Should Singaporeans be identified by their races or just as "Singaporeans"? Share your views.
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04 July, 2012
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I think Singaporeans should be indentified as "Singaporeans" as they are still Singaporeans. I think it is a bit racist if you judge them just by their religion or skin colour. They are still Simgaporeans. As Singporeans, we should treat them equally. Although they may have different cultures, religions and skin colour compared to us Chinese, it dosen't mean we can bully them or criticize them. If we were in their shoes, we would also be sad and hurt. So I think singaporeans should treat each other equally even if they have different skin colour or cultures.
Melissa 6Resilience<:
I nk Singaporeans should be identified as Singaporeans as sometimes that might be confusion bewteen races.People from different races may marry each other and may give birth to a child that is halfly of one race.Maybe,a chinese's skin colour may resembles the malays one like my friend.It will be better to be identified as singaporeans.
They should be indentified as singaporeans. They are born in Singapore, even if they are Tamil,Malay,Chinese... They are still singaporeans... And if we identified them by races, it is a little racist. When they are different races, they still play a part as a Singaporeans. And it will be unique as other countries are identified by races but Singapore is a unique country.
Lai Sze 6 Resilience
I think that Singapore should not just be identified as just 'Singaporeans'.They should be sometimes be identified by their races. If Singaporeans are just identified as 'Singaporeans',those who are for example Malay or Indian,they would soon lose their heritage,their culture.Singapore would not be known as the multiracial country as we are just identify Singaporeans as 'Singaporeans'.We may not be able to learn about the culture of other people of other races like, what they eat and how they celebrate their festival.
Michelle Goh
6Resilience
i think all singaporeans living in Singapore are should not be judged by their races because all of them are helping to protect singapore so we should not be racist and treat them like the rest of the people of singapore and dont look down on others as they should be treated fairly so that we can be united as one and live in harmony
Singapore is made up of different race like malays,indian,chinese and many more.So i find that singapore should be identified by thier race. that the reason why we celebrate Racial Harmony day. If people with different races are called singaporean, there is no point of celebrating it. I think that we should consider other people decision whether to be called singaporean or not. But i considered myself as a chinese. So therefore we must be considerate to other people. [ P.S i think this is the only journal essay that i never start with well]
I think that Singaporeans should be identified as Singaporeans instead of their races.We should only be identified by our races if we want to count how many people in each race,but apart from that,I think that people in Singapore should be identified as Singaporeans rather than their races.If we are identified by our races,this might lead to people being racist.We should not treat the whites better than the blacks,or treat the blacks better than the whites.By doing so we are looking down on the people,I find it very offensive as people should not be like this.Racism should not be allowed in Singapore.We should be a multi racial country.I believe that no one in Singapore would want to be treated badly and differently just because of their race,it would be very unfair,so if we do not want people to be racist to us,we should not be racist to them because we are all the same. 6 Resilience
Singaporeans should just be identified as 'singaporeans' as we are in an multi-racial country. As long as we are born in Singapoe, we are considered as Singaporeans. If we are identified in our races, we can only get to know the people in our races then in other races. Singapore wants to achive a united Singapore then an individual race. So we must identify the people of Singapore to foster national idetity and so that they will have loyalty to Singapore and put in pride in everything that they do. By all of us becoming united, we can help to develop Singapore better.
Just as singaporeans,in other words,as one nation.If we are identified by our races then racism and we would start a riot like in the past and all that we have build up till now would just be wasted because we would fight for land and the kids growing up will see an unecessary violence and the racist comments will be inherited by them and singapore may turn into a warzone.
I think that Singaporeans should be identified as "Singaporeans",because if a malay is identified by their race,they think that the malay is a Malaysian.
When some people address us as "Singaporeans" it would be more appropriate.
However,if we are identified as races,people will respect our race when go on a holiday.
in my opinion,they should actually be identified by their racesall singaporeans have different races like malays,indians,chinese and many more.it would not be nice if singapore has only 1 race.To respect their desisions,we should let them choose what they want to be called as.That is why we celebrate international friendship dayit is where we get to know more friends from other races.in schools,anywhere,we get to see many different people from different races.having friends from all over the world is very rare.not everybody has friends like that.lets do our part and make a change!we can make the world a better place!
i think they should be also adressed as singaporeans as we should not be racist and not call them by their their race, they should be adressed as singaporeans as they are living in singapore and must be treated with equal respect as we do. We should not look down on others, may it be a consturction worker or cleaner, we should also treat them with respect. and I am sure you would not want the American racistism case to be brought to singapore isn't it?
Lim Guan Heng 6 Resilience
i think singaporeans should be identified by their races and as 'singaporeans'. as being identified by their races, can show that we are a multi-racial world.but some people are racist and do not like people from other races.i think that racism should not exist in this world as it is very disrespectful to the other race.being known as 'singaporeans'will prevent people from being racist.
We should be refer to as singaporean but it is also ok to identify us by our races.The reason I said its ok to identify us by our races because some people fight which races is better than the other races.This happen whan a person make fun of other races this is also called as racis comment.A lot of people hate getting racis comment and ended up fighting with other races which ca also become a roit.It is better to refer to us as singaporean to keep balance between races and.
I think Singaporeans should be identified as 'Singaporeans' because we all live in the same country. If we call people by their races we will sound abit racist. We should only identify people by their races only when other people ask us what are the races of people living in Singapore. Like the Social Studies textbook said "Singapore is a multi-racial country." Regardless of race or religion we,we should treat each otherpeople with respect. Venus(6 resilience)
they should be identified as just singaporeans .we are after all in a multi racial country.so we should consider ourselves as one nation.we should have some sort of cultural bonding among ourselves .that's why we conduct racial harmony day and international friendship day.we love to know more about other races and their tradition.if we seperate them by telling ;you are a indian ,you are chinese etc.i know that no one wants to be a racist so we are singaporeans.
i think people living in singapore should just be called singaporeans as it sounds a bit racist if i group people living in singapore according to their races.there was a time when black americans could not do things that the white americans do,like boarding the bus with the white amercans.i think that pratise should be strongly discouraged in singapore.
I think that Singaporeans should just be identified as 'Singaporeans'.If we identify people by their races,people in other countries will think that we Singaporeans are rasist and disrespectful to other races.I too find it quite rude.That might spoil the reputation of the country and its people.If that is so,the Singapore pledge"Regardless of race,language or religion.To build a democratic society based on justice and equality" might not be followed by the people of different races.It is as good as empty words/promise,so as the saying goes"actions speak louder than words".We can only use our actions to prove to others that we're one democratic society,one Singapore.
I think that Singaporeans should just be identified as 'Singaporeans' because as Singapore is a multi-racial country,identifying people just as 'Singaporeans' will prevent racism.And preventing racism is a good thing as it will prevent riot and people from getting hurt.
I think Singaporeans should be called as Singaporeans.The multi-racial social makeup results in other races differenciate people by their races.Last time in America there was seperate bus for th black and white people because the people did not stop the rasit thing long time ago.So we must stop this thing now or it would be even worst than the Americans.There would be even sperate places for the different races.
I think singaporeans should be adressed as singaporeans instead of identified by their races,because we should not be racist.they should be treated equally with respect like the rest of the singaporeans,even if they are construction workers that are building a building or a cleaner that is sweeping the floor we should still respect them as they do not have enough money to support they family and we should also help them so that we could build a stronger bond towards all the different countries all around us. By,Lim Jin Long,6 Resilience.
i think we should still be called "singaporeans" as we respect our country and those who help us even those who think they are worthless and those who are poor
I think singaporeans should be identified as singaporeans and not by their races. If singaporeans are addressed by their races, it is not only rude, but also discrimination as well. All singaporeans should ge treated with equal respect regardless of their races just like what we say in our singapore pledge. We must not be biased too. Instead, we should befriend one another to make singapore a non-racist discrimination country and shall be proud of it as it shows that singaporeans are kind people.
Rachel Phang
6 Respect
I think singaporeans should be adressed as singaporeans instead of identified by their races,because we should not be racist.they should be treated equally with respect like the rest of the singaporeans.Calling people singaporeans will prevent racism
I think singaporeans should be adressed as singaporeans instead of identified by their races so there will not be racism though this is also triger racism as racist people will not want to include another race.
Chua Jevy (6Respect)
I think Singaporeans should be identified as "Singaporeans" because we should not be racist.Singapore is a multi-racial country,we should treat everyone with equal respect.racism should not exist in this world.We should prevent racism is a good thing as it will prevent riot and people from getting hurt.So that it will stop hurting other people's feelings.
6 Respect
Cindy
Singporeans are of diffrent races. Chinese, Malay, Tamil, etc. there are even some that are pernerment residents, called as singaporeans. for singaporeans, i think they should be borned in singpore. if we just call everyone singporeans, then there will be nothing special about those who are really borned in singapore. even if they have diffrent skin color, diffrent accent, as long as they are borned in singapore, they should be called as singaporeans.
I think that Singaporeans should just be identified as Singaporeans instead of our races.If we are being identified by our races,this might lead to people becoming a racist and may even lead to race riots like the one that happened between the chinese and malays before. so i think being identified as singaporeans is fine.
I think Singaporeans should be identified as Singaporeans as Singapore is a multi racial society and being adressed as Singaporeans will not create rasism and will prevent riots.
I think singaporeans should be adressed as singaporeans as racism should not be allowed in singapore.Many people from other countries live in singapore and they should be treated equally with respect like singaporeans.
I think singaporeans should be identified by 'singaporeans' as no matter where they are from or how they look like, they are still singaporeans. we should not critisize them no matter thier culture or thier skin tone as we will hurt their feelings.instead, we should respect them as our own citizen. we should also get along with them as we can build a better multi-race country.
I think Singaporeans should be identified just as "Singaporeans" as we should never judge people from their races. If Singaporeans were identified by their races,there would be no point in coming together and celebrate Racial Harmony Day because people who are Malay would only know Malays and people who are Chinese would only make friends with Chinese. If we were to judge people by their skin colour,culture,heritage or the language that they speak,they would feel left out and hurt. This would prevent racism among every Singaporeans. Everyone would like to know another culture or have a friend which is of another race. Preventing racism would prevent riots from happening like what used to happen in the USA where people were categorised by their skin colours. Singapore would also build a stronger bond with other countries of different culture,heritage,skin colour or race.
Tan En Ying 6 Respect
I think that singaporeans should be called singaporeans instead of being identified by their races,skin colour or their religion as it is a multi-racial harmony to prevent racism.
I think singaporeans should be identified as "singaporeans" as singapore is a country.We should not judge people by their races as singapore is united as one and it is being disrespect to those with different races if they live in singapore.
i think that we should just be classified as just singaporeans.as singaporeans should not describe discrimination on an ethnic or cultural basis, independent of whether these differences are described as racial.
I think singaporeans should be refered to as 'singaporeans'. We should not judge singaporeans by their race, religeon or skin colour. as singapore is a multi racial country, all singaporeans should be treated equally. I think it is quite racist if we group them by their race or skin colour.
we should respect everybody regardless of race or religeon.
I think we should be addressed as Singaporeans because if we address ourselves by races, we will be unidentifed. we then will not know that he or she is a singaporeans. Singapore is also a multi-racial country, so identifying their races will bring in the racism topic which is rude. We should treat one another with respect. we would also fight for land just because of racism and the kids growing up will see an unecessary violence, and bad habits will come in and by the time they grow up, they will become gangsters!
I think that singaporeans should be identified as "singaporeans" as they are still singaporeans.I think that if singaporeans are identified by their races or religion, it will be some sort of racist.Although their skin colour is different from us Chinese,we should also respect them.If we were in their shoes,we would feel sad too.So I think we should be together and treat each other equally as singapore is a racial-harmony country.
I think Singaporeans should be identified by "Singaporeans",as Singaporen is a multi race country and we should be together and united. we must be treated equally and respect each other so there will be peace and harmony in Singapore. We should even care for them and learn more of their culture. This can help the country to be a more united place.
Singaporeans should be identified as "singaporeans". Since we are all living in the same country, we should treat everyone with respect. Singapore is a multi-racial country. No matter what, we belong in the same coutry n r all equal. Even if they r differnt, we should not be racist, n can leave in harmony.
I think all people born or raised in Singapore should be called singaporeans. Calling them by their race is kind of racist like you are judjing them by their race. And being called a singaporean is something to be proud of. Our city is clean and green and we are a united country. But sometimes, being a singaporean is shameful because of our singlish and some thing like the MRT incident with the old aunty and the teenager which made us look bad. But Overall, I am very proud to be a Singaporean.
even though singapore has different races such as chinese, malay, malay or indian, we should be refered as singaporeans. everybody living in singapore should be called singaporeans
I think that singaporeans should be identified by singaporeans instead of being identified by their races.if we identify singaporeans by their races many people will not know they are singaporeans and may think that they are foreigners.this may hurt the feelings of the people who are identified by their races.people may also treat you differently.
I think Singaporeans should be identified as 'Singaporeans'. Singapore is a multi-racial country. When we meet someone who is a different race as us, we can just interact and communicate with them. This way, we will make more friends.
I think Singaporeans should be identified just as "Singaporeans".
No matter what race we are,we should treat each other with respect and not be racist.Singapore
is a multi-race country,so we must show graciouscess and compassion towards each race.Singapore is also a garden city,a "fine" city and the birthplace of our unique language,"Singlish"!
We must also not follow the path of the past times Americans.
They used to have buses for white people only and buses for coloured people only.That is counted as racist.
We must treat others the way we want to be treated.
Kong Zhi Jing 6 Respect
I think Singaporeans should be called 'Singaporeans'. Singapore have many different kinds of races such as Chinese, Malay, Indian, Koreans, Japanese and more. We should not be rude to them and should respect them just like how they respect us. We also have to be considerate about how they feel. We cannot think too lowly of them. We can try to make friends with them to be a one and united country.
I think singaporeans should be identified as singaporeans instead of being identified by their races.Everybody should be treated equally with respect.singapore is a multi racial society and everybody should not be racist.We should not be like the americans,whoseperated the white from black.
I think that Singaporeans should be just identified as 'Singaporeans'.I think it is a bit racist if we identify them just by their religion or skin colour. They are still counted as Singaporeans and we should not be racist, so we must treat them equally and with respect.They also add on to Singapore's population and we shall not look down on them.
Singaporeans should identified themself as a Singaporeans not by their race.If you called yourself by a chinese (example)then why are you in Singapore when you should be in China where chinese come from.If today there is a war between Singapore and China what will you do, will you choose China or Sngapore ? Everyone of us should be proud to be a Singaporeans , so we call our self as a Singaporeans
Singaporeans should be identified as Singaporeans.If i say that i am a Chinese, people might think i am from china. so, i prefer to call myself a Singaporean to let them know i am from Singapore.If you are born in other country and live in Singapore.What if there is a war between the country you were born in and Singapore,who will you choose to help?If you are born in Singapore, you should are a Singaporean and be proud of it.
I think singaporeans should be identified just as "singaporeans" because they are born in singapore and what happen to singapore affects them.And it will sound racist if we call them their races.
I think that we should be named "Singaporeans" . Obama also name those white people American .Usually when we are soon going to other country , some officers will ask us where are we from , then we will say that we are Singaporean if not if we say that we are chinese some officers will think that we are from China.We also must respect the other races so as to bond with other races and all the different countries around us.
Janice Pek
6 Compassion.
I think we Singaporeans should be known as just "Singaporeans".The reason i say this is because,if we go overseas,we tell them by our race ,for example:Chinese,they will mistook as us coming from China.Some people don't like to be mistaken ,will feel offensive.Unless we are really from other countries maybe coming from America may identified as different race .
I think Singaporeans should be addressed as Singaporeans instead of being identified by their races. We should not be racist.Every Singaporean should be treated eually as Singapore is a multi-racial country.If we identify people by their races,they might think we are trying to be racist.Other races in Singapore should also be identified by Singaporean.So everyone in Singapore is Treated with equal respect.
I think singaporeans should be identified as singaporeans because if they go to another country, if u tell the people ther that you are a chinese they will think youn are from china. If you say you are a malay they will think you are from indonesia. So we should not be identified as what race we are but singaporeans!
Mason Lee (23) 6 Compassion
I think people should call theirselves aas singaporens and not by their race as if they go to different countries,the people there would identify them by their race and not as "Singaporens".Even though Singapore is a multi-racial country,the people in Singapore should be known as singaporens.I think people will only feel like a singaporen if they call or identify theirselves as singaporens.
I think Singaporeans should be indentified as "Singaporeans" . If we judge them by their race it would show that we are racist. If we are a Chinese, people might think that we are from China, likewise for Malayspeople might think that they are from Malaysia ,and it is the same for other countries/ races.So if we are a Singaporean, just indentify ourselves as Singaporeans and not by their race. People might get hurt if they heard others insulting/making fun of their race. We should follow it, "Regardless of RACE, LANGUAGE, or RELIGION to build a DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY" , to make us, Singaporeans proud
Cherlyn Chong
6 Compassion
We should be stated as Singaporeans we are nation,
our passport clearly sates that we are specified as indian or malay or chinese why got problem ? be a singaporean then why do we sing the one nation song america has europeans but still they are called americans SO I WANT TE MINISTRY TO PUT SINGAPOREANS ;)
Singaporean should be identified as,singaporean because if singaporean is identified in their races they may come in their own language and if something bad were to happen they will use their own language and it will be bad beacause this may come in terms of racist and in another opinion of my answer what if my race is chinese when i go to the airport i can't say i am chinese as it stands for china so it is a better way to identified as singaporean!!!
i think singaporeans should be adressed as singaporeans. if singaporean-chinese/malay/indians ..e.t.c goes to overseas to study ,they might be thinking that we are from china/indonesian/indian.
besides,we are born in singapore,so we should be adressed as singaporeans.
Singaporeans should be identified as a Singaporean. When we say that we are Chinese, people may think we're from China.We should be proud to say that we are Singaporeans. If we identify people by other races, people may think that Singaporeans are racist. We should be respectful to people from other races.
Charis Ong 6 Compassion
we adress our selfz singaporeans should be adressed as singaporeans instead of identified by their races,because we should not be racist.we were all born in singapre so we should called singapreans.like some americans are british but they call themselves amaricans.To build a democratic society we must not feel different.we need to do this to build a stronger bond towards all the different countries all around us.
I think singaporeans should be adressed as singaporeans instead of being identified by their races.As we should not be racist to other people because we might hurt other people feelings.Singapore is a multi-racial country.So we treat other races with equal respect.
Singaporeans should be identified as 'Singaporeans' because if they are identified by their races like chinese,malay or indian,other countries will think them as other country people like china,malaysian or indian, not as singaporeans.If something happen in other country,it will not concern people in singapore but if something happen in singapore,it will concern people in singapore.
Yes-
Singaporeans should be just addressed as that in some countries but in Singapore they can be addresed in their own race or language.
The reason is that in other countries if you say you're for example Chinese then they might think you're from China not from Singapore.
We should be identified as Singaporeans as it is more confusing to call us by our race.We do not know if we are born in other countries or not so if we are born in Singapore we can just say we are singaporeans.So it is much easier that way.But if we are born in other countries and then came to stay in Singapore that is when the country except for the poeple will know they are other races.
I think singaporean should be called a singaporean.If you go to another country and you say you are a malay the people of the country thought you are from malaysia.
I think Singaporeans should be adressed as Singaporeans instead of their races. Because if we go to another country, like United States and say we are Chinese they will think we are from China. Because Singapore is multi-social country, being called Singaporeans will prevent racism.
I think that Singaporean people should be identified as singaporeans because if the police officer ask where are we from, then if I say I am a chinese, they would think that we are from china and also prevent racism.:D
I think we should be stated as singaporeans because one nation for example america there are europeans but there are stated as americans,then why do we sing the one nation song.when i play soccer with my indian and malay friends, i am ashamed to say that we created this match indian vs malay this racism will only decrease one everyone realises that we are one nation ...I THINK WE SHOULD BE STATED AS SINGAPOREANS ;)
I think Singaporeans should be identified as "Singaporeans".We should not be judged by our race as I think it is a bit racist.If we say we are chinese,people might think we are from China.And if we say we are malay,people might think we are from Malaysia.But if we say we are Singaporeans people will know we are from Singapore.It could be an insult to identify people by their race.
Singaporeans should just be identified as 'Singaporeans'.You will only feel like a Singaporean if you say you are a Singaporean.
People should call theirselves as Singaporeans and not by their race as if they go to other countries,the people there would identify them by their race and not as 'Singaporeans'.Even though Singapore is a multi-racial country,the people in Singapore should be known as Singaporeans.
I think that we should be called as 'SINGAPOREANS' because the truth is we are Singaporeans.For example,in Australia, if we saywe are malays,they will ask us to go back to malaysia.
I think Singaporeans should be identify as 'Singaporeans' they will comfortable with it if they are from other country and they are permanent resident they are identified as their own races they will think that they did not contributed for Singapore.But if they are identified as Chinese they will think you are from China.Lim Zi Jin 6 compassion
I think singaporeans should be adressed as singaporeans. Altough we may be of different races we must still treat each other equally. We all should respect and be kind to each other.
I think that people should be identified by their owmn nationality like 'singaporean' because if we go to other countries like america and tell them we are chinese,malay or indian, they may think that we are people from china,malaysia or india.If we tell them by our races,they may think that we are racist...
I think that people should be identified by their owmn nationality like 'singaporean' because if we go to other countries like america and tell them we are chinese,malay or indian, they may think that we are people from china,malaysia or india.If we tell them by our races,they may think that we are racist...
i think Singaporeans should be always identified as Singaporeans be it their skin color or if they have accent because it would be unfair to them as they are born in Singapore.it would be racist for somebody to insult a Singaporean because of that persons accent.That is why i think Singaporeans should be always identified as Singaporeans .
joshua lim 6 resilience
I think that singaporeans should bejust be called as 'singaporeans' as they are simgaporeans.For example,if we go to the US and we say "I am a malay.",they will think you are from Malaysia.but the truth is you are from Sinapore.WE ARE SINGAPOREANS AND SINGAPOREANS STRIVE AS ONE.
I think that we should be called as Singaporeans as Singapore is a multi-racial country.We would not like it if people give racist comments to your race. WE ARE SINGAPOREANS AND SINGAPOREANS STRIVE AS ONE.
I think Singaporeans should by identified as Singaporeans and not by their races.as we are in an multi-racial country. As long as we are born in Singapore, we are considered as Singaporeans. If we are identified in our races, we can only get to know the people in our races then in other races. Singapore wants to achive a united Singapore then an individual race. So we must identify the people of Singapore to foster national idetity and so that they will have loyalty to Singapore and put in pride in everything that they do. By all of us becoming united, we can help to develop Singapore better.
Singaporeans should just be called Singaporeans because we are a multi-racial society and after all,we were all born in Singapore.It is only right to claim that we are citizens of this country and that we should be called Singaporeans.
yes.because they also live here on this country too
brianyee 6i
Umi Akilah
6 Integrity
I think thwt we singaporeans should be called singaporeans as we are a multi-racial country but calling us by our race is infact still acceptable but not in a rude way...XD
I think singapore should be called as singaporeans. Even though peoples like malay and indonesia that are born here,they should also be classified as singaporeans. and,i know that singapore is a unique country.. :)
I think singaporeans should just be identified as singaporeans. If they are identified by their races, some people may feel offended.
I think we should be still identified as Singaporeans as it will be racist if you treat other people of other races or skin colour. You will also hurt people of different races if you treat them differently.
Tan Yi Qing 6Graciousness
Singaporeans should be identified by "Singaporeans" as we are all living in this country together. It is what that makes Singapore unique.
As the pledge goes, regardless of race, language or religion, we are all a part of this society and it goes without saying that we should all be called Singaporeans. What is the use of calling ourselves a multi-racial country if we always identify ourselves as people from separate groups?
I think that we shoud be all identified as Singaporeans as it bonds us thogether.
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