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SINGAPORE: UOL Group (UOL) has issued an apology after a TikTok video showing a group of attendees in blackface at its dinner and dance sparked criticism online.
Posted on Sunday (Nov 24) by user @summer88959, the video has garnered over 26,000 views as of 6.30pm on Monday.
It shows a group of eight attendees in blackface posing for a photograph. They were also dressed in black afro wigs, sunglasses and retro 1980s street-style costumes.
A caption superimposed on the video read: “Emmm … like that will kena (be punished) or not?”
The group attended the annual dinner and dance event by UOL and Pan Pacific Hotels Group - a subsidiary of UOL - titled The Rhythm of the Night.
It was held on Nov 14 at the Sands Grand Ballroom at Marina Bay Sands. CNA
Why is the above offensive, in Singapore, a cosmopolitan city state, not a little third world village with tiny brains that have not seen the world and could easily rattled by the slightest thing that they have not seen or heard? Rhythm of the Night is about soul music, Motown, Afro American culture right?
Are the Afro Americans with black faces something bad, something hideous, cannot be seen, to be ashamed of, to be wiped away from this earth? Why can't they be proud of being black and being beautiful because they are black?
What was the intent of the skit, to insult, to demean the Afro Americans? Or it was just a party, a lighter moment for a little fun and entertainment, creativity, telling the world that Afro American style can be beautiful and fashionable? Were the participants admirers of Afro American culture and wanting to dress like them given a chance, and to promote the culture and style? Many of our young are impressionable and fashionable, like Afro American culture, like to imitate them, dress like them, speak like them, like their music.... Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Why should everything be seen in a negative and racist light?
Should Singapore start to ban anyone black, like the Afro American, from entering the city state, because black Afro American appearance, dressing and style are not acceptable, something to be detest, something ugly and cheap... or something like that, that being black Afro American is nothing to be admired, not welcome here?
What do you think?
6 comments:
Sadly after years of brainwashed or whitewashed by you know who and where, unthinking Sinkies imagine they are 'White' mentally and emotionally!
Lawrence Wong better watch out for the new citizens. They think very highly of themselves, no respect for him and have started to target him.
In SinkiesLAND Yellow Faces been ostracised and made fun off no problem but please please don't made fun of Black Faces.
Lian Hei Hei angry you know!
Long time ago when LKY advocated that Singaporean Chinese learnt Mandarin so as in time to come we shall have businesses with China and our peoples could engaged in them in conversations.
So employers with businesses with China advertised that applicants must able to speak Mandarin.
Whoa wow HELL broke loose.
Racists, racisms they screamed.
The worse is that the MOM instead of explaining to these sensitive beans Started to ostracise the Chinkees.
Pacified the unreasonable.
What's a joke!
Also in the NTUC complained that the PRCs working here cannot spat Eng Kok.
Must Spat Eng Kok meh?
Singapore had FOUR Offical Languages and one of them is Mandarin, why must SPAT Eng Kok?
Even now the Daft Immigration new rules for foreigners who wanted to reside here must able to SPAT Eng Kok!
Cannot speak Mandarin meh?
What's happening to the Four Offical Languages?
Of which Mandarin is one of them!
Too bananas liao!
Just to add now the PRCs cheh don't want to work here liao!
Our country more luck koo than yours.
In time to come sad to say you peoples may have to come here and work for us.
Then we shall ask you cannot spat Mandarin meh?
You Chinese you know?
It all started from the top, when lky start to sue citizen when he was triggered by criticism, the rest of the white termite followed. Monkey see monkey follow, the peasants started to complaint when they are also triggered by minor issues.
Like that ah? So, Black Friday also cannot have sale lah!
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