Tag Archive: race

Walid J. Abdullah: Thank You To The Malay Community For Your Quiet Sacrifice And Compromises

As someone of Indian descent, i would like to thank my Malay friends. In spite of them being the indigenous people of Singapore, they have welcomed the rest of us with open arms. Indeed, they rarely ever mention the fact…
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Cherian George: Elected Presidency Missed Opportunity For Multiculturalism, Halimah Yaacob Would’ve Won With No Help

What do you make of the proposed changes to Singapore’s elected presidency? The impression I get is that it has been framed as a debate between the need for minority representation and an open system that would allow Tan Cheng…
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Walid J. Abdullah: Racism Only Exists When It Is Not Spoken By Them

It’s funny how some people are so bent on using anecdotes -parliamentarians especially love to talk about their personal experiences – to display the truly multi-racial nature of Singapore, and to prove racism doesn’t exist. ‘My son didn’t want to…
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CAN Singapore: Amos Yee Beaten Up In Changi Prison, Free Him Now

<Credits: Community Action Network – CAN Singapore> #freeamosyee, interestingly, we have been informed that Amos has been transferred from Changi’s Men’s Prison to Tanah Merah Prison… Amos has said that Tanah Merah Prison has mostly Malay youths. We have also…
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