Racial Harmony Day 19th July 2010
How did fellow Singaporeans managed to live in harmony with one another despite the difference in their skin colour, religious views and cultural beliefs? On 19th July 2010, the secondary one and three students learnt all about it during R2ISE lessons.
In 1E3 classroom, Shermaine Yim and her friends sat down in group and interviewed one another regarding the importance racial harmony day. "If we were to be like in 1963, racial riots, where everyone were just concern about their own races, Singapore wouldn't be united and strong like what we are today," she shared. "We can be a stronger Singapore if we respect and take time to learn about one's culture and religion."
On the other hand, Fion Teo from 3e1 and Geraldine Tan from 3e5 shared how they feel regarding racial harmony day. Geraldine said, "After watching the video, about the Singapore rojak, A blend of culture, I realized that only when everyone is aware of racial harmony and the reason why it is important to have racial harmony then we can build a more united Singapore with a stronger bond within one another." "Singapore is indeed made up of people of different races, if we can't live harmoniously together, how can we work together to build a better Singapore?" Fion exclaimed.
We are a blend of different races, cultures and religions. We have so many different views. However, we are still able to work well with each other because we learn to respect each other. The importance of racial harmony day, showed us Singapore can't go forward towards better future, if we show ignorance to others of different races.
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