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SINGAPORE – Young people in Singapore are doing the right thing by standing up against racial insensitivity, said Minister for Education Ong Ye Kung on Saturday (June 6) in his first public comments about a photo of a birthday celebration taken in 2016 which depicted Raffles Institution students with their faces painted black.
He stressed that such acts of racial insensitivity or micro-aggression against a person of another race are not condoned, but urged people to also be mindful of how the situation in Singapore differs from that in the United States, which erupted in nationwide protests after an unarmed black man was suffocated in police custody on May 25.
The photo, taken in 2016, resurfaced on social media recently, sparking discussions online about the wider issue of racism. It depicted a group of Chinese students, some with their faces painted black and some wearing black masks, celebrating the birthday of an Indian schoolmate.
In the photo, they also pose with props such as a paper bag labelled “whitening kit”, posters of the movie Slumdog Millionaire, and handfuls of cash.
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