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Q1. How did the religious leader react to the rap video that was posted in response to the Nets e-Pay advertisement?

Q2. Why is the rap video an inappropriate response to the Nets e-Pay advertisement? What are some possible impacts of doing so?

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Q1. How did the government react to the rap video that was posted in response to the Nets e-Pay advertisement?

Q2. Do you think the rap video in response to the Nets e-Pay advertisement was an appropriate response? Why or why not? What are some possible impacts of doing so?

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Q1. Why did the advertisement provoke strong reactions from the public?

Q2. What is the brownface controversy?

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1. Read the background information above

2. In pairs, you'll be assigned a source and questions to respond to

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Q1. How did the government react to the rap video that was posted in response to the Nets e-Pay advertisement?

Q2. Do you think the rap video in response to the Nets e-Pay advertisement was an appropriate response? Why or why not? What are some possible impacts of doing so?

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1. the government started investigating it as its offensive

2. i think the rap video was trying to shame the Chinese male actor for portraying characters from diff racial groups. it was inappropriate they could've just talked it out. I think some impacts of this is other races will start believing in this and will eventually target a whole community due to one person's action.

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1 The advertisement provoked strong reactions because it was seen as racially insensitive. A Chinese male actor was used to portray characters from different racial groups, including an Indian man, whose skin tone was artificially darkened. This offended many as it ignored the real diversity of Singaporeby not hiring actors from actual minority communities and instead resorted to stereotypes.

2 The brownface controversy refers to the act of darkening a person’s skin to portray someone of a different, usuallydarker, racial group. In this case, it involved a Chinese actor darkening his skin to play an Indian character in the advertisement. This sparked outrage because it was seen as disrespectful and offensive.

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the advertisement tells us that there the public was offended due to the fact that they chose the majority over the minority.

This can be seen when the NETS company portrayed a malay to act as an Indian in the poster instead of hiring an Indian actor. Reasons may be because they are to lazy to try and find someone from the Indian community ( the minorities) to portray as their culture. And this angers the public, the minorities especially because they portray Indians and malays as the same race.

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1. The advertisement provoked strong reactions from the public because it was perceived as racially insensitive. The ad featured a Chinese male actor portraying characters from different racial groups, including a Malay woman and an Indian man, whose skin tone was artificially darkened. The public's main grievance was that the advertisement invented characters to represent Singapore's minorities instead of hiring actors from those minority racial groups to portray them authentically. This was seen as a lack of respect and representation for the minority communities.

2. The brownface controversy refers to the practice of using makeup or other means to darken the skin tone of a non-Indian or non-Malay actor to portray an Indian or Malay character, often in a stereotypical or caricatured manner. In this case, the controversy arose because the Chinese actor's skin was artificially darkened to play the Indian character, which was seen as offensive and dismissive of the Indian community's identity. The term "brownface" is derived from "blackface," a historically racist practice.

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Q1. The government sent police investigators to investigate the rap video.

Q2. No. They should be more sensitive about other people's race.

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the government responded negatively to the video due to the offensive content within it. i don't think the rap video was a appropriate response as using profanities targeted to a whole community is not the appropriate response because of one mans ignorance. if the situation were to escalate further it could affect the racial harmony in Singapore.

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the government acted seriously as police was sent to investigate the rap for offensive racial content

The response was appropriate as no one involved was harassed for the video and the only consequences was natural legal consequences

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The government thinks that the rap video is offensive to Chinese Singaporeans as the rap video uses profanity to insult Chinese Singaporeans . The government therefore thinks that it is not acceptable.

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q1. he thinks that people should not add to the negativity and just move on

q2. it is cultural appropriation and the actor painted himself a darker colour to mimic other races.

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Q1. The government, represented by Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam, strongly disapproved of the rap video. He criticized it for using vulgar language, offensive gestures like the middle finger, and attacking another race, which he said was unacceptable. He emphasized that such actions cross the line and are not the right way to respond. Instead, he advised people to ask for an apology or make a police report if they felt something was wrong, rather than responding aggressively or offensively.

Q2. I think the rap video in response to the Nets e-pay was not appropriate. It was understandable that people was angry with the rap video as it contained offensive content, however using vulgar language and attacking people from other races wil only create more tension and division.

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1. He reacted calmly and said that saying anything about the video was not going to help the situation.

2. some possible impacts are other races feeling affected by this

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qn1. He reacted maturely and thought about both sides of the scenario.

qn2. it was discriminative towards the other races as the Chinese man had dressed up as those with different races instead of having people of other races for the advertisement. People of those races might feel offended because their culture is portrayed in an insensitive manner.

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They condemned it since the ad showed brown face.

No I don't think it was appropriate because it attacked Chinese singaporeans even though they were not the ones at fault for the ad. This could have started many stereotypes.

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The government were strict about it and did not want any drama and want to keep peace in singapore