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racist jokes among friends are less impactful compared to strangers

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modern generation are less racist compared to older generation

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primary sch, secondary sch and NS, those are the times where people use racist remarks the monst in Singapore

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Social media is a great platform to spread awareness.

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The government needing to educate the public shows that racism is still a serious issue.

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social media does help awareness of racism for example george floyd

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She(Indian) also gets racism comments from her relatives example "why are u not as dark as ur cousins? why did u not wear traditional costumes"

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interviewee (indian) doesnt think racism is passed from generation to generation. Feels that people are being more accepting of other races. Thinks older gen is more racist than younger gen and thinks people are getting less racist as the years go by
eg: interracial marriage.
She supports interracial marriages as people can learn about each other's perspectives and break stereotypes. Her parents would be okay with her being with a non-indian.

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i dont really care about racism jokes between my friends

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interviewee (malay) said that he doesn't regret being a minority in Singapore.

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interviewee (chinese) feels that society is progressing and becoming more aware each day as the population of minority races in singapore is increasing and the majority and minority race are starting to intermingle and it’s not as foreign as before.

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interviewee (chinese) believes that the media’s portrayal of such news enables people to see that Singapore is not a perfect country and we have a lot to work on. it shows that while we are a multiracial country, incidences still happen and we should always look out for that.

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interviewee (chinese) does think that the racism in Singapore is not as severe as what others’ experience in other countries.

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interviewee (chinese) thinks that the government is doing a good job trying to educate the public.

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interviewee (chinese) does not think that racism is passed on from generation to generation as he thinks that while people may have been brought up in racist families, and the exposure to all different races will get rid of the stereotypes in our head as we realise that they are not who we made them out to be.

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interviewee (Chinese) felt that casual racism is the largest culprit of the racism that exists in Singapore. his family had made passing stereotypical comments-such as “malays are lazy” and “indians are construction workers”. he felt like it was racist.

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as a chinese in singapore, he felt like he was lucky to be of a majority race and if he were to be a minority race in singapore he definitely would not have as many peers at the playground and kids won’t hang around him that much. however he feels that it won’t affect his job prospects as jobs seek talent instead of looking at race/ skin colour.

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feels that if she was chinese instead of indian she would not get hurtful comments from others. However, she thinks that there are still equal job opportunities.

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friends do use racist jokes but he didnt mind as they are close friend of his and knows it is just use for humour

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When working at retail, she ( Indian) sometimes get racist comments from customers, for example "You indians always think that you are so smart" "Indian people are always so lazy, does not want to help us with anything"

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alot of families have racism mindset. Most of them. Is a think that can't be avoided. It just pass down generation by generation.

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modern generation are less racist compared to older generation

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is ok when a friends ( or someone we know) to tell a racism jokes and is not ok for a stranger to tell a racism jokes.

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The government is not doing enough to help to raise awareness of the seriousness of racism happening in Singapore.

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interviewee's (indian)
Family : very open, dont mind talking to other races. Comfortable. Brought up to embrace other races. Heard of stereotypes : "malays are not educated". Thinks it's racist because not all malays are like that.

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There is alot of casual racism in singapore. "I find it hard to blend in to workplace where most of them are chinese. Because im a malay, they just said i can't do the job, which is not true".
This shows that the "good job" is priorities to chinese .

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Friends and Family of the same race also often say racist jokes among themselves.

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interviewee (indian) worked as a sales associate. Colleagues : malay (majority) chinese indian. Worked well tgt. Experienced difficult customer (chinese) : talked to her (and another indian colleague) as if she didnt know anything. Felt like she wasnt in the position to say anything as she was working.

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interviewee (indian) experienced racism when she was young.
Pri sch : skin colour. Thought it wasnt the students fault and thought that students should be educated at a young age.

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restaurant workers being rude to them and scolded them in chinese( My friend is indian)

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feels left out and lets them continue until they start talking in english when friends around her start talking in chinese.

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most parents thinks that steorotypes of other races are true and not realizing that they are racist remarks

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There are alot of casual racism among friends as well but they dont really notice it

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Interviewee (indian) felt that Chinese dont experience much because they're the majority. Minority experiences racism and feels powerless so they dont defend themselves.

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interviewee heard of stereotypical jokes in sec sch. " indians good at math " felt looked down upon as she was not as good at math.

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Feels that people of power are dealing with the issue of racism well as they're promoting multiracial relationships and the government consists of different races.

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feels that family is important for interracial interaction and thinks families should bring their children out and help them interact more with other races so that they can be more comfortable with them.

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Qn: How do you think we can overcome racism in Singapore?

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Qn: How do you think we can overcome racism in Singapore?

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interviewee (indian) feels that it depends on each individual and that its about their mindset. They have to be comfortable with interacting with one another and children should be educated to interact with other races so that the younger generation would be more open.