On an event of racial slurs, made by a few primary school friends of mine, I was a bystander who witnessed such comments. I did not agree with what they have said, since they targeted at the skin color of other races. However, I did not have the moral courage to stop them, since they were the main group of friends of mind. However, a teacher of other race (specifically from the race my friends were making fun of) heard the comments. She was greatly offended and brought all of them to the principal. On that, such acts were made known to the whole school and the principal also made an official warning.
She explained how serious such comments can get. Not just affecting the harmonious of a multi-racial country like Singapore, also, it can have a great mental impact on a person hearing such remarks.
Upon that, I felt guilty. Even though I did not participate in the discussion, I had not stop them. I feel that I should have done a part, to educate my friends how they should cherish the multi-racial characteristic of Singapore. Instead of making racial slurs, there could be even more to learn from other races. Thus, after this incident, not only had I contributed to much stoppages of racial slurs, I also tried to understand the people of other races.
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