Singapore Expats

welcome to everybody,

lots of friends reinforced my impression that an increasing number of Singaporean
try to make you feel uncomfortable in the
public by laughing once they see a
caucasian. They try hard to irritate you whenever possible...
Is that a false perception or did you make similar experiences?

hi Marc, im a singaporean, i think its a wrong perception that u have. I felt that the number of caucasian in singapore are on the raise, and my fellow countryman has already take foreigners or caucasian as a part of our society. Hmm maybe u are over reacting or sensitive towards this.
As for me, i felt that caucasian are the better people around as compared to singaporean.

Hi Marc,

Singapore's very multi racial and cosmopilitan, never been the case that people are racist against caucasians. In fact, they have already become a part of the country. Mutil racial marriages are a common sight in spore too

Hope u enjoy ur stay here.

I don't think Singaporeans as a whole are racists. If anything, there is because of its colonial history, a bias that favours caucasians rather than the reverse. I think what you are encountering now is a superficial reaction that has arisen from economic uncertainties and job losses in recent years. In general, Singaporeans are welcoming of foreigners and especially so of the caucasian variety. So relax and enjoy your Singaporean friends and try to disabuse them of the wrong idea that you've come here to replace them or their compatriots of their job.

In any part of the world, there's gonna be racism, whether u like it anot.
Like what the others have said earlier, its just a minority of Singaporeans who are like that, maybe your friends can chill out a bit.

Cheerios..

Sorry marc, have to edit the topic. Cos "racist" is a sensitive and heavy word in this forum.

We always promote multi-national, multi-cultural cohesiveness and integrity in this forum and of cos in Singapore. Singapore itself is a "rojak pot" ... everything blends to form the unique Singapore taste.

Cheers!

Hi Marc,

I fully agree with you I do experience the same daily as do lots of my friends...
Fortunately there are still self confident and cosmopolitan people around here (see respondents) but it seems they are rather a minority these days...

Cheers

Guest wrote:Hi Marc,

I fully agree with you I do experience the same daily as do lots of my friends...
Fortunately there are still self confident and cosmopolitan people around here (see respondents) but it seems they are rather a minority these days...

Cheers

my goodness, are you serious?

if it's really true that some singaporeans giggle at the fact that you're caucasian, just disregard them. it's pure childish behaviour.

there are tonnes more singaporeans out there who consider caucasians/foreigners part of the society here!

and for that matter, welcome to singapore *bows*

cheers

I come from U.K. So far so good for me, I love Singapore and the people are rather warm.

youre right man...but who cares...personally I enjoy the attention haha...I am rather getting mad at folks who ignore me...

Enjoy your stay!!!

Ignore!

My wife and me love it down here. However our two sons facing similar "problems".
Well, rather appears to be some kind of jealousy directed to the younger generations of caucs.
Anyway the boys are good looking and self confident they dont care. There gonna be always jealous people around and if you gotta a little bit of brains you realize that they only humiliate themselves by displaying some kind of inferiority complex. Lets pray for them.