Chinese in Singapore and Social Groups

North America: Around the world, I’ve seen dominant social groups — be it whites in North America, Chinese in Singapore, Brahmins in India or privately schooled aristocrats in Britain — look at a playing field that tilted in their own favour and perceive it to be level, according to Toronto Star. Study after study shows it to be anything but. That people adopt Anglicized names or erase work experience with ethnic groups came as news only to non-minorities. Yet, if I had a dollar every time a white male — the least discriminated human on earth — said to me, If you and I walked into a job interview, you’d be the one to get it, I wouldn’t need that job. The Canadian self-image of unique multicultural inclusiveness also allows many to dismiss discrimination as a trump card of the overly sensitive or a refuge of the mediocre.A 2004 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research in the U.S. found that a white name yields as many more callbacks as an additional eight years of experience compared to black names.A similar 2011 study of 7,000 hypothetical resumes by University of Toronto researchers showed resumes with English-sounding names are 35 per cent more likely to receive callbacks than resumes with Indian or Chinese names. The idea that skills are a bonus if you are a minority is purely anecdotal and speaks more to white insecurity in Canada rather than reality. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.