It's all right to be wrong, sometimes

• Main Author: TAN, Seow Hon
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Law and Race; Law and Society; Race and Ethnicity
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2471; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4429/viewcontent/ItsAlrightWrong_ST2005May.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Racist comments made by some youths have spawned many reactions from Singaporeans. This presents another interesting issue: Do these reactions themselves evince the kind of intolerance of a diversity of opinions which they are attacking? When and how can we differ without being intolerant and disres...