CMIO in Singapore-race classification
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Do you support the race classification in Singapore?
From what I've seen, there have been a lot of racist comments in the forums, whether it's this forum or some other. Our govt is seriously deluded (or a pathological liar) when it says there is racial integration/harmony in Singapore.
From what I've observed so far, it seems if countries have a more homogeneous culture (like in the US..) multiracial societies have more racial integration. of course that does not erase the prejucide that they still have.
What is the CMIO (chinese malay indian others) classification in Singapore for? Are you against or for that?
I do think it's ridiculous that children of mixed heritage have to be forced to take their fathers' races as theirs.
I think the CMIO classification is merely for the govt to carry out their "plans", such as HDB racial policy and so on. However I find it totally unnnecessary. Many countries do not require this classification.. and I don;t just mean Western countries and more liberal socieities. -
the US is anything but homogeneous, in fact in the more developed and richer states like california there is more racial diversity than in singapore, over there there's vietnamese, phillipinos, russians, kazakstanis, turks, many many chinese, japanese, korean basically all sorts of people compared to the largely chinese-indian-malay combination we have here. countries like the US do not really require such detailed classification of race because many americans have very mixed parentage consisting of german,irish,native american, english whatever blah blah blood it is impossible to state "race" accurately.
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Then we shd scrap the M/F classification as well since there is sexual discrimination in Singapore.Originally posted by foxwalk:Do you support the race classification in Singapore?
From what I've seen, there have been a lot of racist comments in the forums, whether it's this forum or some other. Our govt is seriously deluded (or a pathological liar) when it says there is racial integration/harmony in Singapore.
From what I've observed so far, it seems if countries have a more homogeneous culture (like in the US..) multiracial societies have more racial integration. of course that does not erase the prejucide that they still have.
What is the CMIO (chinese malay indian others) classification in Singapore for? Are you against or for that?
I do think it's ridiculous that children of mixed heritage have to be forced to take their fathers' races as theirs.
I think the CMIO classification is merely for the govt to carry out their "plans", such as HDB racial policy and so on. However I find it totally unnnecessary. Many countries do not require this classification.. and I don;t just mean Western countries and more liberal socieities.
.... and there are transgender ppl dun you think its ridiculous that they are forced to take their gender at birth even after they have gone for sex change operation ? -
Just because there are racist comments and remarks here on the forums, it doesn't mean that racial harmony doesn't exist in Singapore. I mean, obviously there is still some sort of racial prejudice but it's not to the extent that racial riots happen and stuff. So generally, the major four races are living together in peace.
i don't think the CMIO classification is necessary because I think most of us identify ourselves as Singaporeans, as opposed to chinese, malays and indians. But frankly, I don't think anybody cares. -
I do believe there's a lot of underlying tension.Originally posted by MissIndependent:Just because there are racist comments and remarks here on the forums, it doesn't mean that racial harmony doesn't exist in Singapore. I mean, obviously there is still some sort of racial prejudice but it's not to the extent that racial riots happen and stuff. So generally, the major four races are living together in peace.
i don't think the CMIO classification is necessary because I think most of us identify ourselves as Singaporeans, as opposed to chinese, malays and indians. But frankly, I don't think anybody cares. -
yes, and all it takes is juz one incident to break out the tension...............
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Better to be insecure than have a fake sense of security.
Since when does the govt always report something to its exactness anyway? You think they govt will report on the racist threads so very prevalent in the internet.
If you don't think this is a sign of racial tension, you'll only be very surprised one day.
I'd rather face up to the truth regardless of its ugliness than delude myself. -
agreed.Originally posted by foxwalk:Better to be insecure than have a fake sense of security.
Since when does the govt always report something to its exactness anyway? You think they govt will report on the racist threads so very prevalent in the internet.
If you don't think this is a sign of racial tension, you'll only be very surprised one day.
I'd rather face up to the truth regardless of its ugliness than delude myself. -
As long as we agree that we are humans, we should try to work from there.Sometimes I talk with my friends and we have no need to talk about race or religion because we are beyond that.We should not attempt to further expound each race or religion any further.Homogenous peace or unease in a racially distinct place.You choose.
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it is not an issue of removing race from the ic, as long as people see each other differently there are bound to be discrimination.Besides, i rather there is race on the ic. Easier identification. The best thing to do is to tackle the problem the moment it arises. Don't give it a chance to grow.