It's only in the last several years that the term "Chinese" Privilege became part of the discourse in Singapore when discussing issues pertaining to race. In our last episode we spoke about what that privilege means for those of us who don't have it. In this episode we dive deeper and explore how this Privilege came to be! Yes we kept this episode short so that you guys can go and do some reading for yourselves! 

For more reading, do check out:

Multiculturalism in Singapore: An Instrument of Social Control by Chua Beng Huat, (2003)//Chapter 8 of Ethnic Relations and Nation-Building in Southeast Asia: The Majority's Sacrifices and Yearnings: Chinese-Singaporeans and the Dilemmas of Nation-Building by Eugene K. Tan, (2004)//Constructing Singapore: Elitism, Ethnicity and the Nation-building Project by Michael D. Barr and Zlatko Skrbis, (2008)//Singapore in the Malay World  by Lily Z. Rahim, (2009)//Confronting 'Chinese Privilege' in  Singapore by Hydar Saharuddin, (2016)//Races without racism?: everyday race relations in Singapore by Selvaraj Velayutham, (2018)//Chinese Privilege in Singapore: Understanding the Invisible Knapsack by Christopher Chee, (2018)