Lee Kuan Yew was the first prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. During the turbulence of the 1960s, he wanted to keep Singapore in Malaysia. However, ethnic conflict between Chinese and Malay prevented this. This rare footage demonstrates Lee Kuan Yew's views on ethnicity. We are different ethnically and culturally, but that does not mean we cannot live and collaborate with one another. People with racial supremacist convictions will destroy society. Lee Kuan Yew realized this and never supported racial segregation after the 1964 race riots. He once stated "we will not as a majority squeeze the minority... we made quite sure whatever your race, language, or religion, you are an equal citizen and we'll drum that into the people."
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