Post Fishbowl Discussion by Ms. Valerie Seet https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p en-us 2018-05-17 11:14:03 UTC 2026-02-28 01:37:54 UTC hello@padlet.com INSTRUCTIONS ms_valerieseet https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373020676 Thank you 3A7 for such a wonderful discussion. I wish we had more time to hear everyone out.

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Before today's discussion, I used to think ________________________________________________________________

But now I think ________________________________________________________________

I am looking for in-depth reflection on the topic of harmony in Singapore. We will discuss this on Tuesday.]]> 2019-08-02 03:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373020676 Coline colinephitoyo https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373030779 Before this discussion, I used to think that Singapore has achieved a multi-racial society where all people are accepting towards other races and there is minimal racism in Singapore.
But now i think that there are still many Singaporeans out there from different races who have recieved many racial comments and have been offended by others due to the colour of their skin. Not everyone is accepting of people from other races and not everyone is treated equally due to their races. ]]> 2019-08-02 04:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373030779 enthong https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373031175 before today’s discussion, i used to think that Singapore was fair and equal in treating the people of the different races. chances are equal for everyone despite their races. 

but now i think that the government is more biased towards the chinese generally. perhaps it’s because majority of the people in Singapore is chinese. ]]> 2019-08-02 04:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373031175 Jun Jie https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373033241 Before today's discussions, I used to think that there were many efforts made by the government to build racial harmony and that racial harmony was very present in Singapore.
But now I think that indeed the government is trying to build racial harmony, but racism is still apparent in today's society.]]> 2019-08-02 05:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373033241 jia huey https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373051852 Before today's discussion, i thought that singapore's government's implementations to integrate racial harmony had really been effective and had successfully integrated racial harmony between the different races, allowing different races to truly understand each other and respect each other.
But now i think that i realise that even though the government had implemented these plans to integrate racial harmony, there are still people who have recieved racist comments and insults and there are still people who didn't respect other races. ]]> 2019-08-02 11:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373051852 Gao Jie https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373056121 Before today's discussion, I used to think that the efforts made by the government is effective and sufficient as people in Singapore could be treated fairly and equally regardless of their races or religions. I believed that people these days won't judge somebody through their races.
 
But now I think that the efforts done by the government could still be improve as racism is still happening, some people do make racist remarks and streotypes on other races. These racist remarks can anger many people and even hurt their feelings. Therefore, I strongly believe that  government can continue to put in more efforts to integrate racial harmony in Singapore.]]> 2019-08-02 12:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373056121 Phoebe https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373099010 Before today’s discussion, i used to think that the government is always aware of what the people in singapore are up to, like dealing with racial issues etc. But now i think the government isn’t always aware of what the people of singapore are doing, as they are still doing things against the government’s aim, but are not being punished for it.]]> 2019-08-02 23:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373099010 Matthew https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373113755 Before today’s discussion, I thought that Singapore does not have a lot of racist people. I thought that the government was not doing anything to fix racism in Singapore and that racial harmony in Singapore is guaranteed. 

But now, i know that it does not matter how many racist people are there and that they should be guided. I know that the government did a lot of things to fix racism and that they are still finding new ways to fix racism. I also know that we ourselves need to take part in improving racial harmony in Singapore]]> 2019-08-03 06:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373113755 Kendrea https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373115068 Before today's discussion, I used to think that Singapore's government had established effective methods to promote racial harmony, making Singapore a multi-racial society and keeping racism to a minimum.

However, after today's discussion, I think that even though the government has several policies and campaigns to dissuade racism, it is not effective as what needs to be rectified is the people's stereotypical mindsets about other races, not the proximity of the different or the common spaces that they share. ]]> 2019-08-03 07:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373115068 Isaac https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373118061 Before today’s discussion, I used to think that the government was able to promote racial harmony within the country itself and would be able to influence neighbouring countries to promote harmony between races.
But now I think that the government, up to this day, has failed to effectively promote racial harmony enough to even encourage the governments of the neighbouring countries to do the same (e.g. the incident where a Malaysian Indian husband was berated for associating himself with a Singaporean Chinese women [his wife].) ]]> 2019-08-03 09:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373118061 https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373121965 Derrick

i used to think that the government has been effective in integrating the diff races together where there is equality for everyone in Singapore, without any discrimination of races

but after the discussion, i feel that there is room for improvement in their efforts to integrate the diff races. despite the efforts, a minority of singaporeans still experiences racism because of stereotypes that diff races have on each other.]]> 2019-08-03 12:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373121965 Xian Hong https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373122543 Before today's discussion, I used to think that the government has been successful in promoting racial harmony within the country and there would be hardly any racial discrimination occurring in Singapore. 

But after the discussion, I think that the government's effort on integrating different races together was insufficient as there are incidents of racial discrimination happening in the country despite the results of the survey were positive ( e.g there is an increase in trust on different races) ]]> 2019-08-03 12:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373122543 Shane https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373128297 Before today’s discussion, I used to think that the government did a good job at keeping racism in check and there was a strong sense of racial harmony in Singapore and everyone treated each other with respect.

But now I know that offensive racial stereotypes are still being spread in the community and certain racial groups are being judged unfairly. Although I believe the government is trying its best to take action against racism, their efforts are not focused on changing the mindsets of people by eradicating racial stereotypes and slurs, which is why racism is still thriving. Thus, the methods used by the government to combat racial discrimination are not effective.]]> 2019-08-03 15:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373128297 Yumi Yumi_ https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373133027 Before today's discussion, i used to think that singapore's government have done enough to implement a harmonious multiracial society 
But now i think that the government have not done enough yet as many people are still being discriminated because of their race as well as the different races rarely make friends with people from another race. ]]> 2019-08-03 17:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373133027 Amatul https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373160271 Before today’s discussion, I used to think that Singapore has achieved racial equality and that everyone is equal regardless of their race, religion, culture and colour. Also, i used to think that there was little to no racism remarks made by people. 
But now, i think that there’s still more improvements to be made and not only should the government do more but also us. We have to be more understanding and accept others as who they are as a person and not because of their race, religion, culture and colour.
]]> 2019-08-04 07:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373160271 Yi qing https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373165299 Before today's discussion, I used to think racial discrimination was not as serious in Singapore, since racial harmony is being promoted from young. I thought the government efforts were more than enough and most singaporeans respected each other regardless of race. 

But now I think I was blinded by the shallow efforts to educate singaporeans, as there is still a lot of room for improvement and many people are still racist. Eventhough the racism is not extreme, it occurs often enough to affect the minority, robbing them of some privileges the majority have taken for granted. ]]> 2019-08-04 10:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373165299 Koey https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373169100 I used to think that there were no racial harmony issues in Singapore and that everyone was respectful to each other’s religions. This is because there were lots of activities held in school for racial harmony and students are aware of racial harmony so they can understand other races and be more considerate. 
However, after the discussion I realized there were still a small amount of people making racists jokes and doing things that disrespect other races. Even though the government may be taking actions to increase racial harmony, but it’s still up to the people in Singapore to take the initiative to be respectful towards each other regardless of race and make Singapore a racial harmony country.]]> 2019-08-04 13:11:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373169100 Joycelin https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373169200 Before today’s discussion, i used to think that there were very little problems regarding racism in Singapore as i heard that everyone in Singapore is very accepting of each other and that Singapore is one of the very few countries that has achieved racial harmony. But now i think that Singapore still has a long way to go till they receive racial harmony as people are still being racist and stereotyping against people based on their races]]> 2019-08-04 13:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373169200 Kevin https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373169908 Before the fishbowl discussion i think that the government is doing all it can in making sure that there wouldn’t be any racism in singapore by having all kinds of policies such as not having one group of the same race living on the same floor. but now i think after the fish bowl discussion ive concluded that the government is only trying to encourage and reinforce the idea of racial harmony. But at the end of the day its still based on if the citizens are actually willing to do it]]> 2019-08-04 13:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373169908 Ryan https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373169946 Before this discussion I thought that the government was not doing anything to reduce the racism in Singapore as I have seen a lot of racist people the past few years. 
But now I still think the government is not doing much as there is still a lot of racism in Singapore. And I think that Singaporeans are doing more than the government as some Singaporeans take initiative to solve the problem instead of waiting for the government to do something or keep complaining and not doing anything. ]]> 2019-08-04 13:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373169946 Alex https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373170001 Before today's discussions, I used to think that there were many efforts made by the government to build racial harmony and that racial harmony was very present in Singapore.
But now I think that indeed the government is trying to build racial harmony, but racism is still apparent in today's society.]]> 2019-08-04 13:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373170001 Daniel https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373170020 Before today's discussion,i used to think that the government did a good job in achieving and maintaining racial harmony in singapore as i had not really heard of any cases of racism that seriously affected those who live here.
But now i think that not enough has been done to maintain it despite their best efforts to do so and i believe this is because there are still cases of discrimination here in singapore,such as refusal to rent apartments to indians.I think that though more has to be done to achieve it,I am not sure what can they do about it.]]> 2019-08-04 13:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373170020 https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373170180 Kirin
Before today's discussion I used to think that the Singapore government did not put it any effort to ensure racial harmony in Singapore as I never saw any cases on people displaying racial harmony or witnessed any.

Now i think that the government does put in some effort to ensure racial harmony in Singapore, but it is more of the people's lack of effort to follow the government to promote racial harmony.
]]> 2019-08-04 13:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373170180 Chirag https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373170736 Before today's discussion, I used to think that Singapore's government had put in a sufficient amount of effort in ensuring racial harmony was well-established in Singapore and that it was a multi-racial country free of negative remarks towards any race. 

But now I think that although the government has put in effort to promote racial harmony, there are still people in Singapore who are stereotypical about other races, making the policies and campaigns put in place not as effective. 
]]> 2019-08-04 13:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373170736 https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373170942 Hugo
Before the discussion i used to think that government put in much effort to make singapore achieve racial harmony and singapore has achieved racial harmony

However, after reading the articles, i realised that there are many people who are still being racist to one another directly or indirectly. Some are still making stereotypes about other people and judge them based on skin tone and their outer appearance]]> 2019-08-04 13:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373170942 https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373174437 Tawfeeq
Before today's lesson i used to think that the government was putting in enough effort for singapore to be a multiracial country. Since it claims to be a multi racial society where people of different races are treated equally. I also used to think that race was not an issue to apply for jobs as only the skill and qualifications matter

But now i think that the government could put in even more effort by reinforcing the importance of racial harmony and all races should be treated equally. This is because a chinese muslim was ill-treated by a job interviewer. The reason why she was ill-treated was because of the dietary constraints she has as a muslim. They thought she was malay because she was wearing a tudung and didnt want her to join the job. This shows how bosses nowadays dont take in people with skills and qualifications but instead they look for their race and religion. Thus the emphasis in a multi racial society needs to be reinforced further  


]]> 2019-08-04 15:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373174437 Beatrice https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373177221 Before today’s discussion, I used to think that Singapore’s level of racial harmony is extremely high and is one that is worth to be impressed about. I used to strongly believe that Singapore has truly set the standard of what it is like to be a harmonious country with a society that is united as one and not broken through differences. 

However, i now think that there is still so much room for improvement as we cannot say that 100% of people in Singapore are as accepting of other races as compared to others. I feel that there are still certain cases of racial disharmony and this shows how Singapore needs to keep on progressing towards the greater good of society by maintaining and increasing its level of racial harmony]]> 2019-08-04 16:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373177221 Chee Hsien https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373191283 Before the discussion, I thought that all the efforts that our government has made so far was enough in ensuring racial and religious harmony in Singapore, and that we were relatively peaceful, even thought we had some mishaps here and there, since I know about the situation of racial discrimination in other parts of the world.
After the discussion, I know that racial discrimination is still a very big problem in Singapore even though our government is putting a lot of effort into making Singapore racially harmonious and that the efforts made by our government could still be tweaked a bit in order to allow people of different races to get along better]]> 2019-08-04 22:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373191283 https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373257067 Justin

I used to think that the government had been successful in their efforts of stopping racism

However, after the discussion I feel that there is more room for improvement.]]> 2019-08-05 10:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373257067 Mei Ling https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373259037 Before today’s discussion, i used to think that Singapore had achieved racial harmony, everyone is treated fairly and the governments did put in effort in ensuring that.

But now i think that the government did not put in enough effort in making Singapore a harmonious country as there are still cases of racism and discrimination towards other races in Singapore.


]]> 2019-08-05 10:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373259037 Batrisya https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373363512 Before today's discussion i used to think that the government has put in a lot of effort to ensure racial harmony in Singapore. 
But now i think that the government's efforts are insufficient as there are still cases of racism happening in our society today.]]> 2019-08-06 02:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373363512 Totoro https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373363773 before the discussion i used to think that the government has done enough in ensuring racial harmony in singapore. But now i think that the government hasnt put enough effort in doing so as there was a conflict between a chinese passenger and malay gojek driver.]]> 2019-08-06 02:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373363773 Zaim https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373366219 Before today's discussion i used to think that the government has put a lot of effort to make it so that people in Singapore are treated fairly and equally regardless of race or religion.
But now I think The governments effort is insufficient as There are still cases of racism happening]]> 2019-08-06 03:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_valerieseet/pt7dlj6eaq1p/wish/373366219