The perceptions of Chinese privilege and meritocracy in Singaporean Chinese : re-examining the myth of meritocracy and the hidden discourse about racial barriers and privileges in Singapore

• Main Author: Ng, James Kok Boon
• Other Authors: Kamaludeen Bin Mohamed Nasir
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69999
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The purpose of this paper is to delve deeper into the recent conversations that put the issue of ‘Chinese privilege’ at the forefront of the racial discourse in Singapore. By utilizing class-based concepts, this paper is able to show the intrinsic relationships between the emergence of the ‘Chinese...