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'Cloth thingy on your head': Sikh man's discriminatory experience applying for job goes viral


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Today (July 21) marks Racial Harmony Day, a uniquely Singaporean commemoration of the nation's racial diversity. 

But as Facebook user Parvitar Singh noted in a series of viral posts, there is still much to overcome. 

https://www.asiaone.com/digital/cloth-thingy-your-head-sikh-mans-discriminatory-experience-applying-job-goes-viral

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9 hours ago, ChardikalaUK said:

So we run to Chinese lands as well as Goreh lands. 

And neither are under any obligation to tolerate us. They struggle to treat their native people with decency, what makes us think we'll fare any better? It's so embarrassing when we start crying and complaining about discrimination. 

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Very surprising since Sikhs have been living in Singapore for more than a century.

It's not as if the Chinese, Malays and Tamils aren't familiar with Sikhs.

Though Singapore has had a massive influx of migrants (blue collar and white collar) and what has happened the old mix,what I mean here are the established communities(Chinese,Malay,Tamil, Sikh) are being priced out and pushed out. 

 

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21 minutes ago, MisterrSingh said:

And neither are under any obligation to tolerate us. They struggle to treat their native people with decency, what makes us think we'll fare any better? It's so embarrassing when we start crying and complaining about discrimination. 

Only person crying is you.  Read the story.  He didn't even tell the name of the company that discriminated against him.   Hes trying to resolve it by putting a little bit of pressure by making it public. It's a great tactic in today's world.  He's not crying.  Bringing awareness to discrimination is  not crying or embarrassing.  Hes shining a light on it and so did our Sikh Gurus and Gursikhs.  

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23 minutes ago, Akalifauj said:

Only person crying is you.  Read the story.  He didn't even tell the name of the company that discriminated against him.   Hes trying to resolve it by putting a little bit of pressure by making it public. It's a great tactic in today's world.  He's not crying.  Bringing awareness to discrimination is  not crying or embarrassing.  Hes shining a light on it and so did our Sikh Gurus and Gursikhs.  

Again, nobody is under any obligation to accommodate us. Asking a question, even in a coarse, brusque manner is not evil racism.

Orientals are known for not having a politically correct filter. You want to change minds and hearts? Then explain what that "cloth" is on a Sikh's head, and its significance. You don't go crying to big daddy media hoping to propagandise, bully, and shame a corporate entity into change. That may work in the West, but you'll be met with resistance in the Far East, and it will lead to resentment and the eventual closing of doors to Sikhs.

Now, this guy has most likely led to the company in question developing a silent "No Sikh" policy whereby even the CV / resume of a Sikh applicant will be silently rejected under the pretence of some other reason, because the organisation assumes we're troublemakers.

So, actually, this "brave" act was poorly conceived and hastily executed, and it's done more long-term harm for Sikhs in that part of the world. 

I repeat: the Far East is not the West. There's a fundamental cultural difference that is hard to imagine for us sitting here. There are certain entities present in the cultural and corporate institutions in the West that are non-existent over there. There is no bending to so-called public will.

The answer isn't silence. The answer is to respond with "force" without burning bridges. Unfortunately, I think the subtleties of such issues are lost on us.

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3 minutes ago, MisterrSingh said:

 

You don't go crying to big daddy media hoping to propagandise, bully, and shame a corporate entity into change.

Again, he has not stated which corporations discriminated against him.   You keep lying to prove a point.   Dishonesty is your middle name.

Go cry somewhere else. 

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1 minute ago, Akalifauj said:

Again, he has not stated which corporations discriminated against him.   You keep lying to prove a point.   Dishonesty is your middle name.

Go cry somewhere else. 

Okay, you have nothing intelligent or noteworthy to add, so you resort to insults, because you can't refute anything I've said. Pathetically redundant weakling. See, I'm following your brave example. Be a good boy and jog on. I'm not interested in dealing with your retardation.

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44 minutes ago, MisterrSingh said:

Again, nobody is under any obligation to accommodate us. Asking a question, even in a coarse, brusque manner is not evil racism.

Orientals are known for not having a politically correct filter. You want to change minds and hearts? Then explain what that "cloth" is on a Sikh's head, and its significance. You don't go crying to big daddy media hoping to propagandise, bully, and shame a corporate entity into change. That may work in the West, but you'll be met with resistance in the Far East, and it will lead to resentment and the eventual closing of doors to Sikhs.

Now, this guy has most likely led to the company in question developing a silent "No Sikh" policy whereby even the CV / resume of a Sikh applicant will be silently rejected under the pretence of some other reason, because the organisation assumes we're troublemakers.

So, actually, this "brave" act was poorly conceived and hastily executed, and it's done more long-term harm for Sikhs in that part of the world. 

I repeat: the Far East is not the West. There's a fundamental cultural difference that is hard to imagine for us sitting here. There are certain entities present in the cultural and corporate institutions in the West that are non-existent over there. There is no bending to so-called public will.

The answer isn't silence. The answer is to respond with "force" without burning bridges. Unfortunately, I think the subtleties of such issues are lost on us.

We are equally as bad. I have seen Nepalis and North Eastern Indians mocked in Punjab. The vast majority of the world is openly racist. We are in no position to complain.  

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9 hours ago, MisterrSingh said:

You don't go crying to big daddy media hoping to propagandise, bully, and shame a corporate entity into change.

The guy did not shame a corporation.  He actually refused to mention the corporation name so far as others were pleading with him to do it. So you are being dishonest here. Blaming him for something he didn't do. I called a spade a spade.  If you don't like it, then be honest next time.

I know of many girls who have been refused a job at a bank because they did not dress the part, didn't show enough skin.  The silent policy of refusing ethnic people work based on their dress has been going on for decades now.  The sikh making his case public has not done no damage. Such policy exist already.  You need to get out more.  

You also don't know what he may have said to explain what the turban is to a Sikh.  Again you are passing judgment on him based on a news article that didn't capture the full story.

Next you will be saying women should not report sexual harassment/assault in the work place because this will make the company hire less women or no women.  

If the company does not create a policy/training regarding Sikhs.  This guy should out the company.  Outing the company will put more political pressure on the company.  You are scared of the World.  You really need to get out more.  

 

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