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A review by enadeline
This Is What Inequality Looks Like by Teo You Yenn
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.75
The best part about this book is Teo You Yenn’s ability to make a mostly academic book, (in reference to the way it is written, its format as a series of essays, references to other studies, etc.), personal and moving in ways that most research papers can’t. When you talk about inequality you are ultimately talking about people - real people, whose lives should not just be subject to a research paper. To talk, write, read about inequality is deeply uncomfortable and Teo’s personalisation (inserting herself in her academic research), makes this book so great.
Minus points because while she covers a breadth of issues and people (public policies, housing and living spaces, youth / kids, social workers, and much more), a couple pages on race (a single short chapter) omits a large chunk of the conversations that should be had about inequality, especially in Singapore. Race and inequality, everywhere but especially in a country like Singapore that masks itself behind racial harmony and multiculturalism to avoid topics about race, are inextricably linked to class and inequality.
Minus points because while she covers a breadth of issues and people (public policies, housing and living spaces, youth / kids, social workers, and much more), a couple pages on race (a single short chapter) omits a large chunk of the conversations that should be had about inequality, especially in Singapore. Race and inequality, everywhere but especially in a country like Singapore that masks itself behind racial harmony and multiculturalism to avoid topics about race, are inextricably linked to class and inequality.