A Singaporean Malay tutor took to Facebook to share how, despite all that has been done, his abilities are still judged on his race.
He says that this is not a one off and that it has happened many times.
He shares that he will go to the house for the tutoring session, and his student’s mother will joke, giggle and laugh about how she didn’t realise he was Malay.
Then after the session, she would call the agency and tell them that he is not a good fit.
He said that sometimes, he would go to the house for the tutoring sessions and the student’s mother would barge into the room and say that something urgent came up and that he has to leave.
The mother would then call the agency up and say that he is not a good fit.
He laments being constantly looked at and judged by the colour of his skin.
He wrote that he knows for a face that Chinese people cannot handle it when he asks them if they are Chinese of when he says that he didn’t realise they were Chinese.
He added:
“You think you wear your Saree or Baju Kurung once a year during Racial Harmony Day, watch a belly dance performance and take photos with your friends in your outfits in 2001, and it absolves you of your discrimination?”
He summed up his post saying that he is very tired and sad.
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