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same media, same bullshit
Important to remember, as many folks have pointed out, the larger point to this (long-running) debate: how, in this country, Sino-centric or -proximate cuisines are exalted, while those judged Malay or South Asian are arbitrarily associated with social and biological deviancy.
For more historical context, see this thread: https://twitter.com/heymysara/status/1252942454422007808
If there's a silver lining to all this, it's that minorities now know what to do to prevent local media from fanning moral panics about their cuisines.
Just slap the label "Peranakan" in front of their dishes.
Just slap the label "Peranakan" in front of their dishes.
Since the tweet is gaining some traction, please translate (to the extent that you can) your rage into funds for migrant workers & the working poor 
@waresinfoshop's mutual aid: https://twitter.com/waresinfoshop/status/1245299545757478913
@home_migrantssg's fund for migrant workers: https://www.giving.sg/humanitarian-organisation-for-migration-economics/covid19andbeyond
@waresinfoshop's mutual aid: https://twitter.com/waresinfoshop/status/1245299545757478913
@home_migrantssg's fund for migrant workers: https://www.giving.sg/humanitarian-organisation-for-migration-economics/covid19andbeyond
A fantastic thread (yall should retweet!) that goes beyond this current culinary debate. It also deals with a particular ahistorical argument that accompanies the current glorification of Chinese Peranakan culture & cuisine. https://twitter.com/laurelinarien/status/1304314919085510657
