To say that Interlok is only offensive to the Indian community, and then again only because of the word ‘pariah’, is to ignore the bigger issues at hand.
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Malaysia and Singapore are in some ways like conjoined twins; joined at birth but now separated. Each country has gone its own way since the momentous breakup of 1965 but both still share many similar characteristics including the factor of race standing in the way of the cohesive development of their societies.
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Why did a book that failed to suitably impress the literati of its time proceed to enjoy political patronage later, he asked.
It is not unreasonable to deduce that the book’s publication in 1971 (the manuscript being revived after languishing four years in obscurity) was agenda driven.
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In a nutshell, Interlok is an unfit and improperly assigned text that negates the Ministry of Education’s own guidelines through its multitude of sensitive and offensive elements.
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It is my argument that comparing Singapore’s race relations against Malaysia sets the bar for the Singapore system too low, and ultimately represents a meaningless comparison. Worse, the blind confidence in the Singapore state’s meritocracy mantra may operate to dilute and distract Singaporeans from making serious enquiries into the substance of our multi-racial society.