Tay Ping Hui: I grew up with majority blindspot, NOT Chinese privilege

[UltimaOnline]

SINGAPORE - What is Chinese privilege? A majority blindspot to understanding other races; an incomprehensible label to older folks; an issue better explained through social mobility; a non-starter given the Chinese community's history of helping other ethnic groups.

These were some points raised by three Chinese men - actor Tay Ping Hui, president of the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations Tan Aik Hock and lawyer Hee Theng Fong - at a dialogue on Saturday (July 24) on the role of their community in upholding Singapore's multicultural fabric.

Organised by Government feedback unit Reach and Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao, the discussion also included Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and Senior Minister of State for National Development and Foreign Affairs Sim Ann.

Political editor of Singapore Press Holdings' Chinese Media Group Newshub Ho Sheo Be was moderator for the hybrid event mixing physical panellists with virtual attendees.

In his introduction, Mr Tay shared that having grown up in a Mandarin-speaking home and attended a Special Assistance Plan (SAP) school where he studied Chinese literature, more than 90 per cent of his friends were Chinese - at least until he went to junior college and then National Service.

"I was very comfortable, with everyone around me Chinese. I thought I probably didn't need to know about the other races," he said in Mandarin. "It doesn't mean that I had Chinese privilege, but I must acknowledge I had a majority blindspot."

It was only after being called racially discriminatory names when living abroad did he realise how minorities in Singapore must feel, said Mr Tay, as he urged the Chinese community here to open their minds to understand other cultures and their views.

Mr Shanmugam later described Mr Tay's experience as swimming in pools which are not very large. "We tend to meet people of similar social standing, of similar race, at work and so on," he said. "When you are part of the 75 per cent (Chinese), it's not easy for you to understand the disadvantages that minorities face, and you also may not realise the advantages of being part of a majority."

Mr Hee, from Harry Elias Partnership, said Chinese Singaporeans who lived through separation from Malaysia would not understand the label of privilege. "I have many friends who transferred from Chinese schools to English schools and had to adjust to learn in English. There were also limitations in career development at that time; and a lot of people were disappointed and had grievances," he explained.

Mr Hee said that the issues raised by proponents of Chinese privilege may be better addressed through the lens of mobility. "Look at, for example, the rich-poor divide. That happens in any country. It's not a racial problem, it's about meritocracy," he said.

"More importantly, we need a stable and harmonious society, without which majority advantage or minority disadvantage or whatever it is will just be empty talk."

Mr Tan said the Chinese community and its clan associations have been doing work on this front for some 200 years now.


https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...not-chinese-privilege-says-actor-tay-ping-hui

 

[borom]

"When you are part of the 75 per cent (Chinese), it's not easy for you to understand the disadvantages that minorities face"
Can anyone explain to an uninformed person like me what disadvantages these CECA (living it up in condos, holding good jobs with high salaries and need not serve NS ) face?
If they face disadvantages, why are they swarming here in huge numbers ?

 

[JohnTan]

All sinkies, rich or poor, chink, m&d, keling, mongrel, all have sinkie privilege. It's the privilege of living in a Singapore governed by PAP for the past 50 years, and hopefully, another 50 years more.

Over the past 50 years, all our neighbours suffer from civil unrest, coups, wars, institutionalized discrimination against minorities, poverty, etc, PAP enabled sinkies of all races to live in peace and security with over 95% of the citizens owning their own homes.

 

[laksaboy]

"When you are part of the 75 per cent (Chinese), it's not easy for you to understand the disadvantages that minorities face

It's not my problem to understand, or care.

 

[jw5]

Tay Ping Hui should realize by now that the PAP will never select him as a candidate for MP. Hence he should consider joining the opposition.

 

[zeddy]

All sinkies, rich or poor, chink, m&d, keling, mongrel, all have sinkie privilege. It's the privilege of living in a Singapore governed by PAP for the past 50 years, and hopefully, another 50 years more.

Over the past 50 years, all our neighbours suffer from civil unrest, coups, wars, institutionalized discrimination against minorities, poverty, etc, PAP enabled sinkies of all races to live in peace and security with over 95% of the citizens owning their own homes.

Well said Sir John Tan. Majulah PAP!

 

[Confuseous]

Tay Peng Hui talk cock lah.
In his early days, he spoke with some weird ang moh twang.
Then, later like some high class brit.

 

[JohnTan]

Tay Peng Hui talk cock lah.
In his early days, he spoke with some weird ang moh twang.
Then, later like some high class brit.

China's media industry has acknowledged PAP cadre Tay Peng Hui as an alpha male. They hired him instead of a local chink actor to act as Genghis Khan in one of their own tv drama shows. So show some respect to Tay Peng Hui, asshole!

 

[gingerlyn]

Got rumour that Tay Peng Hui is impotent

 

[sleaguepunter]

China's media industry has acknowledged PAP cadre Tay Peng Hui as an alpha male. They hired him instead of a local chink actor to act as Genghis Khan in one of their own tv drama shows. So show some respect to Tay Peng Hui, asshole!

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He acting as a barbarian. ah tiong actors don’t want to take the role of a mass killer.

 

[sleaguepunter]

Tay Ping Hui should realize by now that the PAP will never select him as a candidate for MP. Hence he should consider joining the opposition.

He tok cock lah. I believe he an armour occifer. Armour no mat and only a few kelings. The kelings not even in combat teams, mostly in CQ and MT line.

 

[LordElrond]

Tay Ping Hui should realize by now that the PAP will never select him as a candidate for MP. Hence he should consider joining the opposition.

He can join the ugly Calvin to be an armchair critic. At least the ugly Calvin had been an NMP.

 

[syed putra]

Despite the rhetoric, jiu hu is only 50% malay.
Out of that 50%, about hslf a million are mamak, including dr m, anwar inbrahim, who considers themselves as malays.

 

[Rogue Trader]

Why does he look like he's taking a big shit?

 

[eatshitndie]

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Why does he look like he's taking a big shit?

the chap behind looks like peking man.

 

[LordElrond]

Despite the rhetoric, jiu hu is only 50% malay.
Out of that 50%, about hslf a million are mamak, including dr m, anwar inbrahim, who considers themselves as malays.

Which mamak newspaper did you get this “50%” from?

 

[ginfreely]

"I was very comfortable, with everyone around me Chinese. I thought I probably didn't need to know about the other races," he said in Mandarin. "It doesn't mean that I had Chinese privilege, but I must acknowledge I had a majority blindspot."

Oh that means I am 0.01% Singaporean Chinese with no majority blind spot since for two years I was in secondary school class with more than 50% non Chinese - the class where they put all the malays and Indians together.

 

[ginfreely]

Oh that means I am 0.01% Singaporean Chinese with no majority blind spot since for two years I was in secondary school class with more than 50% non Chinese - the class where they put all the malays and Indians together.

And so what? I got viciously attacked by Malaysian indian kt latha and ceca Indians and sinkie Malays in Spore.

 

[nayr69sg]

There is another huge blindspot.

NS.

BMT A level intake.

Go to OCS. All A level also.

If you throw the A level into mono intake grunt unit with PSLE dropouts it will be a big shock to the A level guy. Have to live and talk to 96.9% speak only hokkien guys when A level guy dunno how to speak hokkien. All chinese.

Throw Kee Chiu to be a private at one of these grunt units with all PSLE drop outs live and talk and work at their level be punished at same level where attitude of 90% of the section and platoon is all bad and fucked up. No sabo king cos every fella is a sabo. Every day whole day keep kena pumping running punish. But the PSLE fellas boh chup. Punish punish lor. See how long people like OYK KC LW last in there.

Dont need to talk about race.

 

[ginfreely]

Oh that means I am 0.01% Singaporean Chinese with no majority blind spot since for two years I was in secondary school class with more than 50% non Chinese - the class where they put all the malays and Indians together.

Actually I already knew it then the malays in class are most united while chinese in class are you die your business. I am so stupid to continue to have blind faith - for another few more decades - not blind spot indeed.