Cancel culture, intersectionality, and Chinese privilege these were some of the buzzwords that came up during a discussion by a group of speakers and panellists on the topic of Identities and Cohesion , as part of the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) annual forum, Singapore Perspectives, on Jan. 14, 2021.
Moderator Mathew Mathews, a Principal Research Fellow and Head of Social Lab at IPS, brought up the topic of Chinese privilege within Singapore, and how the concept is an importation of ideas from the United States.
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On this topic, Mei Lin Fung, the co-founder of People-Centered Internet, opened her response with the statement that she was agitated by the idea of Chinese privilege.
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One key question is where the dividing lines between state, religion and politics should be drawn.PHOTO: ST FILE
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