Narrowing racial divide in S

[Mockngbrd]

Yahoo! News rocks

 

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporesc...-032651925.html

 

 

 

 

 

By Seah Chiang Nee

 

The current wave of migrant workers from China and India has had an unintended side benefit for Singapore: blurring differences between local Chinese and Malays.

 

The new competition they introduced into the workforce has helped to get these once quarrelling races to put aside old discords and jointly face the common challenge.

 

In the 60s and 70s, ethnic conflicts were a daily story in Singapore generally over who should get a bigger piece of the economic pie. Every issue seemed to revolve around race.

 

The impact of globalisation and the mass inflow of foreigners are helping the Chinese and Malays achieve commonality faster than anything else.

 

It has promoted a common bond

[The_Bear]

Old Chinese saying "枪口对外".

[Scion]

** "I am not a racist but I am most certainly a nationalist. In the event of a dispute between a foreigner and a Singaporean, whether he is Chinese, Malay, Indian or Eurasian, I will take the side of the Singaporean 99% of the time."

 

 

this one is dangerous

we should be unbiased and just instead of becoming an extreme nationalist

 

does he mean if a Singaporean murders a foreigner here, he still support the crime?

 

 

anyway, we Singaporean Chinese are mostly descendants of Southern China such as Guangdong and Fujian

in the past, Southern Chinese already buay gum with the Northern ones

so any China Chinese who come here (i assume most are Northern Chinese, from their assents) will be foolish to think we will support them

 

[Timex1441]

this one is dangerous

we should be unbiased and just instead of becoming an extreme nationalist

 

does he mean if a Singaporean murders a foreigner here, he still support the crime?

 

 

anyway, we Singaporean Chinese are mostly descendants of Southern China such as Guangdong and Fujian

in the past, Southern Chinese already buay gum with the Northern ones

so any China Chinese who come here (i assume most are Northern Chinese, from their assents) will be foolish to think we will support them

ya, i was wondering why the govt didnt try to get more southern chinese since they will assimilate better into our sg society....maybe becos some high-up official gian the 北妹 (northern slut)?

[Acieed]

Thought of a Singapore Cultural Revolution is indeed dangerous. Just walk on the street and label someone "foreign trash", then the "thrashing" begins regardless of reasons. Imagine being taken advantage by criminals or people with some crooked intent.

 

Also remember the American journalist who was molested by hundreds of "nationalistic righteous men" in Egypt just because somebody called her a Jew.

 

this one is dangerous

we should be unbiased and just instead of becoming an extreme nationalist

 

does he mean if a Singaporean murders a foreigner here, he still support the crime?

 

anyway, we Singaporean Chinese are mostly descendants of Southern China such as Guangdong and Fujian

in the past, Southern Chinese already buay gum with the Northern ones

so any China Chinese who come here (i assume most are Northern Chinese, from their assents) will be foolish to think we will support them

 

[Tom_kkh]

chey may be a mole trying to justify their influx of FT

[Windwaver]

An online discussion on whether the Chinese here would help a Malay if he was assaulted by a Chinese mainlander produced a largely "yes" answer and the following sample comments.

 

** "I am a Singaporean Chinese. Any Chinese foreigner who dares to assault my Malay Singaporean brother will have to answer to my fist. We Singaporean Chinese and Malays did NS together. Chinese or not Chinese, the fact is we are Singaporeans."

 

Problem is in time to come, their fists will outnumber us so much that's it's fruitless to be bonded anymore.

[Kb27]

Now the locals are united against the foreigners.

FT should go back where they come from.

They are not welcome here.

[1fast1]

In other words, nothing unites a divided people like a common enemy.

 

Believe me, this influx can only destabilise things. The slightest change in allegiance of one ethnic group, we're in deep sh*t.

Edited June 29, 2011 by Turboflat4

[SimonTan]

Very dangerous post that has ulterior motive.

 

So lets import in another million to fulfill the 6million dream, and get Singaporeans fully united once and for all!!