
We can always rely on Alfian Sa'at to articulate our thoughts and feelings into perfect prose. Regarding the issue of Toggle's I Want to be a Star and the galling blackface bit they did for yuks, the playwright wasn't too taken aback that it happened.
In fact, Singapore's media environment and its monolingual vernacular broadcast stations have been breeding ground for such insensitivity, he claims. Though ethnic quotas at HDB residences exist due to prevention of racial enclaves, Alfian finds that such a system doesn't exist in the media — thus creating virtual racial enclaves on each broadcast station.
Some highlights of his enlightening Facebook post: