Episode 6: Majority-Minority Dilemma

If we're lucky, some of us might go through life without having to experience racism. But for most of us who've moved away from our home countries, we do so with the knowledge that racism is just around the corner. This change in your social positioning can be quite jarring and disorienting if you've been privileged enough to have belonged to the majority group for most of your life. It might make you question how complicit you've been to racism back home. How do you deal with the feelings of guilt and shame that arise while trying to take care and heal from the violence and fear you feel in your new home? In this episode, we speak to Ellison Tan, a Singaporean-Chinese actor, about this dilemma. She moved from Singapore to London at the height of COIVD-19 and the subsequent anti-Asian hate, the latter of which she had to deal with in London

Our Guest

Ellison Tan Yuyang is a Singaporean-Chinese performer, playwright and educator. She is a Core Team Member of The Finger Players. She is also a Co-Founder of The Wanderlings – the first Singaporean collective to create baby theatre.

Ellison’s background is in puppetry, playwriting, the Suzuki Method of Actor Training and Viewpoints. She was conferred the National Arts Council Arts Scholarship in 2020 to pursue a Masters in Theatre for Young Audience.