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Maverick

1 probably worried since they don't know how will they act if they find out.

2 They pitied her situation and gave her a new home.

3 Her biological parents. After all, she is still their blood and that is something that she can not change and would still be part of her biological family's tree.

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1. I think they would have felt a bit uncomfortable at first but once they get closer to their siblings they would have loved them

2. I think they adopted her because they loved children and didn't really care what race they were or what their roots were

3. I think she should have a mix of both malay and chinese. Since she grew up in a malay household, she would know some malay practices. In my opinion it is also important for her to learn about her chinese culture and practices since she was born chinese.

(Sonia)

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Brayden lin

Qn1. I think dollah and mullah had accepted the fact that half of his siblings aren't his biological one but they can still play and have fun with them.

Qn 2. I think mak and bak adopted Sallamah as they love children and did not want to see sallamah suffer.

Qn 3. I think salllamah roots are chinese but she had gotten used to the malay culture that she almost lost her roots.

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Minha

1. I think that Munah and Dollah felt assured that they were the biological children of mak and bak. They knew that they were the only biological children in the family and I think that it made them feel like they were mak and bak’s real children and that they would always be related by blood.I also think that they felt pressured not to reveal to their adoptive siblings that they were adopted.

2. I think that mak and bak adopted Sallamah as they wanted to give her a better life.They did not care about her race and still took her in as one of their own children.I think that this shows how much they loved children.

3. I think that her roots are Chinese. She was born Chinese . I think that she should be able to learn more about her culture and heritage.She should be able to learn more about her biological family as well. This does not mean that she should just forget about her adopted family and culture. I think that if she finds more about her biological family , she will not feel so out of place and she will have a better understanding of herself and where she came from.

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Rachel

1. I think that Munah is pretty pressured as there are always new children coming inside their house making them new siblings out of nowhere. Especially when she has to hide the fact that they are not blood related. While Dollah is probably pretty annoyed that he has new siblings that are not blood related and acts how he would treat them as if he did not know them, especially Sallamah.

2. I think they adopted her as they loved children but probably because Sallamah's biological parents looked desperate, wanting someone to adopt Sallamah so she could live a better life.

3. I think that Sallamah would have a mix of both of her biological and adoptive parents she was born a Chinese and has the same skin color as her biological parents. Except that after she was adopted she played Malay games spoke in the language and did daily activities like what her adoptive parents and siblings did.

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1. I think that Munah felt fine as she treated all her siblings fairly, she probably got used to it once she realized that Mak and Bak would have much more "children" after Sallamah. On the other hand, dollah would have felt jealous as he did not like the concept of having adopted siblings and he would have felt that he was being treated unfairly

2. I think that they saw Salamah as an innocents and helpless child. they probably found her alone so she stole their hearts first. They decided to adopt her as they liked children a lot.

3. I think that Salamah's roots would be Chinese. However, she might display Malay habits. there are some things about people that are not possible to change even if they are brought up differently. Even though she was brought up as a Malay, she was born Chinese and will have the genetics of a Chinese and hence act like a mix

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Cheraine

1. I think Munah would not feel very affected. Despite knowing that they were adopted, she tries to make an effort to treat them like her real siblings and care for them and does not think she is more important then the rest just because she is Mak and Bak's biological child. On the other hand, Dollah would probably felt that it is unfair because he thinks he should be treated better than the adopted children as he is their biological child. As he keeps the truth unrevealed, he still treats his adopted siblings like strangers or outsiders.

2. I think they adopted her because she looked very helpless and they decided to adopt her as they love children.

3. I think that Sallamah would have the same skin tone and characteristics from her biological parents but she had stayed with her malay family for most of her time in life that the way she speaks, play and do daily activities matches her adoptive parents and her siblings.

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Wilvan

1.I think that Dollah and Munah would feal stresses as they need to keep secret that their sibilings arent thier real siblings.

2. I think mak and bak adopted sallama because they love children and they felt bad for her.

3.i think that she is both but mostly malay roots as she has spent most her life near a malay family.

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1. I think they felt awkward as they had to keep a secret for so long.

2. I think Mak and Bak had a kind heart and they felt sorry for her so they adopted Sallamah.

3. I think her roots would be with her biological parents.She might try to find out who they were.

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1. I think Dollah and Munah felt like they needed to keep a secret from the other siblings who are not their biological siblings and they felt very stressed.

2. I think Mak and Bak adopted Sallamah because they liked children and felt pity for Sallamah to be abandoned. They also wanted to let her have a better life.

3. I think Sallamah's roots to me is Chinese because she originally came from a Teochew family and her biological parents were Chinese.

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Ruhan

1. I think that Dollah and Munah would feel sensitive around her because she was adopted and from another race.They would also try to avoid her.

2. They adopted salamah because they felt that she needed a home and didn’t have parents to take care of her.

3. I think salamah would take her biological parents root’s because she would be used to seeing and having her non biological parents taking care and would still be curious about her real parents.

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Asher Ng

1.I think Dollah and Munah would feel stressed as they would have to be careful not to reveal that their other siblings were adopted.

2.I think they adopted Sallamah because they loved children.

3.I think that Sallamah's roots would be Malay,she had adopted the malay culture ever since she was adopted

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1. I think that Munah felt that she was being treated unfairly, after all she was a true child on Mak and Bak. But she made do with it and tried to make the best of the situation. Dollah, on the other hand, was persisstant on being treated the best just because he was a true child.

2. I think that they saw Salamah as an innocent child and decided to adopt her as they liked children a lot.

3. I think that Salamah's roots would be Chinese. However, she might display many things that Malays typically show. Even though she was brought up as a Malay, she was born Chinese and will have the genetics of a Chinese so there are just some things about her that is not possible to change.

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Dollah munah would feel stress.

Because they love children

Salamah roots would be her parents and the ones which adopted her

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Bryan Zhang

1. I think Dollah and Munah felt very stressed and annoyed as suddenly, there is a new family member in the house. They might worry that they accidentally tell the adopted children that they are adopted.

2. I think they adopted Sallamah because they loved children and they did not want her to suffer.

3. If Sallamah found out that she was adopted, I think her roots will be her adoptive parents as they cared and provided a shelter for her.

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Yi Ting

1 ) I think Dollah and Munah would feel stressed because they have to be careful about what they say and not to reveal that all their younger siblings are adopted.

2 ) I think they adopted her because she was abandoned as a baby.

3 ) I think if she found out she was abandoned by her biological parents as a three-day old baby, her roots would be her adoptive parents as they loved her and adopted her when her biological parents abandoned her.

If she did not find out she was abandoned by her biological parents, her roots might be her biological parents as she is related to them by blood.

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Ethan Quah

1) I think that Munah and Dollah felt stress and sad as they might accidentally say to their siblings that they were adopted.

2) I think that Bak and Mak loved children and that they wanted to give Sallamah a home.

3) I think that Sallamah roots are from her biological parents as she is related to them and should have their characteristics.

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1) I think Dollah and Munah might have felt sad for the rest of the children, because they might take it badly when they find out that they were adopted. They would also feel stressed because they have to keep the secret. They both would have felt strange, but in different ways. Munah treats them like her biological siblings, while Dollah must have felt different in some way, which might not be good. 2) I do not think that there was a specific reason. They clearly didn’t adopt her based on her race, so I think that they adopted her because of their love for children. 3) I think she might be closer to her Malay roots rather than her Chinese roots, because she has spent her childhood with mostly Malays, and most likely would have adopted their culture. Sallamah has not spent any time with the Chinese part of her family, (well not yet anyway) And would be unfamiliar with them even though her biological parents are Chinese.

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wystan

1. both of them probably took it well as Sallamah had no clue or even thought she was adopted until sha asked Munah so I think that the both of them were okay with it .

2. they love children

3. I personally think that her roots are from her adopted families. As she was in the family for 12 years and up until the teacher revealed the secret she had no idea she was chinese. She even took part in malay games too.

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1. I think Dollah and Munah would feel exceptionally stress as they might leak out secrets that should not be told.

2. They loved children after the birth of their biological child, that's why they excepted almost every child into their family.

3. I think Sallamah's roots should be Malay, since she had been adopted by Malay's and also taught Malay for twelve years.

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1.I think both of them had different emotions.As stated in the passage,Munah was not very shocked by the fact that the siblings that had been with them almost their whole life is adopted as she is probably aware of that(which she is).Dollar also known about this adoption situation and still love his sibling,hence , he probably was calm about a it.

2.Mak and Bak loved children very much and love taking care of children.They may also want children of different races.

3.Sallama’s adoptive parents and biological parents.Both of them are important.Her biological parents will have to give birth to her.(Root of life)And her adoptive parents would have been her second root of life as they fed her ,took care of her and put a shelter over her head.

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I think Dollah felt special as he thought as Mak and Bak's biological child, he was more important. As for Munah, I think she felt pressured as she had to keep the secret.

I think Mak and Bak adopted her as they loved children and had the means to adopt her.

Sallamah's roots would be both her biological and adoptive as giving birth to a child and raising one are equally hard.

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Adele Lee

1.I think that they felt stress that they might accidentally tell their adopted siblings that they are adopted.

2.I think that it is because they wanted to expand their family and pitied Sallamah .

3.I think that Sallamah’s root are Chinese as she is related to her biological parents by blood although she was raised with Malay being her first language

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Jolie Ng

1. I think that they felt stressed as they might accidentally tell their siblings the truth on accident.

2. As they love children and wanted to provide her with a home.

3. I think that Sallamah's roots should be her biological parents as they have the same blood and sallamahs birth certificate had her name that her biologcal parents have given her.

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Natalie

1. I think that Munah and Dollah felt a little bit stressed because they were scared they would reveal the secret to their other siblings about them being adopted. I also think that they were thankful and grateful because they had mor siblings to play and fight with.

2. I think that Mak and Bak adopted Sallamah because they felt that every children should have a home and wanted them to feel loved

3. I think that Sallamah’s roots should be her biological parents as she is related to them by blood, race, surname and facial features.

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Matthew-

1) I think both of them felt that strange that their siblings are different but they see it differently. Munah was caring and loving to her siblings no matter what but Dollah treated them like strangers or worse.

2) I think they think that Sallahmah should be given a home with loving and caring parents to grow up and other children to interact or play with.

3) I think Sallamah's roots would be Chinese, because although he lived in Malay for the twelve years, she was born as chinese and will remain as chinese. Her traits and genetic information from her parents were passed down to her so that would mean she would stay like that. for more information here is an example from Google:" He's lived in New York for twenty years, but his roots are in France.'"

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Wong Jing Wen

1. I think Dollah felt that he was treated unfairly as his parents might have showered their adoptive siblings with more care and love and probably treated his adoptive siblings as how he thought of them, whereas Munah might have cared for her siblings more to show an example for them.

2. I think that Bak and Mak probably wanted Sallamah to have a better future ahead of her and they probably knew that life was going to be tough for her if she stayed with her biological parents.

3. I think that Sallamah's roots would be linked to her biological parents. But we should also not forget that her adoptive parents were the ones who took care of her when she was growing up and that she only met her biological parents once.

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1 they felt stressed about accidentally revealing the secret.

2 They knew she was the one they would love.

3 from her biological parents no matter who she called mum and dad.

Rui Jia

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Galen

I think they felt grateful that their non-biological siblings did not care if they were adopted and still accepted them as they were.

I think Mak and Bak adopted Sallamah as they saw that no one had adopted her because of her skin colour and race as she was a chinese and she had looked very lonely.

I think Sallamah's roots should be her biological parents as she is related to them by blood.

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1. I think Munah and Dollah will ask themselves about why their parents chose to adopt children,when they have the choice not to.They might also feel bad for their other siblings,as they might feel unwanted as their biological parents left them at the adoption center,that’s why they did not tell their siblings that they were adopted.I think that they will also feel lucky to have such caring parents who are willing to adopt kids and that their parents treats them equally and take care of every children with their heart and soul.

2. I think mak and bak have this thinking that every child deserves a family,no matter where they come from .They also probably love children and are willing to take care of each and every child.

3. I think that Sallamah’s roots are from her biological parents.They’re her real parents so she should have their characteristics,her family name would be related to theirs and her skin color,race and her facial features would also be related to theirs.

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Louis Tan

1. I think that Munah felt bad for them and as they didn’t know they were adopted, so she didn’t tell them. I think that Dollah just didn’t care and avoided a scolding from his parents by not telling his adopted siblings.

2. They love children and felt bad for Sallamah because her parents left her.

3. I think that her roots would be from her biological parents. No matter who her parents are,biological or adoptive, she will still look like her parents, be the same race as her parents and her birth certificate still has her name her biological parents gave her.

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I think everyone should be treated the same despite their race but some people like my neighbour treats Asians like nothing and looks down on us.I feel unhappy when I am around him that is why everyone should not be discriminated by their skin colour or race

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1)I think Dollah and Munah felt weird as they were not their real siblings but over time they accepted them.

2)I think Bak and Mak took Sallamah in because she was left by someone and since they love children they adopted her.

3)I think her roots should be by her biological parents as she is related to them by blood instead of her adoptive parents and it is stated on her birth certificate.

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Lauren

I think that Munah and Dollah were stressed of unintentionally revealing the truth to sallamah but felt more at ease after she knew

I think that they adopted her because they loved children and wanted to expand the family

I think that samallah’s roots are from her real parents for her real parents were Chinese and the identity card had a Chinese name, same on the birth certificate

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1. I think that Dollah and Munah might feel that their adopted siblings were not going to be happy when they found about the secret that was being kept from them for so long.

2. Probably because Mak and Bak could not just leave her where they had found her as they love children and would readily take her in.

3. Her biological parents did not really want her and her adoptive parents were the ones who truly cared about her and treated her well. I think that Sallamah should be really grateful to Mak and Bak as they did not tell her about her being adopted because they did not want to hurt her feelings and make her feel that she was unwanted.

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Respond to the 3 qns:

1. Growing up as the only biological children with so many adopted siblings who have no idea they were adopted, how do you think Dollah and Munah felt?

2. Why do you think Mak and Bak adopted Sallamah?

3. Sallamah's biological parentage is Chinese and her adoptive one is Malay. Keeping the earlier statement in mind, what then would be Sallamah's roots to you (her biolgical or and her adoptive) and why?

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Wilvan

I feal that race and skin color shouldnt have any privileges. I mean if different skin colors didnt have different privileges, America wouldnt be how it is like today. Plus it isnt fair either as you are born with a skin color and you cant change it. Look at Singapore and compare it to singapore. Its so different.

I feal Singapore is a pretty well diversed country and we are still able to work well as a country. Thats because we dont depend on people with different skin color. Each peson has thier job and its for all. Not just for the malays or tamils but also the chinese. Therefore, i feal that race shouldnt affect our privileges

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Li Qing

Although we live in a multi cultural society,there are still some inequality between citizens,whether it's about inequality,gender or race,we deserve to be treated fairly .But it is easier said than done, it might not be as easy to do so than saying it.We might have actually offended other people but not realizing what we did was wrong....

We should be more mindful of our words and treat one another fairly...

That being said,we still live in a multi cultural society so we have to adapt to it...

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Jolie Ng

I think that everyone should be treated equally, no matter their race or gender.

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Adele Lee

I realise that Singapore does not really have the racial harmony that we think we have ,but rather people are being discriminated because of their races .In my opinion,I think that everyone should not be discriminated ,but treated equally regardless of race and religion.

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Louis Tan

I think that if we all work as hard as each other, there shouldn’t be anything such as gender inequality or having your

privilege taken away from you because of your race.

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Matthew-Race and Privilege matters to me-I think all people should be treated to same no matter the race. Usually racism is about their skin, but I think that it does not really matter and it is just the skin that changed, nothing else.

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Cheraine

I feel that everyone should be treated equally regardless of race. After all, we are all human. Although SG is known as a multi-racial society, there are still racial discrimination behind all that harmony. The privileged do not even know they are privileged, they would just think that everything is equal, but they can never see from the views of those who are discriminated for their race. Therefore they would not understand.

So, The majority race gets more privileges and opportunity.

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Sonia

In my opinion, all Singaporeans should be treated equally regardless of race. In the end, we all are working towards a better Singapore.

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Gregory

To me, race and privilege do not make me feel uncomfortable or a misfit. I believe that if we all come together and are able to cope with for every race, the world would be a better place. For example, when someone makes fun of you because you are bad or just not good at a particular thing, you just have to gently remind them that mocking and bragging are just not the right way to go. Although we may think that Singapore is a multicultural society, we must think back on how they lived when it wasn't one, it applies the same for a person.

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Ruhan

In my opinion, race and privilege does not matter because as long as you are happy and you have friends of different races who are not racist, you are privileged. For example, in my tennis tournament, there was a racist Caucasian person who heard me making a lot of noise from my breathing when i hit the ball because that's my technique, he said that i was also a Indian and i suck but i did not care and i won.

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LAUREN

I feel that it is rally unfair because there is no fairness in making someone's pay lower just because they are of a different race or gender. In the world, there is this thing called the "gender wage gap" where males usually receive 100% of the salary and the females usually receive a lower amount. This is unfair. The pledge says "regardless of race, language ...". we should dudil to tha5

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Ethan Quah

I feel that everyone should be treated equally regardless of their gender and race.

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Natalie

I think that it is not very fair that people enjoys privileges while others does not.

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I think that the majority (in this instance in Singapore is the Chinese) does not really notice that they are criticizing or discriminating people from other races. It was only when I watched the video when it hit me that I did not notice that I kept speaking in mandarin to most of my friends (especially during my Chinese Cultural CCA) and I unknowingly speak to one of them who speaks English more often in Chinese. To many people, racial harmony is not so important. Every person, regardless of race or privilege, should be treated equally and live harmoniously together.

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We should all be treated equally as we are all people of tomorrow. We all build Singapore together.

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I feel that Race is something that matters and I think that a lot of people subconsciously slightly discriminate others. For example, if you go to the void deck to enjoy yourself and you see a old man/woman of a difference race as you and that old man/ woman looks dirty. You immediately go to your defensive mode and be on your guard or you move away. I feel that yes you should be cautious but you should not immediately jump to conclusions. Besides, sometimes even when I see a dirty and wrinkly old person, I will try to move away. I think that we should try to understand what they are feeling since we will be one of them a day.

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Caelen Y

I feel that every race should be treated equally.I think that treating other races unfairly is not right.So what if someone else is darker in skin colour than you? We are still humans and we must treat each and every human being with care and respect. Another thing is that the thinking of a person i s darker than you is so wrong >:(

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Wong Jing Wen

I think that because of our race and religion, people might discriminate us because of our privileges, our thoughts and our identity as a Singaporean. But again, we are all people, and we should not be treated because of our race. It is not fair to discriminate one another because of our race, our religion, or even our gender. Our pledge has the race and religion section in it, and every Singaporean says it, but do people really mean what they say?

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Race and Privilege.Equality between races are important. Personally ,I feel that all race should be equal.No discrimination, no racism. Base on the video,i realized that Singapore still has some racism. Gender also matters. Both male and female should be treated the same no matter what race they are.

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It does not matter to me but it seems like it matters to others. Everyone should be treated the same. by rui jia

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Yin Xuan

I feel that everyone should be treated the same way, no matter race, gender or religion. Everyone should be seen the same way and not be treated differently from people of different race, gender or religion.

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Adele Ong

Race usually does not matter as we get along well no matter the race. But if we do not get along, things will be unfair and someone would get left out.

The majority in the same race gets more privileges and opportunity.

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I feel that discrimination in Singapore hides behind

racial harmony. when people discriminate you, half the time you f=don't even notice it. the privileged don't know that they are privileged not privileged while the marginalised don't know that they re discriminated

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Audrey Tan

I think that maybe, being a majority race in SG, it makes us a bit blind to other problems like racial inequality. We might unintentionally offend the other race just because we were simply making a joke. People say that everyone should have equal rights and privileges regardless of gender, but its really hard to actually make the change happen. Actions matter more than words. I wonder if we are actually making a conscientious effort to be sensitive to others.

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Brayden Lin

I think everybody should be treated the same and not be determined by their race , skin tone and gender. As we all do our part to bring our country to the top ranks and prove that race and privilege don't matter.

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Rachel

Like the woman in the video said nowadays we don't really think so much about our race. It is important that everyone gets treated fairly. Even if we are of different races, we shouldn't discriminate others. We must know what to say and what not to say.

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Race and Privilege to me:

The fact of the matter is that some races get more privileges than others, see what is happening in North America, the blacks are treated like dirt as compared to the whites. Look at that racist president, Donald Trump. I guess it is better now but still.....

Everybody should be treated the same regardless of race and skin color......I agree with that statement but lets accept that that can never happen. The best that we can hope to do is level out the playing field.

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I feel that gender, race should not be discriminated as it is unfair and bias to the other races and gender. I am wondering why gender is being discriminated as well as I thought that both male and female should be treated the same.

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Your thoughts on the video, your thoughts on the issues of race and privilege and how it affects or affected you.

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