The Racisting Takahina

Have you ever been to a Western country, and got ridiculed by them? You're just minding your own business, walking down the streets with your friends and family when suddenly this bunch of western punksters just suddenly drove down the road, hurling tons of vulgar at you. You stood there bewildered, wondering what had you done or even what has your country done that has got them angry.

None, racism happens for no reason.

For those who LOVE western countries so much without knowing about this or experiencing about this, you shouldn't like them just yet. Or perhaps put it more strongly, you don't deserve to love the western people yet.

Any countries and any race suffer from racism. Just ask any Chinese citizen what they feel about Japanese, and 99% will say they dislike Japanese. Same for Japanese, they don't like Chinese citizen. (From chinese citizens I mean, China citizens) The only thing China citizens have for approval about the Japanese is their anime/manga, essentially the pop culture. But that's all. One of my China colleagues calls Japan, 小日本。 Because Japan used to call itself 大日本帝国, but they are now like crap politically and financially.

And how about the "Negro"? US people still have a certain level of racism towards them. A joke I heard from Russell Peters, is that the new phrase for calling negro, are now "Monday". Why? Because no one likes Monday.



I'll give you the best racism jokes there is. :)

Since the age when people are borned and different race are created, I think there's an innate hate in all of us. You look different, you are black/white/yellow/pink/brown/shit colour, you suck and I'll discriminate against you. Just like how dogs and cats have different breed, imagine humans in the same way and yeah, you get racism. So for all you know Chihuahua could be the French and Golden Retriever could be the USAmericans. So Chinese people should be like the strays since we're like everywhere? And yeah, Koreans can be the bulldog since they never look good/cute unless they go for a surgery.



I seriously need a plastic surgery for my face before I can meet anyone...

Seriously, it's not difficult to imagine. Every race has their own "default" character. Indians and their nature to walk across roads ignoring cars from all kind of directions, Chinese and their cheapness, Europeans with their high class feel and USA with their superiority. You can almost see a different set of character from their skin colour.

Consequently just like how any dogs do, they breed with each other, a.k.a cross breed. Humans do that too, we cross breeds that's why Singapore gets Eurasians, tons of unknown colour appearing... and soon enough we're all gonna appear in a shit tone kinda colour. You imagine mixing every colour in the world in a pot of paint (except for black cause for real, there's no BLACK human) and you see the colour that comes out. It's hella not gonna be pretty I tell you.



Try mixing us together and you're gonna get hell.

So now you see, colour won't matter at all in the future. But then again, that's not the main point of what I wanna say.

The thing is that, racism is very true. I don't know why Takahina suddenly got into saint mode for advocating the realism of racism itself, but simply I just don't get why it happens.

So you "Ang Mohs" who scolded me for nothing walking down along your street, not throwing any trash and being a very responsible citizen, tell me why have you scolded me?

Why?

Answers anyone?

I don't see how.

This is not a case of like post war effect like that of China with Japan or German with Europe, but more rather, it's from unfounded hate maybe? If there is racism, it should be Chinese who's angry with the Westerners for invading China in late imperial times and doing all the weird labeling of China. What about the colonial period when Europeans go all over the world acting as if they're playing a game of "Civilisation", taking over and colonising every country they see? No doubt it has its positive effects but won't it be equivalent to "invading"? So should Singaporens hate westerners? Nope we don't, we even love them to the extend some people go straight for them for a good f***. Yeah yeah them and their BWD. Go to Le Noir in Clarke Quay and you'll get me.

Do refresh me if possible but seriously from my limited bank of history, I don't remember China doing anything remotely offensive to the westerners... except for maybe kicking their ass with Kung Fu?



Believe me, I kicked their BWA (Big white asses)

And that's why Westerners only have the impression that all chinese people know Kung-Fu. Yeah, I only know how to Hadouken.



Most Epik Pic Ever - Thanks Sam for the epikness.

But you may come saying, they don't feel that kind of racism when they're studying overseas. Well simple, first either you're a girl studying overseas, or it's because you're studying in a university.

Education does wonders, it dispels away racism and any weird form of discrimination. That is one of the reasons why I'm such a supporter for education. Anyways, education means knowledge, which means more understanding of the world which equals to globalization and that means respect for other cultures/races.

But you know deep down, you may know it... Still you curse and swear at that Ah-Ne who blocks your way when you're driving down the road in Little India, still you curse at that irritating Malays who frequents your flat's void deck hanky pankying because they have no money for a proper hotel or because their houses are too small for any hanky pankying.

Singapore's situation, is a very safe one. Largely the government to thank for, their policy in racial harmony has been one of the most successful and prominent throughout the whole world.

Ever been to Malaysia? Sources tell me that the Chinese there always gets bullied for the stupidest of reasons. Sources tell me that racism is still at an all time high there.

Ever been to Japan? If you look and sound like a total China person, the fiercer ones can screw you upside down there.

Ever been to Indonesia? Ever been to India? Ever been to other countries and really get involved in the heat of their racism? Doubt so.

Asia countries are pretty safe. We're somehow very tolerant to other races in some sort of ways, but western countries aren't that nice. People can go to France, and get thrown at by drunkards with glass bottles, telling Asians to scram back. While at most what we Singaporeans do, is just call the westerners "Si Ang Moh", and do nothing but smile back at them in the end.

So Singapore is nice enough. But sadly that disguises and covers up the true extend of racism which happens all around the world. Singaporeans, like you and me, have not understood the true extent of racism and discrimination. Although it's very much subdued, the potential dangers are still there.

Naturally enough, Singapore has their own brand of racism. Other than just the Si Ang Mohs, we have the Xiao Long Nu as well. The usual Indians and Malays, are too widespread, to the extent the racism Chinese have towards them fell because it's getting boring. I mean, we Chinese have learned to accept the goodness of relaxing in one korner as well.

But Xiao Long Nu...



They don't all look this good...

In other words, China people in Singapore. Or more specifically, girls from China.

Most aunties view them as prostitutes or 陪酒妹. Which suits the term "小龙女“。 This is very degrading all by itself and I'm willing to argue out with any mother son or daughter who still holds such mediocre thinking. There are professional Chinese professionals out there in Singapore who can do better, speak better english and earn more in a year than what you can earn in a lifetime.

However, foreign students are under the fire.

Do we hate them? Well I know people who does. If I dare to say, it even happens in our own lecture group where no one seems to be willing to accept 1 Chinese International in their group until higher authority power was bestowed upon her to include her in an unfortunate group.

I'll just explain an outcome from our student groups example (I don't mean just my course, but essentially for all university courses including those of NUS/NTU...), except for those chinese international who have developed friendship with local students, most will just click among themselves without interacting much with other people. Mainly for the simple idea, Chinese Students can't work. They can't do projects due to their lack in language, they can't help because they don't click. This thinking itself, isn't it belittling of their abilities in a sense?

We curse and swear them for taking our space in local universities, but hasn't it occurred to you that, it's because of your own incapability instead of them coming here to steal your university slot, that caused you that NUS or NTU slot that you wanted to much?

I'm not gonna talk good about the foreign students. I'm only gonna say they're unlucky that their government hasn't yet been able to account for all students in giving them a lot in their own university. If I'm a university dean, and I'm able to earn money from these foreign students without needing to provide a "subsidy", or if I'm the government, able to save on subsidy by allowing more foreign students in, why won't I do it?

In the end, it's just a matter of competition for a demanded place among locals and foreigns, and thus racism occurs.

Racism occurs in all sorts of reasons, and at times for no reason at all. I don't see a need to condone them, neither do I think it'll be gone. It happens for no reasons, just as dogs have different breeds, humans are similar.

But then, before you learn to love something or someone of another race (esp for all you Ang Moh Lovers out there like Barbarella and most Sarong Party Girls), do note of the existing discrimination they already have against you.