Comments on: What Does “Ang Moh” Mean? A Question Of Racism, Or Not!

By: Frankie Balls

Frankie Balls — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:45:36 +0000

Whenever some Stinkaporean uses that term I immediately start calling him or her “Chink” “Slant-Eye” “Rice Dick” “Zipper Head” “Gook” etc…to give them a taste of their own racist bullshit. Stinkapore is 100% racist, ESPECIALLY the little Chinese Chinamen! Hahahahahaha

By: angryChinaman

angryChinaman — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:54:07 +0000

phucking a, who gives a pluck! I live in Kalifornia, I aint from China, and mofos call me chinaman, is that racist? is it racist for me to despises all crackers … oh wait, yeah i guess it is. j/k. only dummas angmohs who are racists. cool blog, yo!

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 10 May 2010 00:59:17 +0000

Ang Mo literally means ‘red haired’ it’s a Mandarin derivative of the Cantonese term ‘Gweilo’ In this context the red hair is not because some Europeans have red hair, but because Devil’s have red hair, this term did not originate in Singapore.

And to the guy above, please pick a nationality, you cannot be both an Indian and a Singaporean as they are both Nationalities, not races.

By: Singaporean in Oz

Singaporean in Oz — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:13:52 +0000

All the western expats posting here , I’d suggest that you try not to whine too much about being addressed as ”angmohs”. I was once called a black bastard by some white Aussies on account the fact that I’m an Indian Singaporean, but I chose to accept it as an inevitable part of living in a country where I stick out as a member of a very visible minority community. Maybe you should take a leaf from my book instead of whinging about supposedly racist Singaporeans.

By: kwok

kwok — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:22:55 +0000

I think you all should go and read Wittgenstein. Haha!

By: despic

despic — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:31:31 +0000

Hi, to my understanding the term ang moh is a hokkien term for the dutch actually. Because the state of fujian, a coastal area saw much fighting against the dutch and as they were probably one of the first few westerners they saw and they tend to have reddish hair, the name stuck. And as most of Singapore’s Chinese population were from Fujian, thus the term was brought here yup.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:15:17 +0000

Its kinda racist to call europeans and caucasians ‘ang moh’. But i guess Singaporeans had a habit of calling them that. I was at Macdonalds today and a secondary guy said “WOW i didn’t know (this secondary school) got ang moh leh!” right infront of the caucasian. Its kinda rude. Peace. Haha but white guys are really hot :) HEHEHEHE :)

By: Harker

Harker — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:37:09 +0000

I was regularly called ‘Whitey’ and ‘Ang moh’…and I’m in UK! Had flatmates from H-K, KL and China. Irony is, I do have red hair. But I still feel a bit annoyed…I’d never call anyone a ‘chinky’…why they pick on me, leh?

By: bloggerrrzzz

bloggerrrzzz — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:48:51 +0000

but i don’t understand one thing, why do Singaporeans (locals i mean) worship white-skinned people? If ang moh is used as a racist term, why do these locals still want to get married to them and live with them and work under them? Is it because they associate white skin with money and power and prestige??? pretty materialistic lah!

By: lihai

lihai — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:52:02 +0000

actually singaporeans in particular, and asians in general, are just racist – the very term ‘ang moh’ is already a classification by race first, and individual identity later. between asian singaporeans, we are equally racist, just think ‘manja’, ‘kelingkia’ etc. what makes such terms racist or derogatory is that they are not used by the cultural group, but were rather given by another group who derived the name based on external characteristics, such as the colour of the skin. that said, i still can’t get out of using angmoh.