Always awkward when racists get your ethnicity wrong
this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2024
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Not to be annoying, but Singaporean is not an ethnicity but a nationality, the main ethnicities that makes up Singapore are Chinese, Indian and Malays. Not that the racist in question cared about any of these
Indian isn't an ethnicity
Aah you're right, Tamils would be the correct term for Singapore
You learn something new everyday
I'm reminded of when senators, people who are supposed to act professional, were repeatedly asking the TikTok ceo if he was Chinese and the guy had to repeatedly tell them he's Singaporean.
Absolute children running the country.
I am flabbergasted this wasn't an American saying this, but also unsurprised to learn he was Japanese.
the dogs picking up their master demeanor
Japan absolutely hated the Chinese well before the US arrived on the scene.
i know but this exact situation, calling a singaporean chinese, is something the US recently did in the tiktok hearings.
About 75% of Singaporeans call themselves Chinese
To be fair, it wasn't like racism suddenly became a thing in Japan once they became a US vassal.