Is this racism against the majority race?

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Making fun of the Chinese uncles and aunties. The bedrock of support for the PAP all these decades. Wonder if the PAP will come out with all guns firing to defend the Chinese helicopters.

 

[laksaboy]

To the libtards and proponents of Critical Race Theory, 'institutional' or 'systemic' racism is a real thing. Since ang mohs are not a majority in Sinkieland, local Chinese people will be expected to pander and grovel to the minorities as penance for racial oppression.

 

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Sadiq also verbally abused the man with racial slurs and said: "You eat pork, that's why stupid."

S'porean biker who used racial slurs on driver gets jail for unrelated fatal road accident​

Muhammad Sadiq Syed Kadir was sentenced to 12 weeks' jail and fined $1,000.ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Court Correspondent

July 26, 2021

SINGAPORE - A man was riding his motorcycle in a negligent manner in September 2018 when it hit an elderly pedestrian who later died in hospital.
In an unrelated incident in December that year, Muhammad Sadiq Syed Kadir's motorcycle struck a mirror on the right side of a car at a carpark in Yishun.
Instead of apologising, Sadiq reacted aggressively and used criminal force on the driver. Sadiq also verbally abused the man with racial slurs and said: "You eat pork, that's why stupid."
The 29-year-old Singaporean was on Monday (July 26) sentenced to 12 weeks' jail and a fine of $1,000. He was also disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for five years.
Sadiq had pleaded guilty to five charges for offences including causing a fatal accident by riding in a negligent manner and using criminal force on another person.
Addressing Sadiq in court on Monday, District Judge Marvin Bay said: "You are a persistent risk to road users due to your grossly unsafe operating of your motorcycle as well as repeated instances of boorish and reckless behaviour from instances which can only be interpreted as road rage incidents."

The judge, who noted that Sadiq had also used racial epithets, added : "Such conduct is beyond the pale in our multicultural society and cannot be tolerated."
The court heard that Ms Hor Ah Poe, 82, was crossing a road near a Circuit Road hawker centre at around 9.30pm on Sept 13, 2018, when Sadiq's motorcycle knocked into her. He fell off his motorcycle, which mounted a kerb.
A passer-by who came forward to help noticed that Ms Hor was unconscious and bleeding from her nose.
Both she and Sadiq were taken in separate ambulances to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

Ms Hoe was found with multiple injuries including a chest deformity and was pronounced dead at around 10.15pm that day.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Kenneth Kee said: "The victim was not jaywalking at the material time.
"In addition, the victim had attempted to cross the road in an area that displayed a pedestrian crossing sign, that was accompanied by road markers warning oncoming traffic to slow down."
In another incident, Sadiq was riding his motorcycle along Upper Paya Lebar Road, into the junction of Paya Lebar Road and Ubi Avenue 3 at 1.47pm on Nov 13, 2018, when a traffic surveillance camera caught him beating a red traffic light signal. No accident was caused.
On Dec 22 that year, he was at a carpark near Block 773 Yishun Avenue 3 when his motorcycle hit the mirror of 54-year-old Gerard Chong's car.
The DPP said: "After the accident, Gerard alighted from the car to inspect the mirror before approaching the accused and asking him to (ride) carefully."
Sadiq, who reacted aggressively, repeatedly scolded the older man and abused him with racial epithets.
Mr Chong took out his mobile phone to record the incident and Sadiq snatched the device from his hand.
Mr Chong managed to get back his phone after a struggle and a passer-by who stepped in asked the pair to stop their dispute. Sadiq rode away soon after.
Sadiq was later arrested and released on bail on March 27, 2019.
Despite this, he continued breaking the law and committed a rash act on a fellow motorcyclist as they were riding along the Pan-Island Expressway at around 1pm on July 6 that year.
Sadiq, who felt the 41-year-old man was not riding in a safe manner, used his hand to hit thehead of the other man who was wearing a helmet.
The force of the blow dislodged the visor and it fell to the ground. The victim was not injured.
Separately, Sadiq also assaulted a man near the Zam Zam Restaurant in North Bridge Road on April 24 last year.
For causing a death by riding in a negligent manner, an offender can be jailed for up to two years and fined.

 

[Cottonmouth]

Sadiq also verbally abused the man with racial slurs and said: "You eat pork, that's why stupid."

S'porean biker who used racial slurs on driver gets jail for unrelated fatal road accident​

Muhammad Sadiq Syed Kadir was sentenced to 12 weeks' jail and fined $1,000.ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Court Correspondent

July 26, 2021

SINGAPORE - A man was riding his motorcycle in a negligent manner in September 2018 when it hit an elderly pedestrian who later died in hospital.
In an unrelated incident in December that year, Muhammad Sadiq Syed Kadir's motorcycle struck a mirror on the right side of a car at a carpark in Yishun.
Instead of apologising, Sadiq reacted aggressively and used criminal force on the driver. Sadiq also verbally abused the man with racial slurs and said: "You eat pork, that's why stupid."
The 29-year-old Singaporean was on Monday (July 26) sentenced to 12 weeks' jail and a fine of $1,000. He was also disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for five years.
Sadiq had pleaded guilty to five charges for offences including causing a fatal accident by riding in a negligent manner and using criminal force on another person.
Addressing Sadiq in court on Monday, District Judge Marvin Bay said: "You are a persistent risk to road users due to your grossly unsafe operating of your motorcycle as well as repeated instances of boorish and reckless behaviour from instances which can only be interpreted as road rage incidents."

The judge, who noted that Sadiq had also used racial epithets, added : "Such conduct is beyond the pale in our multicultural society and cannot be tolerated."
The court heard that Ms Hor Ah Poe, 82, was crossing a road near a Circuit Road hawker centre at around 9.30pm on Sept 13, 2018, when Sadiq's motorcycle knocked into her. He fell off his motorcycle, which mounted a kerb.
A passer-by who came forward to help noticed that Ms Hor was unconscious and bleeding from her nose.
Both she and Sadiq were taken in separate ambulances to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

Ms Hoe was found with multiple injuries including a chest deformity and was pronounced dead at around 10.15pm that day.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Kenneth Kee said: "The victim was not jaywalking at the material time.
"In addition, the victim had attempted to cross the road in an area that displayed a pedestrian crossing sign, that was accompanied by road markers warning oncoming traffic to slow down."
In another incident, Sadiq was riding his motorcycle along Upper Paya Lebar Road, into the junction of Paya Lebar Road and Ubi Avenue 3 at 1.47pm on Nov 13, 2018, when a traffic surveillance camera caught him beating a red traffic light signal. No accident was caused.
On Dec 22 that year, he was at a carpark near Block 773 Yishun Avenue 3 when his motorcycle hit the mirror of 54-year-old Gerard Chong's car.
The DPP said: "After the accident, Gerard alighted from the car to inspect the mirror before approaching the accused and asking him to (ride) carefully."
Sadiq, who reacted aggressively, repeatedly scolded the older man and abused him with racial epithets.
Mr Chong took out his mobile phone to record the incident and Sadiq snatched the device from his hand.
Mr Chong managed to get back his phone after a struggle and a passer-by who stepped in asked the pair to stop their dispute. Sadiq rode away soon after.
Sadiq was later arrested and released on bail on March 27, 2019.
Despite this, he continued breaking the law and committed a rash act on a fellow motorcyclist as they were riding along the Pan-Island Expressway at around 1pm on July 6 that year.
Sadiq, who felt the 41-year-old man was not riding in a safe manner, used his hand to hit thehead of the other man who was wearing a helmet.
The force of the blow dislodged the visor and it fell to the ground. The victim was not injured.
Separately, Sadiq also assaulted a man near the Zam Zam Restaurant in North Bridge Road on April 24 last year.
For causing a death by riding in a negligent manner, an offender can be jailed for up to two years and fined.

Lol. That's rich coming from this stupid m&d, talking about IQ and pork. Lololol

 

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Stateless man jailed 5 weeks for hurling racist remarks at cashier, choking a nurse

By LOUISA TANG
Published JULY 27, 2021

Ili Nadhirah Mansor/TODAY

• Periyanayagam Appavoo arrives at the State Courts on July 27, 2021. He was jailed 5 weeks for hurling racist remarks at an NTUC FairPrice supermarket cashier and a nurse, and choking another nurse.
• Periyanayagam Appavoo first verbally abused an NTUC Fairprice cashier and threatened to beat her up
• Two months later, he scolded vulgar words at a hospital nurse and insisted on being treated by a doctor of the same ethnicity as him
• He also choked another nurse who was attending to another patient

SINGAPORE — While being investigated for verbally abusing a cashier with racist comments related to Covid-19, Periyanayagam Appavoo hurled similar remarks at a Sengkang General Hospital (SKH) nurse.

He also choked another nurse who was attending to a patient before security officers had to restrain him to a trolley bed.

The 52-year-old stateless man was sentenced to five weeks’ jail on Tuesday (July 27), after pleading guilty to two harassment charges and one of using criminal force.

His past string of offences date back to 1988 when he was sentenced to probation for stealing a motor vehicle and include drug consumption and snatch theft.

He was most recently jailed in 2019 for crimes such as harassing a public servant, theft and voluntarily causing hurt.

The court heard that during his latest brush with the law, Periyanayagam went to the NTUC FairPrice supermarket outlet at Rivervale Plaza in Sengkang on April 23 last year, during the circuit breaker period.

When a cashier noticed him trying to enter the supermarket from the exit, she stopped him and told him to go to the entrance.

He left but returned shortly afterwards and scolded the Singaporean employee with a vulgar phrase.

He also shouted at her: “You Chinese people bring Covid into Singapore” and then threatened to beat her up.

When police officers interviewed Periyanayagam, he claimed he had been drinking before the incident.

While being investigated for the supermarket incident, he reoffended on June 23.

He went to the accident and emergency department of SKH to seek treatment for double vision.

He behaved in an agitated manner at the triage area and threw his registration form to the ground.

When a nurse tried to take his vital signs, he shouted at her and turned verbally abusive.

While pointing his finger at her, he shouted: “You are a Chinese, Chinese people are stupid. I want an Indian doctor, the same Indian doctor who attended to me previously.”

Security officers stepped in and took him to a trolley bed nearby. When the nurse walked away, he shouted another vulgarity at her.

A doctor of Indian ethnicity then attended to him but he complained that she was “too fair” and refused to be examined by her, the court further heard.

He then got up from the bed, walked up to a senior staff nurse who was looking after another patient, and used his hand to choke the nurse. The nurse managed to push him away and security officers stepped in to restrain him.

For using criminal force, Periyanayagam could have been jailed for up to three months or fined up to S$1,500, or both.

For using threatening, abusive and insulting words, he could have been jailed for up to a year or fined up to S$10,000, or both. Those convicted of harassing a public service worker can receive twice that jail term.

 

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Founder of fashion brand Ong Shunmugam apologises for race-related remarks at ACM event​

Social media/8 Days
A screenshot of a video footage that went viral, showing Ms Priscilla Shunmugam (bottom frame) in a video conference event organised by the Asian Civilisations Museum.

• Priscilla Shunmugam made remarks at an online event that were deemed racist by some people
• The fashion label founder was talking about why the cheongsam is a recurring design in her work
• The video clip containing excerpts of the event at Asian Civilisations Museum went viral
• Ms Shunmugam has apologised and said she was “rightly being held accountable”
• She acknowledged her remarks were “clumsy, hurtful and insensitive”

BY LOW YOUJIN

Updated March 26, 2022

SINGAPORE — The founder of a homegrown fashion label said she is sorry about the race-related remarks she made during a virtual lecture organised by the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) last year, calling them “clumsy, hurtful and insensitive”.
Ms Priscilla Shunmugam, founder of the Ong Shunmugam fashion brand, told TODAY on Friday (March 25) that she is “rightly being held accountable” for what she said.
“I apologise unreservedly for the comments I made,” she said.
The lecture, titled ACMtalks: Nadya Wang and Priscilla Shunmugam, was held on Sept 16 last year, but snippets of the remarks by Ms Shunmugam were picked up only recently and went viral after Instagram page profile Kebaya Societe uploaded them on Wednesday.
Ms Wang is a lecturer at the School of Fashion at Lasalle College of the Arts, and the talk was facilitated and moderated by Ms Jackie Yoong, a senior curator for fashion and textiles at ACM and the Peranakan Museum.

ACM has published other editions of its lectures, which revolve around themes such as maritime trade, faith and belief, as well as materials and design, but the original video with Ms Shunmugam is no longer available on its Facebook page.
In the recent video snippets, which are around two minutes long, Ms Shunmugam is heard responding to a question that was cut out.
She told TODAY that she was asked why the cheongsam — a traditional Chinese dress worn by women — is a recurring silhouette in her work.
She replied to the online audience then about how Chinese women have “progressed significantly faster and further as compared to their Malay and Indian counterparts”.
She also said, among other things, that Chinese women were the “first Asian women to shake hands with men”, long before it was acceptable for Indian and Malay women to do so.
“If you study that, if we understand that, then the fashion answers come from that,” Ms Shunmugam said at the lecture.

“I think as a designer, I can only say that when I play around with the cheongsam, I feel not that there are less restrictions, but I can have more fun, and that Chinese women are more receptive, or they can be more receptive,” she added.
The viral video snippet then ends abruptly.
Reactions to the video were generally of shock and disappointment at what most online users saw as racist remarks.
In her reply to TODAY, Ms Shunmugam said that she ought to have been crystal clear with her answers.
“I acknowledge that it was clumsy, hurtful and insensitive. It was also uncharacteristic of the narratives championed in my work.”

The statement, which was signed off by Mr Kennie Ting, the museum’s director, said that it could have done a better job in moderating and managing a virtual lecture.
“Over the past couple of days, the museum has learnt a very important lesson in how we can improve the management of our talks.”
Mr Ting added that ACM respects the views of individuals, but if those views were controversial or sensitive remarks were made, “our moderator should have done better” in getting the guest speaker to clarify them.
“Our moderator has shared with us that she found it difficult to react immediately in a live setting. It would have been appropriate that these remarks were addressed swiftly and decisively.”
Mr Ting also said that the opinions of all guest speakers are “not reflective of ACM’s own views and positions''.
He added that the museum will ensure its future sessions are “better moderated, particularly if remarks or opinions raised are deeply controversial and insensitive”.
The virtual lecture was livestreamed and posted simultaneously on Facebook on the day of the event. It was “unedited, as are all of the videos of our online lectures and symposiums”, Mr Ting said.
He recognised that there was a “lack of experience and an oversight” on ACM’s part in managing and reviewing every recorded livestream.
“We sincerely apologise for this and will improve our processes of managing our livestream talks and online content moving forward.”

 

[JohnTan]

Founder of fashion brand Ong Shunmugam apologises for race-related remarks at ACM event​

Social media/8 Days
A screenshot of a video footage that went viral, showing Ms Priscilla Shunmugam (bottom frame) in a video conference event organised by the Asian Civilisations Museum.

• Priscilla Shunmugam made remarks at an online event that were deemed racist by some people
• The fashion label founder was talking about why the cheongsam is a recurring design in her work
• The video clip containing excerpts of the event at Asian Civilisations Museum went viral
• Ms Shunmugam has apologised and said she was “rightly being held accountable”
• She acknowledged her remarks were “clumsy, hurtful and insensitive”

BY LOW YOUJIN

Updated March 26, 2022

SINGAPORE — The founder of a homegrown fashion label said she is sorry about the race-related remarks she made during a virtual lecture organised by the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) last year, calling them “clumsy, hurtful and insensitive”.
Ms Priscilla Shunmugam, founder of the Ong Shunmugam fashion brand, told TODAY on Friday (March 25) that she is “rightly being held accountable” for what she said.
“I apologise unreservedly for the comments I made,” she said.
The lecture, titled ACMtalks: Nadya Wang and Priscilla Shunmugam, was held on Sept 16 last year, but snippets of the remarks by Ms Shunmugam were picked up only recently and went viral after Instagram page profile Kebaya Societe uploaded them on Wednesday.
Ms Wang is a lecturer at the School of Fashion at Lasalle College of the Arts, and the talk was facilitated and moderated by Ms Jackie Yoong, a senior curator for fashion and textiles at ACM and the Peranakan Museum.

ACM has published other editions of its lectures, which revolve around themes such as maritime trade, faith and belief, as well as materials and design, but the original video with Ms Shunmugam is no longer available on its Facebook page.
In the recent video snippets, which are around two minutes long, Ms Shunmugam is heard responding to a question that was cut out.
She told TODAY that she was asked why the cheongsam — a traditional Chinese dress worn by women — is a recurring silhouette in her work.
She replied to the online audience then about how Chinese women have “progressed significantly faster and further as compared to their Malay and Indian counterparts”.
She also said, among other things, that Chinese women were the “first Asian women to shake hands with men”, long before it was acceptable for Indian and Malay women to do so.
“If you study that, if we understand that, then the fashion answers come from that,” Ms Shunmugam said at the lecture.

“I think as a designer, I can only say that when I play around with the cheongsam, I feel not that there are less restrictions, but I can have more fun, and that Chinese women are more receptive, or they can be more receptive,” she added.
The viral video snippet then ends abruptly.
Reactions to the video were generally of shock and disappointment at what most online users saw as racist remarks.
In her reply to TODAY, Ms Shunmugam said that she ought to have been crystal clear with her answers.
“I acknowledge that it was clumsy, hurtful and insensitive. It was also uncharacteristic of the narratives championed in my work.”

The statement, which was signed off by Mr Kennie Ting, the museum’s director, said that it could have done a better job in moderating and managing a virtual lecture.
“Over the past couple of days, the museum has learnt a very important lesson in how we can improve the management of our talks.”
Mr Ting added that ACM respects the views of individuals, but if those views were controversial or sensitive remarks were made, “our moderator should have done better” in getting the guest speaker to clarify them.
“Our moderator has shared with us that she found it difficult to react immediately in a live setting. It would have been appropriate that these remarks were addressed swiftly and decisively.”
Mr Ting also said that the opinions of all guest speakers are “not reflective of ACM’s own views and positions''.
He added that the museum will ensure its future sessions are “better moderated, particularly if remarks or opinions raised are deeply controversial and insensitive”.
The virtual lecture was livestreamed and posted simultaneously on Facebook on the day of the event. It was “unedited, as are all of the videos of our online lectures and symposiums”, Mr Ting said.
He recognised that there was a “lack of experience and an oversight” on ACM’s part in managing and reviewing every recorded livestream.
“We sincerely apologise for this and will improve our processes of managing our livestream talks and online content moving forward.”

It's a fact that chinks are more open and progressive than the other races. Look at the samsters here. They are upset about CECA, but they are not upset with PRC tech firms setting up office in Singapore and hiring sinkies and bringing in their own kind.

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

It's a fact that chinks are more open and progressive than the other races. Look at the samsters here. They are upset about CECA, but they are not upset with PRC tech firms setting up office in Singapore and hiring sinkies and bringing in their own kind.

Many of the ah nehs coming in under CECA are dishonest: fake academic certificates and fake resumes. Stealing jobs from Singapore citizens.

 

[JohnTan]

Many of the ah nehs coming in under CECA are dishonest: fake academic certificates and fake resumes. Stealing jobs from Singapore citizens.

And the chinks from PRC are honest and have real certs? They aren't stealing tech jobs from sinkies in Tencent, Alibaba, ByteDance offices based here in Singapore?

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

And the chinks from PRC are honest and have real certs? They aren't stealing tech jobs from sinkies in Tencent, Alibaba, ByteDance offices based here in Singapore?

The chinks did not have to come to SG because they had higher-paying jobs in China with the tech giants. SG ended up opening the floodgates for the cheating CECAs.

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

Forum: Chinese Singaporeans should not be expected to communicate only in Mandarin​

May 11, 2022

Mr Ang Ah Lay argues that while it seems natural for Chinese Singaporeans to have some affinity with China, he is confident that Singaporeans will continue to retain the cherished value of multilingualism (Natural for Chinese Singaporeans to have affinity for China, May 7).
I beg to differ. I have come across many people working in service, both Singaporeans and foreigners, who expect Chinese customers, especially seniors, to communicate in Mandarin.
When I ordered drinks at Lau Pa Sat in English, the vendor replied in Mandarin. Asked if she could speak English, she shook her head.
Yet, when the Indian customer who was behind me ordered in English, she replied in kind. When I asked why she had told me otherwise, she asserted: "You are Chinese."
Even in the past, before English education became universal here, most workers relied on Chinese dialects, Singlish and market Malay.
Malay is my second language and I learnt Mandarin via pinyin. When I use Malay with Singaporeans or Malaysians, in service or not, they mostly reply in English or a mix of the two languages. This reflects multilingualism. Multilingual service workers should defer to the customer's language of choice, shouldn't they?
English (and Singlish) is the nation's bridge, including between members of the Chinese community who can speak it.

Language shouldn't be circumscribed intra-ethnically. We are confident Singaporeans who happen to be Chinese, that's all. We should remind ourselves and other Chinese of this sovereignty to thwart a divisive clannishness.

Anthony Lee Mui Yu

 

[mojito]

Forum: Chinese Singaporeans should not be expected to communicate only in Mandarin​

May 11, 2022

Mr Ang Ah Lay argues that while it seems natural for Chinese Singaporeans to have some affinity with China, he is confident that Singaporeans will continue to retain the cherished value of multilingualism (Natural for Chinese Singaporeans to have affinity for China, May 7).
I beg to differ. I have come across many people working in service, both Singaporeans and foreigners, who expect Chinese customers, especially seniors, to communicate in Mandarin.
When I ordered drinks at Lau Pa Sat in English, the vendor replied in Mandarin. Asked if she could speak English, she shook her head.
Yet, when the Indian customer who was behind me ordered in English, she replied in kind. When I asked why she had told me otherwise, she asserted: "You are Chinese."
Even in the past, before English education became universal here, most workers relied on Chinese dialects, Singlish and market Malay.
Malay is my second language and I learnt Mandarin via pinyin. When I use Malay with Singaporeans or Malaysians, in service or not, they mostly reply in English or a mix of the two languages. This reflects multilingualism. Multilingual service workers should defer to the customer's language of choice, shouldn't they?
English (and Singlish) is the nation's bridge, including between members of the Chinese community who can speak it.

Language shouldn't be circumscribed intra-ethnically. We are confident Singaporeans who happen to be Chinese, that's all. We should remind ourselves and other Chinese of this sovereignty to thwart a divisive clannishness.

Anthony Lee Mui Yu

Must be those kantang fail CL2 one.

 

[ChristJohnny]

Well minority who have lower IQ will not miss any chance to get back ... this is normal reaction. Have you notice that higher IQ populace will just laugh it off if being called "names".

Race and IQ

 

[syed putra]

Lol. That's rich coming from this stupid m&d, talking about IQ and pork. Lololol

I don't think he is malay.

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

Tay Kheng Soon leaves NUS after accusations of being ‘racist’​

January 21, 2023
By Veronica Lee


Tay Kheng Soon, a well-known architect and an adjunct professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS), has departed from the university. He shared on Facebook, “I left NUS because they were told that I am a racist.”
The 82-year-old outspoken public intellectual added: “I and my friends are totally puzzled. Me a racist?”
Prof Tay thinks that the accusations may have risen from his Facebook post where he shared a report by an American journalist who claimed that all the tech companies are now headed by Indians. Prof Tay wondered how that made him a racist.
In 2018, the Police questioned Prof Tay regarding a Facebook post he had put up. At that time, Prof Tay had posted a picture of the Genocide Memorial in Armenia, which he visited and wrote that he saw and learnt of the 1.5 million Armenian Christians exterminated by the Ottoman Turks in 1911.
This resulted in a person named Azhari Ali objecting to his characterisation of the event, claiming Tay had “unfairly singled out Islam”, even though that was not the intention of the post.
Prof Tay, who is behind several iconic structures in Singapore, including the People’s Park Complex and KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, is a strong critic of American imperialism on social media. He has also spoken favourably about China’s local and foreign policies.
On the Russian-Ukrainian war, Prof Tay took the position that Russia was provoked to go to war by Ukraine. He griped about the characterisation of Russia’s actions as “unprovoked”.
Prof Tay shared one of his student’s comments who learnt that he had departed from NUS: “those who want to learn from you will still be able to in other forums I guess because you still give talks, but it truly is a loss for NUS students, but that is the university’s problem if they are not going to adopt a more robust strategy for managing students.”
Jack Sim, fondly referred to as Mr Toilet, spoke up for Prof Tay in Facebook. He said: “(Prof Tay) taught in NUS long enough for NUS to know him well. If he was a racist, his students would have complained about him decades ago.”

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

Tay Kheng Soon: I left NUS because they were told that I am a racist​

January 27, 2023
By Veronica Lee

The 82-year-old outspoken public intellectual added: “I and my friends are totally puzzled. Me a racist?”

SINGAPORE — Tay Kheng Soon, a well-known architect and an adjunct professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS), has departed from the university. He shared on Facebook, “I left NUS because they were told that I am a racist.” The 82-year-old outspoken public intellectual added: “I and my friends are totally puzzled. Me a racist?”
Prof Tay thinks that the accusations may have risen from his Facebook post, where he shared a report by an American journalist who claimed that all the tech companies are now headed by Indians. Prof Tay wondered how that made him a racist.
In 2018, the Police questioned Prof Tay regarding a Facebook post he had put up. At that time, Prof Tay had posted a picture of the Genocide Memorial in Armenia, which he visited and wrote that he saw and learnt of the 1.5 million Armenian Christians exterminated by the Ottoman Turks in 1911.
This resulted in a person named Azhari Ali objecting to his characterisation of the event, claiming Tay had “unfairly singled out Islam”, even though that was not the post’s intention.
Prof Tay, behind several iconic structures in Singapore, including the People’s Park Complex and KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, is a strong critic of American imperialism on social media. He has also spoken favourably about China’s local and foreign policies.
On the Russian-Ukrainian war, Prof Tay took the position that Russia was provoked to go to war by Ukraine. He griped about the characterisation of Russia’s actions as “unprovoked”.
Prof Tay shared one of his student’s comments who learnt that he had departed from NUS: “those who want to learn from you will still be able to in other forums I guess because you still give talks, but it truly is a loss for NUS students, but that is the university’s problem if they are not going to adopt a more robust strategy for managing students.”
Jack Sim, the founder of the Restroom Association of Singapore, also fondly referred to as Mr Toilet, spoke up for Prof Tay on Facebook. He said: “(Prof Tay) taught in NUS long enough for NUS to know him well. If he was a racist, his students would have complained about him decades ago.”

 

[dredd]

And this quote by you-know-who is not racism?

 

[dredd]

And this as well?

 

[orh mee suah]

Racism has a specific definition. I refuse to lump people who make insensitive statements in with racial supremacists - Reniqua Allen

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

Musician Subhas Nair denies trying to create ill will between races and religious groups in S’pore​

Local musician Subhas Nair testified he did not intend to create enmity among the different races. PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS

Shaffiq Alkhatib
Court Correspondent

Mar 21, 2023

SINGAPORE - Local musician Subhas Nair admitted in court on Tuesday he had posted messages which the prosecution described as inflammatory comments on race and religion.
But he denied he had done so in an attempt to promote ill will between different racial and religious groups in Singapore.
Among other things, a rap video featuring Nair was posted on YouTube on July 29, 2019, containing lyrics that allegedly attacked Chinese people in general.
On the first day of his trial on Tuesday, Nair testified that the video was done in response to an advertisement which featured actor Dennis Chew playing multiple roles, including that of an Indian man and a Malay woman.
The 31-year-old told District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan he wanted his rap video to convey the message that the advertisement was blatantly racist.
He added that the rap video was directed towards some Chinese people, who he said are racist.
Stressing that not all Chinese are racist, Nair said he wanted to end instances of “brownface” in Singapore.

Brownface is a social phenomenon, usually involving a light-skinned person pretending to be somebody of a different ethnicity who has a darker complexion.
On Tuesday, Deputy Public Prosecutor Suhas Malhotra said in his opening statement: “Had the accused displayed his offence to the advertisement in a temperate and dignified manner, no criminal offence would have been committed. Instead, the accused resorted to insulting and ridiculing Chinese people in general.”
Nair is claiming trial to four counts of attempting to promote feelings of ill will between different racial and religious groups in Singapore.

On July 25, 2020, he posted a message on Instagram alleging that Malay Muslims who made hateful comments will be treated differently by the authorities compared with Chinese Christians.
Nair testified in court he did this in response to a video involving the founder of a church and a social media influencer, who had linked the gay pride movement to Satan.
DPP Malhotra said: “(Nair’s) post creates feelings of ill will between Chinese Christians and Malay Muslims in Singapore.”
On Tuesday, Nair told the court the video by the church founder and the influencer contained hate speech, adding: “We need to admonish statements like these.”
He also said his Instagram post did not intend to convey the message that the authorities were biased and preferential.

On or around Oct 15, 2020, Nair posted another message on Instagram, this time following a court case involving Mr Chan Jia Xing, then 27.
Mr Chan was initially accused of murdering Mr Satheesh Noel Gobidass, 31, at Orchard Towers in July 2019.
Mr Chan’s murder charge was later reduced to that of consorting with a person carrying an offensive weapon in a public place, and he was given a conditional warning in October 2020.
Nair had stated in his Instagram post: “Calling out racism and Chinese privilege, two-year conditional warning and smear campaign in the media.”
On Tuesday, DPP Malhotra said: “This post creates feelings of ill will between Chinese and Indians in Singapore... the accused’s post implied that the law enforcement authorities treat Indians far more severely than Chinese.”
But Nair testified he did not intend to create enmity among the different races.
He told the court he was instead commenting on the state of journalism here after an unnamed news platform asked Mr Chan questions about his baby following his conditional warning.
Nair had stated on his Instagram post: “Do you actually think a brown person would get asked these type of questions?”
Nair is represented by lawyer Suang Wijaya. The trial resumes on Wednesday and Nair will be cross-examined by the prosecution.