新加坡存在種族歧視嗎?
如果有,比中國更嚴重嗎?對於劣勢民族會有看不見的天花板嗎?
新加坡不同種族之間的不認同和偏見一定有。法律禁止歧視,政府也下了很大的功夫消除各種偏見。作為前殖民地,新加坡文化中有崇英、崇歐美的部分,按照這個標準華人也是你嘴裡說的「劣勢民族」。但是沒有什麼人會因為這個概念就歧視別的種族,也從來沒有聽說誰因為自己的種族就無權獲得什麼地位或者工作。當然你願意自我歧視請自便。別人幫不了你。
新加坡軍隊相對只信任印度裔和華裔
Unfair discrimination of Malays in National Service
It is past time to seriously reconsider the treatment of Malays in the SAF and National Service in general. While potential enemies in the form of Malaysia and Indonesia are both Islamic, I would like to state a simple truth: bullets do not care what creed or race you are, they harm and kill regardless. To quote the film Blood Diamond: 「There was no apartheid in the foxhole」 - a sentiment echoed by the mercenary character Danny Archer, played by Leonardo di Caprio, talking about serving beside black soldiers during the apartheid era in South Africa.
There is a need to start treating our comrades as equals, regardless of creed and race, for to treat them with mistrust and alienation will only destroy any affinity they have to Singapore. I feel as a Chinese-Indian, straddling a minority and majority culture, that this is a policy which commits a major injustice. And it is within the bounds of our power to correct.
I served as a Signaller in 35 SCE, HQ Company, from 2005 to 2006. The fact remains that the Signal Formation is distinct in its exclusion of Malays, as are certain other units, such as 39 SCE, CBRE Defence Group, the Armour Formation, Reconnaissance units and Military Intelligence amongst others. This is anecdotal evidence and also based on personal experience and observation within the institution - as most Singaporean men can attest to. The token Malays are a consolation, an exercise in Public Relations. Only a fool would think otherwise.
Malays are subject to an official policy of systemic general discrimination and treated with distrust even before enlistment. Malay absence from SAFOS scholarships and near-absence from SAF Merit Scholarships deserves special mention. This absence of Malays is an extension of the discrimination against the admission of Malays into senior and sensitive positions in the SAF that is officially sanctioned by this policy.
The discrimination against Malays has been discussed in parliament and the media, and is justified by the assertion that the loyalty of Malays cannot be assumed, both because they are Muslim and because they have a racial and ethnic affinity with the Malays in Malaysia and Indonesia (Barr,2006).
This discrimination hits Malay men hardest, first because it deprives many of promising careers in the military, and second—and more pertinent for our study of the elite—it all but completely excludes potentially high-flying Malays of a chance of entering the scholar class through the SAF (Barr,2006). To quote a blogger on this issue which I feel sums up the situation:
香港曾經流傳過一個笑話,馬來人不能開新加坡軍隊的戰鬥機,如果新馬開戰這些馬來人就轟炸新加坡了
我覺得這個笑話應該是從新加坡方面自己流傳出來的,因為當時新馬關係有段時間頗為緊張,如果有在知乎的新加坡的人應該還記得80年代還是90年代左右兩地發生過何事
一個明顯的是新加坡華人對馬來人或者說更大範圍的穆斯林的不信任 比如有一個軍隊里的流言就是說華人和馬來人結婚會導致情報級別降低(馬來人恐怕更慘)因為穆斯林對打穆斯林有顧慮 而且宗教和國家有一部分馬來人是會把宗教認同感放在國家認同感前面的(很多馬來女生上的是宗教學校,我在一個1000人左右的政府初院里最多能見到10-20個馬來女生,比例很明顯偏少)
除此之外還有就是嘲諷馬來人懶/笨的笑話 這種都屬於不能公開講但是私下裡很多華人還是會這麼想 這些都屬於比較隱蔽的,不會明說
再有一個就是很露骨地對大陸人的歧視。新加坡人雖然嘴上說Ang Moh 紅毛 好像是對白人的Racial Slur,但其實他們對白人態度很正常。對日本人/韓國人/台灣人一般也當他們是平等的。但對大陸人(就算是從事比較高端行業的大陸人),只要他們能識別出你,對你的態度和對別人的態度就不一樣。從上面提到的租房到工作再到娛樂,都可以看出來。不過新加坡比歐美好的是,子女在這裡出生長大的話不會像西方世界的華裔那樣被排擠或是歧視,歧視基本只限於一代移民。
存在。
個人體驗到的主要是華人對馬來人和印度人的歧視。
比如說一些華人提到這兩個種族就會說他們smelly,當說到某個華人和馬來人/印度人談戀愛就會覺得難以理解。等等等等。法律上明令禁止歧視行為,但是,潛在觀念上的歧視依然存在。
舉一個簡單的例子吧,我的歷史老師,華人。有次講到印巴戰爭,巴基斯坦和孟加拉還沒分開,地圖是這樣的
圖侵刪
他說他一直這麼記地圖的:you can imagine someone shitting, the two parts of Pakistan are two legs. India is just what is between them. Ya.. I can"t say that word cuz it"s politically incorrect.(想像有個人在大號,兩側巴基斯坦就是兩條腿,中間印度是那啥我就不說了,說了政治就不正確了)
類似的經歷還有挺多的,當歧視中國留學生的時候,我就毫不猶豫地懟回去,然後他們就認真起來,道歉什麼的。但是涉及到印度裔和馬來裔的時候,尤其是沒有印度裔或馬來裔在場的時候,they just don"t take it seriously.
有人的地方,就有江湖。
有人的地方,就有歧視。
有人的地方,就有不公。
即使對發達小國新加坡,也不例外。
不想引起負面情緒,但新加坡確實有些赤裸裸的歧視,比方說有些租房的廣告上會直接寫"NO PRC AND NO INDIAN". 那些歧視者連Chinese 都不想寫, 直接PRC。
如下圖:
談到這個問題,難道不是新加坡華人對非pr大陸人的歧視最普遍而且最多嗎?我覺得新加坡人一言一行都代表他們從心底里看不起大陸人,可能是財富原因吧。新加坡現在很有錢啊。
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