What is the general perception about black people in Singapore?

在新加坡，人们对黑人的普遍看法是怎样的？

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Chi Izeogu, M.D.

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How are blacks treated in Singapore?

I am on vacation in Singapore with my wife. I am Nigerian-American. I joked with my wife, that we are probably not going to see any Black people during our time here. However, to our surprise we have spotted a handful.

So far, we have been treated very well by Singaporeans. Then again, we are staying at a 5 star hotel, next to Marina Bay Sands, so the staff probably treat everyone with respect.

The shop malls have all the upscale brands and the staff are courteous. I didn't feel like I was being watched while shop. Then again, I don't notice such things in the United States either.

I did wonder, if I could live in Singapore if given the opportunity. The answer is, NO. As a physician, I would earn far less in Singapore. There are more opportunities in the USA, both clinical and non-clinical.

我和我妻子正在新加坡度假。我是尼日利亚裔美国人。我和妻子开玩笑说，我们在新加坡的这段时间可能看不到其他黑人。但出乎我们意料的是，我们看到了好几个。

到目前为止，新加坡人对我们的态度都很好。但话说回来，我们住的是五星级酒店，紧挨着滨海湾金沙，所以酒店员工可能对每位客人都很尊重。

购物中心有各种高端品牌，工作人员也都很有礼貌。我在购物时没有被人盯着看的感觉。话又说回来，我在美国也没留意过这种事。

我确实想过，如果有机会的话我能不能在新加坡生活。答案是否定的。作为一名医生，我在新加坡挣的钱会少很多。我在美国有更多的机会。

Troy Low

Lives in Singapore6y

As a Singaporean I rarely see blacks and I would very much like to meet and talk to one. I find it sad that Singaporeans are generally unapproachable to strangers. I haven't even got a chance to talk to an American yet but I hope I do get the chance to talk to a black person or an American in the future. Was always afraid they would judge the way i speak (Singlish).

作为一个新加坡人，我很少看到黑人，我还很想和他们见面聊聊天呢。有一点让我不舒服的是，通常新加坡人会显得比较高冷，对陌生人来说有点难以接近。我甚至都还没找到机会和美国人说说话，不过我希望将来能找到机会。我总担心他们会对我的新加坡英语评头论足。

Anonymous

Growing up in Singapore in the 80s, we knew about a few black people. We don't really know black people personally, so it's just people we see on TV.

Michael Jackson.

Michael Jordan.

Stevie Wonder.

Martin Luther King.

Fat Albert.

Daffy Duck. (I'm guessing he was modelled after a black guy)

Nelson Mandela.

Snoop Dogg.

Whoopi Goldberg.

John Coltrane.

Pele.

Carl Lewis.

我们在80年代的新加坡长大，知道一些黑人的名字。我们并没有真正认识他们，只是在电视上看到过。

迈克尔·杰克逊。

迈克尔·乔丹。

史提夫我们在80年代的新加坡长大，知道有一些黑人。我们并不真正了解黑人本人，所以他们只是我们在电视上看到的人。

迈克尔·杰克逊。

史提夫·汪达。

马丁·路德·金。

胖子阿尔伯特。

达菲鸭(我猜原型是个黑人)

纳尔逊·曼德拉。

史诺普·道格。

乌比·戈德堡。

约翰·柯川。

贝利。

卡尔·刘易斯。

We all know one or two Indians and in many ways they're similar to blacks - dark skin, disadvantaged minority. We don't have a history of lynching them, excluding them, or hanging them from trees, and we don't think Indians are stupid. We eat fried chicken and chitlins (we call it kway chap) and nobody laughs at us for doing so. We live in public housing but nobody calls it a ghetto.

For quite a while, whenever I see a black person, I think about the wurlitzer organ counting down the last few seconds of game time in an NBA game. If you only know about a race of people through the mass media.

Generally we think black people are cool, as in they know how to be cool, and they look good in Nike sneakers.

我们都认识一两个印度人，在很多方面他们和黑人很像——都是皮肤黝黑，社会地位较低的少 数民族。我们没有私刑，没有排斥，或者把他们吊在树上的历史，我们也不认为印度人愚蠢。我们吃炸鸡和猪肠，没有人嘲笑我们。我们住在公共住房里，但没人说它是贫民窟。

在很长一段时间里，每当我看到黑人，我就会想起NBA比赛中倒数最后几秒的风琴声。如果你只是通过大众媒体了解某个种族的人，就会发生这种情况。

基本上我们认为黑人很酷，因为他们知道怎么打扮更酷，他们穿耐克运动鞋很好看。

Anonymous

Originally Answered: What is the general perception about blacks in Singapore?

I think most of us are largely curious when we come across a black person in Singapore because we don't have too many coming through here.

我想多数人在新加坡遇到黑人时都会很好奇，因为来新加坡的黑人并不多。

Madura Asmawiya McCormack

Lived in Singapore7y

I was thinking about the phrasing of this questions and I realize it doesn't really matter what kind of 'black' you're referring to. Be it a person of African origin, or an 'African' American person, I would say the general perception can be summed up by one word; 'Meh.'

Singapore is super super multicultural. If there was ever was a pot that physically but that could handle an extensive plethora of cultures and ethnicities, it's Singapore.

When I was a [caucasian] child in Singapore, I remembered getting treated a lot nicer and I was noticed a lot more. But as I grew up [and maybe less adorable] into the new millennium, the influx of foreigners increased and people from all corners of the globe were coming in.

My aunt actually married an African-American man and they barely get stared at. People will still want to touch the ringlets though.

我一直在思考这个问题的措辞，我意识到不管你指的是哪种“黑”都并不重要。无论对方是非洲裔的人，还是“非裔”美国人，我想说，大多数人的反应可以用一个词来概括：哦。

新加坡是一个超级超级多元化的国家。如果说世界上有一个熔炉能够接纳各种各样的文化和种族，那一定是新加坡。

当我还是一个（白人）孩子时，我在新加坡感受到更多的友善，也受到了更多的关注。但随着我长大(也许不像孩子那么可爱了)，进入了新千年，涌入新加坡的外国人越来越多，世界各地的人都来到了这里。

我阿姨嫁给了一个非裔美国人，不过基本上没人会盯着他们看。但人们还是很想摸摸他们的卷发。

Luay Alamir

Lived in Myanmar (2015–2016)5y

I'm A Brown Person And I Live In A Racist Country

Even their own citizens complain how difficult to endure life there is due to wrong skin colour.

Very bad place,extremely racist.

我是棕色皮肤的人，生活在一个种族歧视的国家。

就连他们自己的国民都抱怨说，因为肤色不被社会接受，他们的生活非常难熬。

这是一个非常糟糕的国家，有着极端的种族主义。

Jenn Ong

Lives in SingaporeAuthor has 274 answers and 415.5K answer views7y

Originally Answered: What is the general perception about blacks in Singapore?

Gee, that's a rather un-PC way of saying things....

Personally I do not believe we generally don't have any negative perception against other races here in Singapore.

You should remember that Singapore is truly a multicultural multiracial society. There will be bigots, racists, and some malcontents as in any society, but as a whole we're quite accepting of all.

哎呀，你这是政治相当不正确的说法....

就我个人而言，我并不认同新加坡对其他种族完全没有歧视的说法。

但你应该记住，新加坡是一个真正的多元文化、多种族的社会。在任何社会中都会有偏执狂、种族主义者和一些反对的声音，但作为一个整体，新加坡对所有族群已经可以说是相当接纳的了。

Peter Dunlop

Former EngineerAuthor has 4.1K answers and 2.3M answer viewsUpdated Jun 11

What is life like as a black person in Singapore?

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There are very few people of african descent but very large numbers of citizens with a brown skin from the mid brown Malays and their cousins to those from India who vary from almost “white” to very dark

Life is normal for them cleaners to President

在新加坡，有非洲血统的人不多，但有人数众多的棕色皮肤的马来人和他们的印度表亲——肤色从“很白”到“很黑”都有。

无论他们是清洁工还是大老板，他们的生活都很平静。

Therese Van Arsdale

Former Junior Staff at Hetty's Lingerie Shop (1986–1986)Author has 5.6K answers and 3.5M answer views2y

Is Singapore safe for black people?

Yes, Singapore is just safe. There are so many of these on youtube that you can watch for hours.

对黑人来说，新加坡安全吗？

是的，新加坡很安全。你可以在网上看到很多这样的视频，可以看上好几个小时。

Lily Hilton

Study in dept differences between various human groupsAuthor has 478 answers and 1.7M answer views3y

Do Singaporeans discriminate against blacks?

No, Black people are so few and rare in Singapore that they are not on everyone’s radar. Few Singaporean have seen a Black/African person in their life, and in any case described as rare. If the Black is American, they associate him with Michael Jackson, will smith, Kanye west, Rihanna.

It’s other Asian immigrants in Singapore that get more discrimination due to their presence in larger number. Mainland Chinese (which Singaporean call PRC) and Indians from India receive most discrimination due to them being more visible group of foreigners. Sometimes Indonesians, Filipinos, Burmese, Cambodians are stereotyped as maids and migrant labour.

新加坡人歧视黑人吗?

不，黑人在新加坡太稀罕了，所以没有引起太多关注。很少有新加坡人在生活中见过黑人或非洲人。如果遇到的是非洲裔美国人，他们会把他和迈克尔·杰克逊、威尔·史密斯、坎耶·韦斯特、蕾哈娜联系在一起。

在新加坡，其他亚洲国家的移民因为人数多而受到了更多的歧视。中国大陆（新加坡人称之为大陆人）和印度人受到的歧视最多，因为他们是最为显眼的外来族群。有时，人们会把印尼人、菲律宾人、缅甸人、柬埔寨人全部认定为女佣和移民劳工。

It’s weird because they’re hating people of their same race. I asked. Many Chinese-Singaporean and Indian-Singaporean feel superior to other Asians even if they’re same race, said they’re from less developed less rich Third world country and race has nothing to do with it. Some point out that Chinese from China are from Northern China which is culturally different from Chinese Singaporean. Indians from India are from North India which is culturally different from the Tamil Singaporean.

For most Singaporean there are just foreigners vs Singaporean which they distinguish it pretty clearly. Foreigners include anyone not of natural citizenship to Singapore. Many Singaporean are anti-foreigners or xenophobic rather than racist. Discrimination against foreigners and Xenophobia are worse than racial discrimination in Singapore.

奇怪的是，他们讨厌和自己相同种族的人。许多新加坡华人和新加坡印度人觉得自己比其他亚洲人优越，即使对方来自同个种族，他们会说对方来自欠发达不富裕的第三世界国家，与种族无关。也有人说，来自中国北方地区的人，在文化上与新加坡华人不同。来自印度北方的印度人，在文化上与新加坡的泰米尔人不同。

对大多数新加坡人来说，这只是外国人和新加坡人之间的区别，他们其实非常清楚这一点。外国人包括任何非新加坡自然公民的人。许多新加坡人排外，但还算不上种族主义者。在新加坡，对外国人的歧视和排外心理多于种族歧视。

N S

Lives in Singapore3y

How's it to work in Singapore as a black man?

Singapore is diverse society and all the races are mixed and working together in harmony. Besides, its so busy and hectic that no one have time to bother, especially about the race of other person. You may get one or two curious looks outside perhaps if your look not common here but if you blend and no outstanding hairdo etc you wont even get it lol.

新加坡是一个多元化的社会，种族融合，和谐相处。此外，新加坡生活节奏快，忙忙碌碌，没人有时间来烦你，尤其是因为种族问题来招惹你。如果你的长相在这里不常见，你可能会招致一两束好奇的目光，但如果你不惹眼，发型也普普通通，不会有人注意到你，哈哈。

Yang Guoqiang

Lives in SingaporeAuthor has 3.5K answers and 5.6M answer views4y

How are blacks treated in Singapore?

Here are two articles about our African-born Singapore citizens.

IMHO: Singapore is a cosmopolitan city based on meritocracy (in the main) and pragmatism as the “decider”. Colour is never an issue and there are clear legal procedures to help the red, brown, yellow, black and white in any case of formalized and institutionalized prejudice.

As a young nation, we still have the embarrassment of chinese old aunties hitting young South-Asia construction workers on buses (with their brollies) for no reason what so ever.

No country is “colour blind” - but Singapore is quite close or within the top 10 in the world.

这里有两篇关于我们非裔新加坡公民的文章。

IMHO：新加坡是一个基于精英管理和“决策者”实用主义的国际化大都市。在这里肤色从来不是一个问题，新加坡有明文规定的法律程序，不管红皮肤、棕皮肤、黄皮肤、黑皮肤和白皮肤的人遇到任何形式的歧视，都可以得到帮助。

但作为一个年轻的国家，我们也会发生华人阿婆在公交车上（用她们的伞）打年轻的南亚建筑工人的尴尬事件。

没有哪个国家能够做到100%“没有种族偏见”——但新加坡可以算非常接近甚至可以跻身世界前十了。