An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
On Racial Harmony Day, ironically, I borrowed an astoundingly racist local book from the National Library Board, Singapore. The villain (??... meaning HAIRY) is described in explicitly racialised terms, and in contrast to all the other characters who were depicted as fair-skinned.
Quote: "Mao Mao is the school bully, everyone is afraid of him. Mao Mao is dark-skinned with a head of oily curls. Mao Mao does not respect anyone, not even the teachers."...
Racist children's book published by Marshall Cavendish Education
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