03
June
2017
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22:51
Asia/Singapore

Racism saga: Are S’poreans prepared to grow from Ah Boys to Men?

Dr Gillian Koh, Deputy Director for Research from the Institute of Policy Studies, discussed what we could make of the Ah Boys To Men 4 audition saga. She opined that given the heightened sense of ethnic nationalism in the world, the raised terror threat level here, and discussions about racial representation in our political and social institutions, we must hope that such incidents contribute to the narrative of inclusion and understanding, not difference and division.