[VoxMSI.Rogue]

I think a lot of "racism" isn't genuinely because people don't like the race involved or have some form of hatred toward them, but more that they are angry and struggle to articulate their anger in a way that leaves out the need to blame race or even mention it.

Realistically in her situation, she never had to mention the races of those involved, nor the sex, nor the age. None of those things actually influence why she was angry and I think this is the case a lot of the time.

We have been unfortunately conditioned to directing our anger in a way that describes those involved "That Asian driver" "That woman driver" etc when those descriptive features actually don't have any influence on the situation at hand. Instead of "That person was a shit driver" someone may say "That Asian lady is a shit driver"

I don't think most of what people perceive as being "racist" is actually really truly racist, more so a lack of being able to put into words the anger they are feeling.

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	nirvAnA:	really well said! :)
	Cyanide:	my sentiments exactly

[FSNiseH]

She made some asshole comments on her private social media, unless they were related to her workplace in some way, she shouldn't have been fired. I don't really see the comments as racist either, but asshats and white knights will be what they are I suppose.

[FS.Kezz]

Originally Posted by FSBattleToaster

She made some asshole comments on her private social media, unless they were related to her workplace in some way, she shouldn't have been fired. I don't really see the comments as racist either, but asshats and white knights will be what they are I suppose.

We don't know if there was anything written in her employment contract about social media and the like though. They may have an attitude that any potential liability in terms of 'personal comments' made over social media can't be treated lightly.

[Cyanide]

Originally Posted by FSBattleToaster

She made some asshole comments on her private social media, unless they were related to her workplace in some way, she shouldn't have been fired. I don't really see the comments as racist either, but asshats and white knights will be what they are I suppose.

Social norms and context dictates what can and cannot be said in your country. In an area that is wary of Muslim sensitivities, I can see why she got fired. Seeing as how much of a shit storm it became, her employers cannot stand by and condone such actions (especially an organization such as NTUC, which stands for National Trades Union Congress).

No one should police social media, so self-censorship is important here. Which she obviously failed to do.

These moral white knights that above posters mentioned, I cannot tolerate though. STOMP has that unfortunate side effect, on the grounds of being a site for "citizen journalism" (read, Gutter Journalism).

Lastly, I just want to say that there's no such thing as "private" social media. In my opinion, as long as you willingly post anything on the internet, it belongs to the public sphere.

[nirvAnA]

Rogue made such a brilliant post It echoes exactly what she says in this recent interview from Stomp.

"Amy Cheong said one of the reasons why she took to facebook to vent her frustrations against a Malay wedding at the void deck was because she had been faced with a noisy neighbour for the past few weeks. She was flamed and subsequently sacked for her racist comments.

Ms Cheong said: "It just never stopped. There were funerals, karaoke sessions, and weddings. Not to mention that my neighbours' flats were undergoing renovation. There were loud drilling sounds as early as eight in the morning."

On Saturday, the former National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) assistant director of the Membership Department said she was "really cranky" and "there was someone screaming into a microphone". She had been looking forward to the weekend to get some rest.

It had nothing to do with race, but was about the situation, Ms Cheong claimed in the phone interview. She said she also didn't think carefully about what she was saying because she was just venting her frustrations."

Oh and Amy actually fled back to Perth where she got her degree! No danger of Void Deck weddings there!