. She knows reality is not like that. A signal because the categories are the PAP’s idea of what makes up the different communities, not what the communities really are. The categorisation is a construct that makes people fall within neat categories, that, most of the time, don’t fit them well. What is a Malay? Who is Malay? The rich cultural heritage of people that come together from different parts of the nusantara are lost because of this categorisation. Bawean, Bugis, Java, Johor, Aceh – so convenient all become Malay.

    This easy categorisation benefits the PAP government, not us the people. Who knows in the future Filipinos also come under the categorisation because they can easily say that Filipinos and Malays share almost the same language and physical appearance. Even now Singaporean Chinese also cannot tell the difference until they hear the accent when we talk.

    It is not ony a problem culturally. There are many legal effect on people too.

    Just because you are categorised as Malay, you have lower chance of owning a HDB flat in a neighbourhood you desire. HDB ethnic quota also a problem when you want to sell your house. You go serve NS and chances are that you will be posted to Civil Defence instead of Commando. Why in Civil Defence no ethnic quota? Why the PAP government can be fine with the over-representation of Malays in CD?

    Maybe you have not realise before but you should know now that the CMIO categorisation is a very convenient tool to discriminate against our community. To keep us economically backward, so that the majority elites can prosper.

    The ambassador talk so much about the supra-ethnic identity but if the PAP government is really serious about forging a national identity after SG50, they should do away with the race categorisation.  We will not lose our ethnic identities. Actually the opposite effect is we will explore our ethnic identities and be more in touch with it. There will be a more equal playing field. Our race will not be a factor when we decide to buy a house or when called up to serve NS. Only then will a true Singaporean identity emerge.

    Danial

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