Thinking Aloud
A class apart? Meritocracy, social mixing and effects on national unity
Less diversity among younger S'poreans' networks means more must be done to boost meaningful interaction to bridge gaps
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A study of 13 dimensions of diversity, such as gender, age, race, educational level, attendance in elite schools and housing type, has found that it is class segregation - a lack of social mixing between elites and non-elites, and between public and private housing residents - which emerges as the most prominent fault line among Singaporeans, not race or religion.
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A friend told me that having lived in a condominium all her life, she grew up thinking she was poor.
"You see, all my classmates lived in landed houses," she said.
