Ask the Expert: dealing with and preventing racism

“Eww dirty”, “Chinese have slanted eyes” - Heard of these stereotypical statements/remarks about your race at least once? We all have heard stories about people being bullied, discriminated or attacked, due to their race. Imagine your child is the one in that situation, how would you feel? 🤔 As parents, you are your child’s role model and you have the ability to change their mindset 🧠 To better understand this topic, we have invited Rany Moran - Certified life coach, trained counsellor and parenting expert to answer your questions on dealing and preventing racism amongst children 🧒🏻👧🏽 We all have to start somewhere, so why not use our platform to learn more about it? Start commenting your questions before our session to be aware of what’s currently happening 🤓

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Racism in Singapore and Southeast Asia - why it still exists and how we can break the cycle?

Rany Moran

Parenting expert, certified life coach, trained counsellor and mother of two

4y ago

Racism in Singapore and Southeast Asia (and the world, really) still exists because many still view such topics as taboo, and tend to avoid such conversations to address and potentially overcome racism. Many also disregard or deny that these issues even exist. So how do we break the cycle? We need to start confronting it, and start making the change from our home. Change is painful but necessary, and it is worth it. We need to prepare ourselves and our children to understand the issues, what are the sensible and responsible responses to model after, and how to embrace and accept everyone else’s differences. We are all brought up differently, speak different languages, behave and react in contrasting ways, but at the end of the day, we must approach diversity of every form with much understanding and empathy. That’s how we will overcome discrimination.

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