M’SIAN ASKS WHY S’POREANS IDOLISE ANG MOHS SO MUCH, ASKS WHERE IS OUR PRIDE

Why are Ang Moh so idolized in Singapore ?

Please feel free to correct me on this. But why are white expat so idolized and revered by middle class and upper class Singaporean? I’m from Penang, so seeing white people everywhere isn’t something new to me.

But I grew up seeing these white expat assimilate into the Penang culture and environment. I would have expected that Singaporean would have national pride to encourage these Ang Moh to embrace the Singaporean culture and not the other way around.

Granted this observation is mainly regarding the upper class and upper middle class Singaporean.

Netizens’ comments

1. Remnants of colonial mentality although also due to the country’s economic dependency on international trade with western countries at the start.
2. They are idolised in Asia, not just SG. Yup, I don’t agree with it either…it’s frankly ridiculous
3. They will not be idolized soon, the West is a mess.
4. Usually by those service staff tbh, those pinoys see ang moh, yes sir yes sir, still trapped in the colonial past. See chinese, their tone change
5. Whiter person here. Asian people treated me normal for the several years I lived in SG, only strange thing is women crotch gazing and a food stall vendor gave me a fake bill.
   Also an angry factory worker spilt sauce on my pants because he probably thought I was taking a local’s job. Got called an ang moh a couple times. Indian women hit on me but never Asian.
   I might have been protected by people at work a bit because I come from a different culture. The pressure to do good at work was greater than for locals because it seemed like they expected me to have super powers because I got head hunted to work in SG. Asians were mostly jealous of my salary if anything and resented me being in sg but friendly to my face.
6. Throughout SEA, there’s definitely some sort of White Privilege going on – I have encountered this when travelling with my Malay wife (been dating since 2015, so go away with accusations of sexpat, pls). I personally have done nothing to deserve it. Am not more atas, I live in an HDB, but I do think it still holds a novelty value for some.
7. I don’t think it’s being idolized, if anything, it just goes to show that Singaporeans in general are more open minded to new cultures I guess.