05-06-2023, 07:44 AM
The Uyghurs, Tibetans.... you can Google pictures of them.... don't look anything like the narrow minded stereotype of what a Chinese face is like, which most Singaporeans have.
Yet they ARE Chinese.
On the other hand, 75% of sinkies have a Han face and they think that is the Chinese face.
In the US, nobody says I am German. Or French. Or African even though their ancestors came from there. They say they are Americans.
In Singapore I know that most of you would conjue up an image of a Han if someone says "Singaporean". You forgot that a Malay or Indian or even angmoh face could also be Singaporean.
So do not make a fool of yourself at a Chinese airport yelling Chinese! I am Chinese! at the immigration officer. But I also know you won't do that because you know damn well that you are NOT a Chinese. You are arguing for the sake of arguing right.
Yet they ARE Chinese.
On the other hand, 75% of sinkies have a Han face and they think that is the Chinese face.
In the US, nobody says I am German. Or French. Or African even though their ancestors came from there. They say they are Americans.
In Singapore I know that most of you would conjue up an image of a Han if someone says "Singaporean". You forgot that a Malay or Indian or even angmoh face could also be Singaporean.
So do not make a fool of yourself at a Chinese airport yelling Chinese! I am Chinese! at the immigration officer. But I also know you won't do that because you know damn well that you are NOT a Chinese. You are arguing for the sake of arguing right.