{"id":9178,"date":"2017-07-15T15:11:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T15:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/sg\/?p=9178"},"modified":"2023-07-21T20:33:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T20:33:07","slug":"examples-of-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/sg\/examples-of-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Examples of Racism in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This page is an attempt to collect all of the news articles and significant blogposts relating to racism in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Not all of these posts are describing racist incidents \u2013 some are noteworthy discussions about racism.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been pretty busy in 2021 so I haven&#8217;t been keeping up with the news as much since.<\/p>\n<p>If you found this useful, I would appreciate it if you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/visakanv\">bought me a coffee<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h3>1992<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cOne evening, I drove to Little India and it was pitch dark but not because there was no light, but because there were\u00a0too many Indians\u00a0around.\u201d \u2014 Former PAP MP Mr\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=_x6NYhFk2fIC&amp;pg=PA28&amp;lpg=PA28&amp;dq=One+evening,+I+drove+to+Little+India+and+it+was+pitch+dark+but+not+because+there+was+no+light,+but+because+there+were+too+many+Indians+around&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=357Npdpxux&amp;sig=khJbDYteQ-lK0O19VBrOg_1iBnM&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0CC8Q6AEwA2oVChMIsfCR65K0xwIVST4-Ch04-wON#v=onepage&amp;q=One%20evening%2C%20I%20drove%20to%20Little%20India%20and%20it%20was%20pitch%20dark%20but%20not%20because%20there%20was%20no%20light%2C%20but%20because%20there%20were%20too%20many%20Indians%20around&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Choo Wee Khiang<\/a>, in a speech in Parliament in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/opinion\/sunanda-k-datta-ray-crossing-the-colour-bar-113121300993_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1992<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Turns out, in 1990, Mr. Choo issued a a false invoice claiming to have sold equipment worth over a million dollars to his brother-in-law. He resigned as an MP before pleading guilty in court. He was sentenced to two weeks in jail and fined $10,000.<\/li>\n<li>15 years later, Mr. Choo was President of the Singapore Table Tennis Association \u2013 he charged over $10,000 of personal expenses to STTA, and accepted gifts and bribes from Chinese players.<\/li>\n<li>(Trivia: His nephew <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Desmond_Choo\">Desmond Choo<\/a> is currently in the PAP as an MP for Tampines GRC.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2005<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140712123136\/http:\/\/international.ucla.edu\/asia\/article\/31206\">Two men arrested under the Sedition Act for posting comments against Muslims and Malays on Internet blogs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PSC scholar Chua Cheng Zhan: <a href=\"http:\/\/swordofdemocles.blogspot.com\/2005\/06\/racist-scholar.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkhappiness.blogspot.com\/2005_04_01_archive.html\">2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2011<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/yp-member-resigns-over-insensitive-remark.html\">YPAP member Jason Neo calls Malay schoolchildren &#8220;young terrorist trainees&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2012<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/temasektimes.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/26\/police-report-lodged-against-nyp-student-lai-shimun-for-posting-racist-remark-on-twitter\/\">Shimun Lai: Fucking indians [&#8230;] trains need to have separate cabins for humans and fkn dogs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/temasektimes.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/16\/yikes-stomps-star-blogger-grace-condemns-singaporean-women-who-had-children-with-bangladeshi-men\/\">&#8220;I fail to comprehend why a local, say, Chinese woman would want a Bangladeshi toy boy. To get ridiculed by friends and family?&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Justin Wee: <a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/sim-undergrad-under-fire-for-telling-racist-jokes.html\">&#8220;My racist jokes damn awesome right?&#8221;<\/a>, followed by &#8220;\u201cI wish to clarify that I did not mean any of the profanities and racist jokes I had said in the video for I was drunk and did not have a clue about what I was doing or what was going on around me.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/ntuc-assistant-director-says-sorry-for-racist-post.html\">NTUC Asst. Director Amy Cheong sacked for racist remarks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alvinology.com\/2012\/02\/16\/insensitive-nus-campus-crusade-for-christ\/\">Campus Crusade for Christ: &#8220;Much of the population is M&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120213195225\/http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/BreakingNews\/Singapore\/Story\/STIStory_765755.html\">Chinese UOB employees paint their faces black at Bollywood-themed party<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newnation.sg\/2012\/02\/uob-blackface-dudes-are-racist-not\/\">New Nation says\u00a0it&#8217;s not racist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/veritas-lux.blogspot.sg\/2013\/07\/indians-kowtow-racist-arabs-and-their.html\">Blogger says it&#8217;s not racist; Indians are the real racists<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonlinecitizen.com\/2012\/03\/28\/advantage-of-growing-up-a-minority-in-singapore-is-that-you-adapt\/\">Seker SB:\u00a0Advantage of growing up a minority in Singapore is that you adapt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xojane.com\/issues\/racism-in-singapore\">I&#8217;m a brown person and I live in a racist country<\/a> \u2013 [<a href=\"https:\/\/amp.xojane.com\/issues\/racism-in-singapore\">mirror<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/singapore\/little-india-riot-netizens-combat-racism-social-media\">Little India riot: Netizens combat racism on social media<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2014<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fivestarsandamoon.com\/2014\/09\/outside-the-margins-chinese-privilege-in-singapore\/\">Outside the Margins: Chinese Privilege in Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/civil-society-groups-alarmed-by-surge-of-racism-and-xenophobia\">Civil society groups &#8216;alarmed&#8217; by surge of racism and xenophobia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themalaymailonline.com\/opinion\/surekha-a-yadav\/article\/is-singapore-a-racist-country\">Is Singapore a racist country?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alfiansaat\/posts\/10152395253872371\">Alfian: Racism vs Ethnocentrism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/chinese-privilege\/to-my-dear-fellow-singapore-chinese-shut-up-when-a-minority-is-talking-about-race-48e00d7c7073\">To My Dear Fellow Singapore Chinese: Shut Up When a Minority is Talking about Race.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2015<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world\/games-host-mocks-indian-girl-s-accent-in-singapore-apologises\/story-clTpHsOT8ktUXB3gkWA03J.html\">Sharon Au mocks Indian girl&#8217;s accent at SEA games<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boundary2.org\/2015\/03\/chinese-privilege-gender-and-intersectionality-in-singapore-a-conversation-between-adeline-koh-and-sangeetha-thanapal\/\">Chinese Privilege, Gender and Intersectionality in Singapore: A Conversation between Adeline Koh and Sangeetha Thanapal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/30sfy2\/whats_one_question_youve_been_dying_to_ask\/\">\/r\/singapore \u2013 What&#8217;s one question you&#8217;ve been dying to ask another race but never do because you&#8217;re afraid of the impending &#8220;THAT&#8217;S RACIST!&#8221; aftermath?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/thaipusam-saga\/\">Ban of musical instruments in Thaipusam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allsingaporestuff.com\/article\/racist-chinese-boy-cinema-i-dont-want-sit-beside-malay-people\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t want sit beside malay people&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fivestarsandamoon.com\/2015\/07\/singapore-needs-clear-laws-on-discrimination-and-racism\/\">&#8220;You can&#8217;t take pork right???<\/a>&#8221; \u2013 &#8220;Erm because often we would be going out for company events and all. So it would be inconvenient if one of our staff can&#8217;t take that meat.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TAVSingapore\/photos\/a.360220640705941.85354.358759327518739\/987374507990548\/?type=3&amp;hc_ref=ARQDOTB17odUoFJilWJNB8pBMkhd4k3KS-bcNnsuyedBGFuKY478jSXIjTk35FndzLc\">Priscilla Poh Beng Hoon:\u00a0&#8220;The Malay language makes me vomit. Only very stupid people call for use of this low-class language.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2016<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coconuts.co\/singapore\/news\/photo-project-about-beautiful-women-different-countries-annoys-ugly-people-singapore\/\">&#8220;WTF Singapore one so ugly!!&#8221; \u2013 when a brown girl represents Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stillsarahc\/posts\/10153647453768505\">Prima Deli: &#8220;&#8221;From what I see, and the way you look, and not trying to be racist ah, but you Malay, I think you cannot la&#8221;<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/manpower\/primadeli-apologises-sacks-staff-for-making-racist-remarks-to-job-interviewee\">PrimaDeli apologises, sacks staff for making racist remarks to job interviewee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/tampines-1-says-sorry-after-customer-complains-of-racial-discrimination-in-e-mail-exchange\">Tampines 1: &#8220;Our target audience is mainly Chinese&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allsingaporestuff.com\/article\/tampines-1-mall-rejects-malay-vendor-says-they-target-chinese-only\">alt<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mothership.sg\/2016\/10\/the-smart-local-ruins-deepavali-for-sporean-indians-with-insensitive-racist-video\/\">Singaporeans Try: Indian Snacks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mothership.sg\/2017\/05\/mediacorp-fined-s5500-for-racially-insensitive-blackface-content\/\">Toggle does Blackface<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/denise-phua-apologises-over-remarks-in-parliament-on-large-groups-of-foreign-workers\">MP Denise Phua calls Indians &#8220;walking time-bombs&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/no-space-for-halal-kitchens-on-navys-ships-ng-104339033.html\">Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen: No space for halal kitchens on Navy ships<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmandala.org\/brief-history-chinese-privilege-singapore\/\">Confronting \u2018Chinese privilege\u2019 in Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Iwani Mawocha:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwanimawocha.com\/pepperandsoul\/2016\/2\/27\/is-singapore-a-racist-country\">Is Singapore a racist country?<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 A black woman&#8217;s experience in Singapore<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theindependent.sg\/smrt-gives-racist-cabbie-stern-warning\/\">SMRT gives racist cabbie stern warning<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\/r\/singapore \u2013\u00a0<a class=\"title may-blank loggedin \" tabindex=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/45lgsw\/serious_singapore_locals_who_have_experienced\/\" data-event-action=\"title\" data-href-url=\"\/r\/singapore\/comments\/45lgsw\/serious_singapore_locals_who_have_experienced\/\" data-inbound-url=\"\/r\/singapore\/comments\/45lgsw\/serious_singapore_locals_who_have_experienced\/?utm_content=title&amp;utm_medium=front&amp;utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_name=singapore\">[Serious] Singapore locals who have experienced racism, what is your story?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\/r\/singapore \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/59o46j\/saw_this_defencealternative_view_of_the\/\">Saw this defence\/alternative view of The SmartLocal&#8217;s video controversy on my FB feed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rilek1corner.com\/2016\/03\/11\/zulfikar-shariff-racism-in-singapore-is-not-new\/\">Zulfikar Shariff \u2013 Racism in Singapore is not new<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2017<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/67n0x5\/noc_girls_made_racist_comments_in_coachella\/?ref=search_posts\">NOC: &#8220;She look like she&#8217;s attending Deepavali&#8221; \/ &#8220;One little two little three little Indian&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_id\/article\/gvqa59\/what-privilege-looks-like-in-singapore\">What Privilege Looks Like in Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/03\/02\/singapore-rental-racism-prc-and-indian-tenants-often-deemed-undesirable.html\">Even in weak market, racial bias trumps profit for many Singapore landlords<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/768706\/the-racist-reality-of-house-hunting-in-singapore-sorry-your-wife-is-indian\/\">The racist reality of house-hunting in Singapore: \u201cSorry, your wife is Indian\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/entertainment\/arts\/radio-play-ludicrous-accents-being-re-recorded-following-online-protests\">Radio play with \u2018ludicrous accents\u2019 being re-recorded following online protests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/this-is-singapore-is-no-excuse-for-racist-behaviour\">&#8220;This is Singapore. You Filipinos. Go back to the Philippines. This is Singapore.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lipstickladdoolekhablog.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/24\/what-it-feels-like-to-be-an-indian-girl-in-nus-business-school\/\">What it feels like to be an Indian girl in NUS Business School<\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonlinecitizen.com\/2017\/02\/27\/racism-in-singapore-what-it-feels-like-to-be-an-indian-girl-in-nus-business-school\/\">TOC<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/5q73dh\/whats_the_most_racist_thing_youve_heard_in\/\">\/r\/singapore \u2013 What&#8217;s the most racist thing you&#8217;ve heard in Singapore?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mothership.sg\/2017\/03\/person-looking-for-babysitter-in-spore-being-totally-racist-denies-being-racist\/\">\u201cWe r not discriminating u, just that many malay guys sex abuse\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alfiansaat\/posts\/10154539542232371\">When the teacher saw the girl\u2019s package, she said, \u201cWhat\u2019s that? So dirty!\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mothership.sg\/2017\/05\/ah-boys-to-men-4-audition-accused-of-being-racist-debate-ensues-nation-clearly-divided\/\">ABTM 4: Casting director asks actor to be &#8220;full blown Indian man&#8221;<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/6ej9rr\/actor_in_racist_abtm4_saga_questioned_by_police\/?ref=search_posts\">Actor questioned by police<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hidhirr\/posts\/10211630775958886\">Defining Malay (context: Elected Presidency)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coconuts.co\/singapore\/news\/influencer-gets-accused-of-being-insensitive-about-geylangs-ramadan-bazaar-but-was-she-though\/\">Gushcloud influencer\u00a0disliked food at Ramadan Bazaar<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N-hZ3UWPqQU\">my video response<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stuffaboutsingapore.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/29\/the-hard-truth-about-racism-in-singaporean-media\/\">The Hard Truth about Racism in Singaporean Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/politics\/singapolitics\/no-by-election-if-minority-mp-leaves-grc-says-chun-sing\">No by-election if minority MP leaves GRC, says Chun Sing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/terence.ruis\/posts\/10209926256099487\">&#8220;Fucking Bangla&#8221;<\/a>, (also see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MothershipSG\/posts\/1597366500302996\">Mothership comments section<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TamizharOtrumaiKudumbam\/posts\/2064798043742484\">&#8220;You think you are more equal than Chinese? Singapore majority Chinese ok!&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2018<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>[Discussion] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alfiansaat\/posts\/10155235816852371\">Alfian Sa&#8217;at writes about his frustrating experience in a taxi<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/donovan.choy\/posts\/10215064901045994\">Donovan Choy&#8217;s response<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Fuck Indians&#8221; spray-painted on a children&#8217;s playground\n<ul>\n<li>Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/singapore\/thaipusam-music-dispute-police-issue-clarification-9938138\">Thaipusam music dispute<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visakan.veerasamy\/videos\/10155481514023915\/\">contrast with Lion Dance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mothership.sg\/2018\/02\/masterchef-singapore-channel-8-application\/\">Master Chef in Singapore requires Mandarin fluency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abnorxmal\/status\/966968169586765824\"> \u201csmelly because of the Indian\u201d<\/a> \u2013\u00a0a Singaporean Chinese student\u2019s parent complained to the head of the tuition centre that she did not want her child being taught by an Indian.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mothership.sg\/2018\/08\/racist-uncle-foreign-worker-lift\/\">Racist man shouts expletives at foreigner to get out of lift at Changi Airport<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coconuts.co\/singapore\/news\/malay-man-recounts-alleged-brush-racist-coffee-chop-patron-tampines-mall\/\">&#8220;SHE IS A MALAY\u201d.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/natasha.sebastian\/posts\/10160234643680151\">&#8220;No mummy. I&#8217;m ugly because I&#8217;m not light. My friends said that if I&#8217;m lighter, then I would be pretty. But now I&#8217;m not!!&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/plspreeti\/status\/966536023751630848\">\u201cFAT\/MALAY\/INDIAN&#8230;no!\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theindependent.sg\/all-of-you-so-black-how-to-recognise-hotel-cafe-manager-tells-off-singaporean-indian-worker\/\">&#8220;All of you so black how to recognize?&#8221;\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rishi.budhrani\/posts\/10215429582714471?comment_id=10215435973794244&amp;notif_id=1523782848522776&amp;notif_t=comment_mention&amp;ref=notif\">racist reactions to NTU students brewing beer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=10156923931181844&amp;id=654506843\">Miss Singapore Universe<\/a>: &#8220;she was here to add the colour aspect&#8221; &#8220;the sponsors have their subsidiary awards, they will choose the chinese girls&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coconuts.co\/singapore\/news\/serangoon-resident-claims-victim-anti-hindu-vandalism-past-weeks\/\">Serangoon resident claims to be victim of anti-Hindu vandalism for past few weeks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pride.kindness.sg\/living-abroad-as-a-chinese-singaporean-taught-me-what-racism-felt-like\/\">&#8220;Living abroad as a Chinese Singaporean taught me what racism felt like&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.news\/featured\/sportsg-apologises-for-racist-image-staff-identified-as-singapore-sports-institutes-chief\/\">FEATUREDSportSG apologises for \u201cracist\u201d image; staff identified as Singapore Sports Institute\u2019s chief<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 \u201cWe would like to sincerely apologise if any of this has caused offence to people who have seen the posts on social media <strong>without the benefit of understanding the context.\u201d \ud83d\ude44<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2019<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mothership.sg\/2019\/01\/esther-low-singapore-racism\/\">S\u2019porean actress highlights \u201cdeeply ingrained\u201d racism in S\u2019pore, was asked if she was \u201cok\u201d kissing Indian actor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/singapore\/survey-finds-rise-in-perception-of-work-related-discrimination-11765392\">CNA: Survey finds rise in perception of work-related discrimination among Malays, Indians in Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mothership.sg\/2019\/02\/casual-racism-singapore\/\">Mothership: I witnessed casual racism while buying carrot cake in a hawker centre &amp; didn\u2019t do anything about it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/H0NEYBIX\/status\/1144606512834179072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1144606512834179072&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmothership.sg%2F2019%2F07%2Ftweet-hurtful-stereotypes-singaporeans%2F\">@H0NEYBIX&#8217;s experience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/seasia\/2019\/07\/29\/brownface-advertisement-sparks-anger-in-singapore-.html\">&#8216;Brownface&#8217; advertisement sparks anger in Singapore<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/ckhk5z\/pritam_singhs_response_to_the_brownfacepreetipls\/\">Pritam Singh response<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/ckik3a\/how_has_racism_closed_doors_for_you\/\">\/r\/singapore \u2013 how has racism closed doors for you?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/15-of-respondents-find-muslims-threatening\">15% of respondents find Muslims threatening: IPS report<\/a> (straitstimes.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/k.shanmugam.page\/posts\/preeti-nair-and-subhas-nair-have-put-out-a-video-very-insulting-using-vulgaritie\/2360227490690434\/\">Law Minister K Shanmugam on Subhas and Preeti<\/a> (facebook.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2020<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/priyageethadia\">Jonathan Yong-Ern Lim calls Priyageetha Dia&#8217;s guest a &#8220;hypocritical snakewhore&#8221; and threatens to &#8220;obliterate the minority cult&#8221;<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chand.lisztomaniac\/posts\/10157953660454292\">her response<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/youth-arrested-for-inciting-violence-and-posting-religious-hateful-comments\">TP student arrested for inciting violence and posting religious hateful comments on social media<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mao Mao book incident<\/li>\n<li>Parvitar Singh incident [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Parvitar1\/posts\/2888610314600695?__cft__[0]=AZXgwwFD3JdY1LQeCAPxhJO7bHYJcK9k9MuLy3pYqC3tN_v8fPGB6r23gxwsSxTmm2opw-czN-69rG8howLSCefkM6m9gwWhiiiMZbxtjOxg3TOET1yKQ0tvcM8Sg_Oy_y8nUqFtHtTl0tQw68ukZ8hTTRrrpTw1b2NqEq16s7qLtTL0h57fI6uoqpSbg9PMV8A&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/digital\/cloth-thingy-your-head-sikh-mans-discriminatory-experience-applying-job-goes-viral\">2<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/opinion\/racism-in-singapore-time-to-listen-to-minorities-concerns\">Racism in Singapore: Time to listen to minorities&#8217; concerns<\/a> (straitstimes.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/commentary\/why-singapore-needs-new-ways-tackle-racism-more-effectively\">Why Singapore needs new ways to tackle racism more effectively<\/a> (todayonline.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/singapore\/mother-and-son-investigated-police-allegedly-uttering-racial-slur-and-vulgarities-social\">Mother and son investigated by police for allegedly uttering racial slur and vulgarities on social media<\/a> (todayonline.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/singapore\/cowardly-act-hate-ho-ching-slams-social-media-doxxing-temasek-holdings-indian-employees\">\u2018Cowardly act of hate\u2019: Ho Ching slams social media doxxing of Temasek Holdings\u2019 Indian employees<\/a> (todayonline.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/politics\/article\/3094644\/young-singaporeans-are-ready-talk-about-race-are-their-parents\">Young Singaporeans are ready to talk about race. Are their parents?<\/a> (scmp.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2021<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/racism-still-exists-in-singapore-but-identity-politics-must-not-take-root-says-lawrence\">Racism still exists in Singapore, but identity politics must not take root, says Lawrence Wong<\/a> (straitstimes.com)<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/28\/singapore-teenager-inspired-by-christchurch-massacre-arrested-for-allegedly-planning-attack-on-mosques-authorities-say\">Singapore teenager inspired by Christchurch massacre arrested for allegedly planning attack on mosques, authorities say<\/a><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> (theguardian.com)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/judged-colour-my-skin-tutor-disheartened-families-checking-his-race\">Judged by the colour of my skin&#8217;: Tutor disheartened by families checking on his race<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Beow Lim aka Hwa Chong lady [<a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/coconuts.co\/singapore\/news\/singapores-racist-hwa-chong-lady-has-insulted-enough-people-to-fill-a-youtube-channel-with-her-hate-videos\/\">1<\/a><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">, <\/span><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/hwa-chong-woman-loses-job-and-youtube-channel-following-accusations-racism-and-harassment\">2<\/a><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">], <\/span><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/police-investigating-alleged-racism-and-harassment-in-incidents-in-spore\">police investigating<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/police-investigating-man-accused-of-using-racial-slur-and-kicking-55-year-old-woman\">Police investigating man accused of using racial slur and kicking 55-year-old woman<\/a> (straitstimes.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/pa-apologises-for-using-muslim-couples-wedding-photo-for-hari-raya-without-permission\">PA apologises for using couple&#8217;s wedding photo for Hari Raya decorations without permission<\/a> (straitstimes.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/racist-remarks-made-to-interracial-couple-are-unacceptable-and-worrying-shanmugam\">Police investigating incident in which racist remarks were made to interracial couple\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mothership.sg\/2021\/06\/prayer-interrupted-gong\/\">Neighbour clangs gong repeatedly as man in S&#8217;pore performs prayers outside home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2022<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/5\/14\/rapping-for-the-vulnerable-of-singapore\">Rapping for the vulnerable of Singapore<\/a> (aljazeera.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/rapper-subhas-nair-set-plead-guilty-attempting-promote-ill-will-over-religion-race-2512616\">Rapper Subhas Nair set to plead guilty to attempting to promote ill will over religion, race<\/a> (channelnewsasia.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/tan-beow-hiong-viral-video-mrt-race-stern-warning-charges-withdrawn-3144186\">Woman who made offensive comments about race given stern warning, charges withdrawn<\/a> (channelnewsasia.com) \u2013 Beow Tan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2023<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/subhas-nair-trial-prosecutor-cross-examine-twisting-words-racial-trial-3365721\">Rapper Subhas Nair &#8216;twisting facts&#8217; to suit own narrative, says prosecutor in racially charged trial<\/a> (channelnewsasia.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SingaporeRaw\/comments\/155ltso\/trigger_warning_suicide_note\/\">suicide note of Uvaraja s\/o Gopal<\/a> (reddit.com)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/k.shanmugam.page\/posts\/pfbid021vNdpwG5yuqCu7xDMHqufzregApmNtz2XRt5sF62ru8FW2i5EMDMZwTXHh8RKYPSl\">K Shanmugam&#8217;s FB post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/isabella.heaven\/posts\/pfbid0YkoL73hYPwgEe32QFCUGhvGRWpVDct4YpHEaBXXvG5vA4Q1rRzTdBzPpUiR2Cofml?__cft__[0]=AZURtGQUq9rzY5_3yDu6Yfp-nVB7s4yv7oWhstIPsIUqlR04neUU4TD-DBUW_pgVLM6bCR3JXcdRb7rlYGSnH7Xpy55QGCBHxnMr7BQwctrcrnWgPGlOynA7guqwQ6buU8NZgalNZsMR5GNbjqyFIOPYQmfdREhscfB5bFQII1baxEW6gxXoBGziBT_n73TK404&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">Fauzella<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2024<\/h2>\n<p>TBA<\/p>\n<p>____<\/p>\n<p><i>I&#8217;m on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/visakanv\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page is an attempt to collect all of the news articles and significant blogposts relating to racism in Singapore. 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