Majulah Singapura! 
SINGAPORE: Raffles Institution (RI) has taken disciplinary action against a student who dressed as a dark-skinned delivery rider on Racial Harmony Day, said its principal on Thursday (Jul 25).
A photo of the student wearing a mask with the face of a dark-skinned man, along with long-sleeved foodpanda uniform made its rounds on Reddit on Wednesday, and the thread quickly garnered reactions online.
The photo was captioned: "What RI students wore for Racial Harmony Day".
In response to queries from CNA, RI's principal Aaron Loh said the student who was "dressed inappropriately" had taken the photo "as part of current trends around social media memes involving a basketballer".
"He had no intention to make fun of any group or community," he added.
The students had earlier been advised that they could dress in traditional ethnic attire for the Racial Harmony Day if they would like to, said Mr Loh.
The students involved have been counselled to remind them of the importance of being sensitive to the feelings of others, and to be mindful of their actions, he added.
CNA has reached out to RI for more information, such as the details of the disciplinary action taken against the student.
In 2020, an old photo of a group of RI students in blackface was resurfaced on social media, drawing backlash online.
In the photo taken in 2016, a student believed to be of South Asian descent was surrounded by 10 others who donned black beauty face masks.
One of the former RI students later issued an apology for the "stupidity and racist actions".
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Warm smell of mtn dew , rising up from my hair
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a couple chuds
My eyes grew heavy and my DC grew light
I had to stop for the night
There krayon (sister toucher) stood in my DMs
I saw the little red bell
And I was thinking to myself
"This could be marsey or this could be heck"
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I thought I heard them say
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Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the gay
dating cat site
Any time of year (Any time of year)
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She got a lot of big butt neckbeards she calls simps
How they screech in her comments, begging for a tap
Some beg for attention, some beg to forget
So I called up Aevann
"Please bring me my awards."
He said, "We haven't had that discount here since October 24th"
And still those chuds are flaming from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the day
Just to hear them say
Welcome to the homosexual
cat site
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the gay
dating cat site
What a nice surprise
I only saw goatse twice
UwUs on my haters
The Olde english on ice
And he said "We are all just visitors here, on your own device"
And in the Jannie groomercord
They gathered for the beast
They stab it with their ban awards
But they just can't kill the OGs
Last thing I remember
I was doxxing chtorr
I had to find the passage back to the clique I was in before
"based," as the moon man says
"We are programmed to hate,
You can log out any time you like
But you can never delete!"
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