𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐧 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐬) 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐢 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫
"In Singapore, there is only black and white in term of law, you insult any race or religion you got jailed or fined, no matter what your race". - Changi taxi driver - Sep 16th, 2020. My very first trip to campus by taxi, I continue my old habits as curious marketer to always speak to the driver to gain some insight. While usually about product, this time about the country. But I'm not expecting suddenly he spoke about one Chinese lady recently got jailed because of her post in social media which insulted certain race/religion. He is also Chinese race, but he also told me proudly about this. The next day, I had a dinner with my China citizen classmate, the fact he never went to Indonesia and I'm the only Indonesian in the class, he can't hold to asked me, "Hi Kani, may I ask a sensitive question, is it true during the 1998 riots there are several rapes to Chinese?". I speechless, shame and can't find any appropriate responds except saying that during...