Ok so I think all, if not a very large majority of you already know about the Amy Cheong incident that went viral on Facebook and Twitter. So in this post I'm just gonna talk about, I'm not gonna make any raciust remarks don't worry.
Firstly, Amy Cheong is DEFINITELY in the wrong, I'm not going to deny that, it's very obvious. She made a racist remark on facebook and that is down right wrong, especially in a multi racial country such as Singapore. She probably did it on impulse, most people do that, vent our their frustrations on facebook. The difference is this time she made a racist remark in the post. Which...well, pissed of ALOT of people, Malays and non Malays alike. Things like this get viral very fast.
Many people are cursing her on twitter, you can see it if you go search Amy Cheong on twitter. They are calling her all sorts of vulgarities and making jokes out of it. Honestly I don't see a point of doing that, I mean it's alright if you're angry with a person. But, cursing at her, calling her a bitch and such won't help solve the problem. In fact it may just worsen the situation. If you really want to post something please make sure it isn't full of vulgarities, because that basically helps to add oil to the fire or whatever. If you really have nothing good to say just don't say anything, even if you're damn mad, cursing won't take away what Amy said.
Singapore's culture is such that we have many different events/practices carried out by the different races. Chinese, Malays, Indians, and other races each have their practices which are a tradition. Just because you don't like or don't understand their practices doesn't give you a right to insult or bad mouth their race. Singapore is a multi racial society so we have to learn and accept others practices and customs. The good thing is this incident didn't affect the racial harmony in Singapore.
Also please don't think the entire chinese population of Singapore is racist, cos we aren't, sure there are some, Amy Cheong being one, and also Eve Tan. But majority, or should I say almost all of us are not racist. True, we may complain about it, being Singaporeans and all.
Lastly, a recent news came out that Amy Cheong has been fired from her post of Assistant Director of NTUC for "her racist remark on facebook". Now some people think that this isn't enough as a punishment for her and some others think they were too harsh on her. Now I ask you, even if she was punished more harshly would that make a difference? I think that the outrage on twitter is enough to teach her a VERY GOOD lesson already. I'm sitting on the fence for this, NTUC has it's own way of dealing with staff. She has learned her lesson, and also she has been a very good example as to what happens to you if you make a racist remark online. I think we should all learn from this incident...seriously. Bad things happen to racist people, even worse in Singapore.
That's all, feel free to leave your comments or what not, but please don't curse or whatever.
Peace out!
