The demands of (dis)placement, the micro-aggressions of multiculturalism: performing an idea of "Indianness" in Singapore

• Main Authors: WOODS, Orlando, KONG, Lily
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Multiculturalism; superdiversity; micro-aggression; performance; Indianness; Singapore; Asian Studies; Race and Ethnicity
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3585
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper explores the ways in which state-defined discourses of multiculturalism can unintentionally create a framework through which micro-aggressions are enacted against those interpreted as “other”. These definitions cascade down from the state to majority and then minority ethno- national grou...