tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post115280544205966526..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: John Harper Remembers Singapore - Part 6: Cultural Harmony – Racial TensionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1153120156869380432006-07-17T15:09:00.000+08:002006-07-17T15:09:00.000+08:00If you were to study into the historical and cultu...If you were to study into the historical and cultural background of races or even clans, all have their strength and weaknesses. If people of different races or clans emphazise on each other weaknesses, then this world would not have a day of peace. I remember having a dialogue with one of my former bosses. He remarked: "Do you know why the British can control us for 200 years ? It is not for nothing ..." How-come ? Why? Another question - Why did the British colonial government always sent a Cantonese speaking governor to Hong Kong whenever the need arose ? In short, the British knew thoroughly over the subjects they ruled, like the backs of their palms. Why do Hongkongers wept when Governor Patton and his family left the island in 1997 ? and Singapore panicked in 1971 when the forces said goodbye ? The only exception is - The British gradly left without regret and fan-fare in 1948, from a land called Palestine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1153117371528778712006-07-17T14:22:00.000+08:002006-07-17T14:22:00.000+08:00I hope I don't hurt anyone's feelings here. But I ...I hope I don't hurt anyone's feelings here. But I think, our parents' generation, perhaps due to lower education, tended to have more racially biased people, like the cloth peddlar that John mentioned. In fact I once met some folks who were so biased against Hakka's (one of the smaller Chinese dialect groups), that it totally shocked me.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1153115955228143882006-07-17T13:59:00.000+08:002006-07-17T13:59:00.000+08:00We have a very different Singapore society nowaday...We have a very different Singapore society nowadays. In a positive way, it can be viewed as being racially and culturally tolerant too - while some local girls are more than willing to marry a foreigner, especially an <I>Ang Moh</I> (Westerner), our Chinese men (mostly middle-aged to elderly ones) are marrying women from China, Vietnam, Thailand and even Indonesia.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1152829994109408222006-07-14T06:33:00.000+08:002006-07-14T06:33:00.000+08:00It might be the case that to see the world in diff...It might be the case that to see the world in different colors and experience the rich tapestry, you can't do it in our generation. Much that we might try, there's always a glass ceiling somewhere.<BR/><BR/>In the context of Singapore, there are similar trends very obvious but not spoken. The best is for our children to go outside the shores of Singapore or marry someone outside your own race/nationality and have a different mindset. I am not surprised by the initiatives taken by two of my best friends. They think and eat differently. They can hold a conversation beyond "What do you do for a living?" <BR/><BR/>One thing good though: the polarization between Whites and Singaporeans have blurred.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com