I'm Korean and I have lived in Singapore for 10 years and now I'm living in Malaysia for about 5 years now, and I can tell you that in Singapore it is almost racism-free country. But in Malaysia...as users have already mentioned above, racism is stil...
I think teachers slapping their students is not a good idea but public punishments like canning are necessary.
Some of you guys have to understand that few teachers are humiliated and bullied by some of the bad bunches in some schools.
This is why...