Reflect on the phrase, 'Anyone is guilty who watches this and does nothing'. What have you done when you have seen people being discriminated against? What more can you do the next time you witness discrimination taking place?
For the first time, when i saw discrimination taking place in my primary school, i did not really do anything. I just stood aside. At that time, i was just in primary 1, when i saw some other classmates bullying an Indian classmate. I was actually afraid of being the target instead and thus i stood aside. However, for the next few times when i was in upper primary, i just stood out to tell them to stop it or i would inform a teacher who is nearby but was not aware of the situation. If i stood up, normally i would have to argue with them, but after some time, a teacher would notice the commotion and would come to clarify what has happened. As for the other solution, the teacher would just simply give the boys a scolding.
Next time, if i witness discrimination taking place, i would try to stand up for that person, if it is within my power. If not, i will inform people of higher authorities, such as an adult, who i hope will help by stepping in to tell those people to stop. If i do stand up for that person, i would try to reason with them, and ask them “how they would feel if they were discriminated”. I believe that most discrimination cases actually only take place mainly in school for the Singapore context, because i believe that when we have all grown up, we would actually understand other races in Singapore better, and we would not discriminate against them. Since they tend to take place mainly in school, i would simply just find a teacher and ask him or her for help, as i believe that this is the best and most effective way.
Done By: Gordon Koh 2i115
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