Hi i am an educated malay living in singapore and is of mixed parentage. My mom is chinese and i do have to say that for some of my siblings they could pass off as chinese looking. I have to say this for sure. Our experiences vary greatly. My sibling who passes off as chinese do not experience the same treatment as i do living here in singapore.

I have a lot of things to say for sure and one of it is the mindset adopted by most chinese singaporeans. They really do believe that they are genetically superior. They would cite examples such as the percentage of the chinese population that is much better off than the minorities in singapore. Anything that is not chinese is deemed inferior. There was one incident where my friend would say that the reason why i am doing well in school is because i have chinese blood. And kid you not many of my malay friends would also say the same thing. Such is the level of internalized racism here.

Chinese privilege is also when they could just shrug off minority experiences as one-off incidents. Generally i notice that chinese singaporens would either treat minorities who voice their unhappiness as ‘troublemakers" , “sensitive” or just simply put “dramatic”.

Lastly i also would like to share my experience with chinese malaysians. Why is it that the mistreatment of minorities in malaysia has got anything to do with us? For example i once had a conversation with a malaysian chinese friend and she said that shes not comfortable with having a malay singaporean boss or supervisor because of her bad experience in malaysia. I mean i don’t see PRC and their bad habits being associated in any way with the singaporean chinese.

I really think there should be an awareness of these at the national level and i think Sangeetha has done a great job but i really wished sometimes that people would just shut up and listen rather than rant or act defensive about it. All our grievances are being swept under the carpet. We all pretend that it doesnt exist and the most sickening part is that singapore is being protrayed at the national level as one that is big on multiculturalism.