Trading Spouses vs Racism

I was having my lunch in front of the telly (yeah bad habit, I know) when this show was aired on Channel 5.

Trading Spouses (often advertised as Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy) is a FOX reality show in which two families, usually of different social classes, swap wives or husbands for a week. Each family is awarded $50,000, with the stipulation that the guest mother decides how her host family must spend the money.
- Wikipedia.org

Watching this show made me realise the racial discrimination in our country is nothing compared to that elsewhere. It's so brazenly obvious it's like spotting a mat in Singapore. (Speaking of which, I don't see bengs and lians these days... the big question: extinction or evolution?) One of the families in today's episode is african-american, so the black guest mom who was swapped into the white family was having problems settling down because of her skin color.

Sensing the tense relationship between the new mom and his daughters (who were bitches btw), the white husband invited the extended relatives for some bbq thingy at his place hoping that that would ease things a little bit. However, ALMOST ALL HIS RELATIVES were giving the black mom weird stares! In her interview, she even said something along the lines of "Is it because I'm black?" (which also reminded me of Ian and his Mad TV craze) One granny came up to her and asked: "What nationality are you?" in a disgusted tone while looking like she just humped a horse and regretted the sensation.

Thankfully, it is not as bad here in SG, though it can get very irritating at times. Building a racially harmonious society is something which I think can be physically achieved but it's never mentally attainable. Deep in the hearts and minds of everyone, there is bound to be slight resentment, if not a lot, for other ethnic groups. This society of ours is so diverse, so multicultural THERE IS NO WAY ANYONE CAN BE ABSOLUTELY TOLERANT. Even as I am saying this, I can just easily quote many instances which can result in such resentment for one another. Having said that, the intolerance we have now doesn't usually get physical, thankfully, unlike in the 60s.