Racism cannot be excused – no ifs or buts.
The recent spate of racial discrimination cases that have made headlines are ugly and, simply put, disgraceful.
We can condemn racism, but to tackle it, we must look deeper into the root causes.
Or, the stress points that give push normally good-hearted people into such villainous acts.
In recent years, racism has once again come to the fore in the US, Germany and other parts of Europe.
This has been due to jobs competition, rice bowls of locals being threatened, shrinking living spaces, and large imports of immigrants who destabilised local culture.
The “foreigner” became an easy bogeyman to pin the blame on.
Certain politicians have been quick to latch on and fan the “us against them” flames.
Singaporeans today are experiencing similar stress points, because Singaporeans increasingly feel that their livelihoods are under threat.
The rising retrenchment of PMETs, surging cost of essential items such as housing and healthcare, income inequality, and the government’s opening of the floodgates to foreign workers deemed as “talents”.
Read more: mysda.news/racism-threats/
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