Is discrimination racism in disguise ??

Answer 1

HELLO PEOPLE, THE QUESTION IS FOCUSED ABOUT SINGAPORE.
Actually, in singapore, we don't discriminate, we just poke fun. seriously, sometimes a matter of laughter only. but if you take it seriously that ya, we are kinna racist sometimes. but its not in disguise, if we dont like we don't we say out loud. but now, we are multi cultural, we celebrate each other's festivls. even myself, i just went for a dinner with my indian friends and when haru raya comes i'm going around in my baju. i'm chinese for yr information. and my group of people come from different parts of singapore and we only know each other for a short 6 months but we respect and celebrate together each other's festivals. we are not that much of the racist, but more of the try not to, as he/she has alot of new things to pick up all over again and so...

Answer 2

Discrimination: 1 a : the act of discriminating b : the process by which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently
2 : the quality or power of finely distinguishing
3 a : the act, practice, or an instance of discriminating categorically rather than individually b : prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment


Racism:1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination


Therefore they are linked, but not the same. Discrimination in any form is wrong.

Answer 3

People can say all sorts of reasons to say they are 'discriminating' , which doesn't have a negative connotation. We either gain our experience with people based on what we hear or how they appear to us or they was we experience them in the flesh. If the feedback is always negative, we form a negative attitude, but, if we are able to discern betw what is just cultural habits, we may be able to differentiate betw what is harmless differences and real character problem.

For ex, people in the West will stand to lose out on genuine friendships if they lump all Singaporeans as Asians like the N Koreans (no, I'm not saying this because I'm a racist either or against all N Koreans either). But there are also unpleasant Chinese Singaporeans too!

You need to ask the question of yourself all the time whenever you find yourself 'stuck' betw one or the other: am I against this person because of his race/religion/culture (harmless), or 'cos of his character/personality? (may lead to harm, if we're not careful the way we confront a person's weak points, we may begin to have him think we are God, then, thats where we run into all sorts of 'side' arguments about our God; this is very troublesome and unnecessary)

Answer 4

Not necessarily. Every person should discriminate against people who are wrong, have bad attitudes, who are criminals, corrupt, ect. That is our Constitutional right, and it has to do with Freedom of Association.

There is a TYPE of discrimination that is based upon racism, but there is also a type that's not, and it's a mistake to think the latter is never warranted.

Answer 5

Discrimination is a lot broader than racism. Racism is a form of discrimination. It is when you discriminate against people of different races (white, black, asian, hispanic, etc.) than you. One can also discriminate against others of different gender, class, status, religion or just about anything that makes someone different. It's not only against race that people discriminate.

Answer 6

If you discriminate against someone due to their race, then it is racism. But, there are many types of discrimination. Gender, age, religion, class, nationality... it can be a very long list.

Answer 7

Very much so.Even in our places where we worked.My buddy a chinese joined a security agency after he was retrenched as a security guard which was run by an Indian boss.
It was extremely unfortunate to see his other colleagues who mainly indians hv constantly pushing and being bullied by his indian colleagues to go buy lunch,coffee almost every other day.Jokes were made on him in indian langauge.Every other guard gets a Sunday off to spent time with family but he doesn't have a sunday off.(its sad to see these things do happens especially in Singapore- regardless of race /religion)
He said he has to tolerate coz he needs to bring food to his family's table.Well besides,he's in his early 50s and he knows getting a job now is no easy task.

Answer 8

Of course not. I could discriminate against others, such as smart or dumb people, rich or poor people, but they may all be the same race as me. So, that wouldn't be racist.

Answer 9

Of course! How many jokes about Mat and Mamas have you heard so far? Countless man!

Cheers!

Answer 10

Discrimination of any kind is wrong, wrong and should not be tolerated at all.