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Who is responsible for teaching kids about racism? Parents or schools?
2021 has been riddled with incidents of racism, from the Ngee Ann Poly lecturer to the 55-year-old lady who was assaulted while brisk walking.
This Racial Harmony Day, we ask: While conversations about racism are advancing in the public sphere, how are we approaching them with our kids? And who i
Until Our Politicians Talk About Race More Meaningfully, This Conversation Isn’t Going Anywhere
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– Although our politicians have always condemned racism, they have hesitated to discuss it in substantive or meaningful ways. This silence at the top has not kept pace with how conversation on the ground is evolving.
– Focusing only on obvious examples of racism limi
A Snowflake’s Guide to Talking About Racism
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There are some diseases you just can’t get vaccinated against. For instance, racism. Or at least the unwillingness to have an open discussion about race relations and the existence of ingrained cultural blindspots.
Sure, it’s uncomfortable. But one of the major blocks towards re
How We Must Redefine ‘Racial Harmony’ for Singapore in 2021
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No one can seem to agree on what exactly racial harmony is. Or at least, what Singapore wants it to be.
Online discourse over the past few months has been a massive feedback loop of disenfranchisement. The recent spike in COVID-19 cases and