Tag Archive: Indian

Presidential Hopeful Inspired To Run For Office By Lee Hsien Loong’s Encouragements

Whether he qualifies as a candidate in the upcoming Presidential Election is based on the discretion of the Presidential Electoral Committee (PEC), but Mr Mohamed Salleh Marican has already gone about recruiting people for his campaign. The 62-year-old chief executive…
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How Can Indian-Muslim Halimah Yacob Run For EP Reserved For Malay Community?

Yesterday (1 Jun), ST published a news report stating that PAP MP and Speaker of Parliament, Halimah Yacob, is widely considered a front runner for the forthcoming Presidential Election. It will be the first election reserved for candidates from the…
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Alfian Sa’at: Everyday Racism, So Casual And Commonplace To Its Perpetrators That It Doesn’t Register As Racism

I keep hearing from some people that ‘minorities can be racist too’. There is a rather prevalent idea that a member of a minority who gives an account of racism is seen as trying to gain some kind of moral…
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Police Question Actor Shrey Bhargava After Reports Lodged Over Viral FB Post

Freelance actor Shrey Bhargava – whose Facebook post on his experience auditioning for local film Ah Boys To Men 4 (ABTM4) had gone viral and sparked widespread debate – had been questioned by the police over reports lodged concerning him….
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Singapore Filmmakers Need To Be More Progressive On Their Interpretations Of Race

To Singaporeans complaining about whitewashing & cultural appropriation in Hollywood: PLEASE LAH. The same thing’s been happening in our own little film industry, and no-one seems to have spoken up about it. CASE ONE: Jack Neo’s “Ah Boyz to Men”:…
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