Chapter 4: What is diversity?

Question 1

What examples of common experiences are there in SG?

Answer 1

National Service, schooling in public schools, saying of pledge, singing of national anthems

Question 2

How does religion shape our identity?

Answer 2

Religion is a set of belief and practice a person follows and it shapes the way a person interacts with others, the choices they make and their thinking.

Question 3

What does blue collar worker mean?

Answer 3

Blue-collar worker refers to workers who engage in hard manual labor, typically agriculture, manufacturing, construction, mining, or maintenance

Question 4

What does white collar worker mean?

Answer 4

White-collar worker usually works in an office or other professional environment.

Question 5

What does PMET stand for?

Answer 5

Professional, Managers, Executives and Technicians

Question 6

People of the same nationality share…

Answer 6

People of the same nationality share

common history,
common set of traditions,
common practices,
common language

Question 7

What does SES stand for?

Answer 7

SES = Social-Economic Status

High SES (could be born into wealthy families, usually have better access to better housing, food, vacations)

Medium SES (generally those who worked in offices (aka “white collar”) usually the PMETs

Low SES (generally those who worked the “blue collar” jobs which do not require much skills and earn lower pay. Some of them requires financial assisstance from the govt)

Question 8

What does Income inequality mean?

Answer 8

Income inequality may result when income gaps between the higher and lower socio-economic groups widen over time.