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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

We need to talk about race issues, says minister

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fear of offending others, getting flamed online, being seen as racists.....all these, while maintaining a semblance of racial harmony on the surface, have actually not brought about true racial acceptance....

Frank, open discussion is needed to get true info, understand each other better, correct racial stereotypes and prejudices in our path to real racial acceptance....Even if untrue and prejudiced views are thrown up in the process, let it be so, as this will provide the opportunity for them to be challenged and exposed as lies and for people to realise their misconceptions.... This is the position taken in the Carlie Hebdo incident in Paris some years back, and very much a US attitude towards freedom of speech too (as opposed to censorship). Such a position will advocate the removal of the Sedition Act that discourages racial discussion in Singapore....

Or will, as the govt has long deemed, the open discussion of racial/religious issues likely lead to more fissures in our society?

Or has our society reached the stage of maturity and is now educated enough to partake in rational discussions that will alleviate prejudices?


Qn: How far, in your society, should unpopular views be open to discussion? (Cam. 2013)