Rethinking race : beyond the CMIO categorisations

The Singaporean media, online civil society space and even parliament was abuzz in August 2011 over an incident where a Singaporean Indian family had limited the cooking of curry in their home after their neighbours, an immigrant Chinese family, had complained to the local mediation centre about the...

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Main Author: Kathiravelu, Laavanya
Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Observatory Southeast Asia Ltd 2022
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1523102023-03-05T15:40:46Z Rethinking race : beyond the CMIO categorisations Kathiravelu, Laavanya School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Sociology The Singaporean media, online civil society space and even parliament was abuzz in August 2011 over an incident where a Singaporean Indian family had limited the cooking of curry in their home after their neighbours, an immigrant Chinese family, had complained to the local mediation centre about the offensive smell of the dish being prepared. The outcome of the mediation, which involved the Indian family agreeing to cook the strong-smelling dish only when their neighbours were not at home, caused furor amongst Singaporeans across races. Claiming curry as a dish enjoyed by all Singaporeans, a “cook a pot of curry” day was declared by a group of citizens and went viral across social media. The incident temporarily overshadowed even the local presidential elections, and caught international attention as part of the backlash against immigrants and foreigners in the city-state. 2022-01-11T07:59:36Z 2022-01-11T07:59:36Z 2017 Working Paper Kathiravelu, L. (2017). Rethinking race : beyond the CMIO categorisations. New Narartif, September 2017, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152310 https://newnaratif.com/rethinking-race-beyond-the-cmio-categorisations/ https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152310 en New Narartif, September 2017 © 2017 The Author(s). All rights reserved. This paper was published by Observatory Southeast Asia Ltd in New Narartif and is made available with permission of The Author(s). application/pdf Observatory Southeast Asia Ltd
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Rethinking race : beyond the CMIO categorisations
description The Singaporean media, online civil society space and even parliament was abuzz in August 2011 over an incident where a Singaporean Indian family had limited the cooking of curry in their home after their neighbours, an immigrant Chinese family, had complained to the local mediation centre about the offensive smell of the dish being prepared. The outcome of the mediation, which involved the Indian family agreeing to cook the strong-smelling dish only when their neighbours were not at home, caused furor amongst Singaporeans across races. Claiming curry as a dish enjoyed by all Singaporeans, a “cook a pot of curry” day was declared by a group of citizens and went viral across social media. The incident temporarily overshadowed even the local presidential elections, and caught international attention as part of the backlash against immigrants and foreigners in the city-state.
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title Rethinking race : beyond the CMIO categorisations
title_short Rethinking race : beyond the CMIO categorisations
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