{"id":29921,"date":"2013-03-30T17:05:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T17:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=29921"},"modified":"2013-03-30T17:05:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T17:05:35","slug":"sporean-identity-must-include-mixed-race-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=29921","title":{"rendered":"S’porean identity must include mixed-race kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

S’porean identity must include mixed-race kids<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Straits Times<\/a>
\nSingapore
\nForum Letters<\/a>
\n2013-03-16<\/p>\n

Peter Wadeley<\/strong><\/p>\n

MRS MARIETTA Koh Ai-meng (“Citizens have every right to expect privileges”; last Saturday) claims that rising consciousness of what it means to be Singaporean<\/a> should not be decried as chauvinistic or jingoistic.<\/p>\n

Last year, former president S R Nathan<\/a> said that a clear Singaporean identity has yet to develop (“Building a S’porean culture takes time, says ex-president”; March 18, 2012).<\/p>\n

Whenever such an identity is formed, it must be broad enough to include all Singaporeans, without distinction of race.<\/p>\n

My children are Singaporean, have lived here their whole lives, and speak Singlish<\/a> and Chinese. Most importantly, they identify themselves as Singaporean.<\/p>\n

But as they are “only” half Chinese and look different from other children, they are, regrettably, treated accordingly…<\/p>\n

Read the entire letter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

S’porean identity must include mixed-race kids The Straits Times Singapore Forum Letters 2013-03-16 Peter Wadeley MRS MARIETTA Koh Ai-meng (“Citizens have every right to expect privileges”; last Saturday) claims that rising consciousness of what it means to be Singaporean should not be decried as chauvinistic or jingoistic. Last year, former president S R Nathan said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,125,8,26,394],"tags":[14212,3519,14213,3518],"class_list":["post-29921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-identitydevelopment","category-media-archive","category-politics","category-socialscience","tag-peter-wadeley","tag-singapore","tag-straits-times","tag-the-straits-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}