The teenager, who is of Chinese ethnicity, identified as a white supremacist
I don’t get people some times.
Just another loser desperately seeking a group to accept them.
Sometimes your wyrd is just to be the village outcast. Ain’t right or wrong, just is.
Lots of Chinese seem themselves as white. And plenty of Asians consider lighter skin to mean wealth and upper class.
Is this specific to some region? I’m Singaporean and I don’t see this kind of view here. If anything, there’s quite a bit of casual racism towards white people here.
It’s a term which divides specifically on colour for white and black people, but not others. I’m darker than Asian friends of mine so it makes sense they could say they are whiter. Staying out of the sun here is a way to stay pale and a sign of status.
By early 2023, the teenager had developed an intense hatred of communities typically targeted by far-right extremists, including African Americans, Arabs and LGBTQ individuals, said ISD.
“Fuelled by online extremist rhetoric, he came to believe that African Americans were responsible for a significant percentage of crime in the United States, and deserved to ‘die a horrible death’,” it added.
“He also perceived illegal Arab immigrants as having committed violent attacks against white populations in Western countries.”
ISD said the teenager subscribed to the Great Replacement Theory commonly referenced by far-right terrorists like the Christchurch attacker, which propagated the idea that the indigenous white population in Western countries were in danger of being replaced by non-white immigrants.
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“Specifically, he shared his interest to conduct a mass shooting in the US in 10 years’ time in a far-right online chat group,” said the ISD.
This is clearly in relation to American style white supremacy, nothing to do with Asian views towards skin colour.
Good points, but why, because he sees himself as white or different from darker people (such as black people)? Or that he sees himself as an indigenous Singaporean and fears of being replaced too? Ironic, as his position is similar to that of the white population in New Zealand, neither are indigenous.
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Not to detract from your point but indigenous Singaporeans are of Malay descent whereas the guy here is of Chinese descent.
Yes, as I mentioned, it is similar to that of white people in New Zealand, neither they nor him are indigenous, yet the argument was used by the Christchurch attacker.
Too much time on 4chan or some other similar site if I was to guess. Kid needed some time away from the keyboard.
The way they seem to approach enforcing this legislation seems to be very thoughtful, but this is uncomfortably close to prosecuting thought crime.
Singapore, as ever, is an interesting and novel place.
Disneyland with the death penalty
Well the same organization has been used to capture political opponents previously.
It is in fact thought policing. The law come up after communist insurgent as a terrorism prevention law, detaining anyone that’s suspected having any link toward the communist party or having thought of causing riot, and after Singapore/Malaysia split, it remain until this day. The result: Singapore is one of the safest city in the world, as long as you don’t step out of line.
there are many “non-white” white supremacists. if they were bright, they wouldn’t be bigots.
Self-hate is one hell of a drug.
I imagine him to be a Joe Rogan cosplayer, with like, a big toe hat.
Something akin to Japanese cowboy enthusiasts.
Asians sometimes are pretty funny people.
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