Race in China

[adrianlondon]

it's quite annoyed to see people to pretend Bruce Lee (Aiyaayayayyayaya! Kung fu! ) all the time when they know where I come from

There's an episode of Family Guy where ... oh it's better just to watch it ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkD2FbTHnaw

[Don_Horhe]

Well, here's an interesting thing I heard from a friend who studies in Nanjing:

One of her classmates, a girl from Poland, has a black boyfriend. Nothing wrong with that, perfectly fine. One day said boyfriend decides to go buy something from a street market and the woman at the stall wouldn't take the money from his hand, being afraid to touch him just because he's black. She offered him some sort of basket to put the money in but he refused (I'd have done the same). After a short argument, the guy walked away without paying because the woman refused to take the money from his hand and he refused to give it to her in any other way. He was sent off with screams "Go back to your own country.", "You don't belong here." and etc., I don't want to go into further detail, I'm assuming everyone gets the picture.

I'm NOT saying this applies to all Chinese, but the fact that such things still happen in the 21st century is, at least for me, quite disturbing.

[Kenny同志]

I apologise to this black friend for his unhappy experience.

[mcgau]

A sweaty woman in a wet market, possibly selling a basket of Bai Choy, refused to take money from a black because she believed his hand is dirtier than her. She even yelled and screamed at him. "You don't belong to here! Get out of my country!"

I'm not suggesting that there's no racism in China. The Chinese language is never lack of racism expressions, but this woman looks so extraordinarily odd.

In my experience, if Chinese people have problems with skin color and racial traits of anyone, they mumble in your back. Yelling and screaming at non-Chinese,especially a black, could be juicy and extraordinarily weird enough to make a news headline or a talking point for a blog, like this one:

http://www.chinasmack.com/pictures/chinese-black-couple-shanghai-metro/

[Outofin]

Racism enters a new year/decade too. See Newsweek's prediction

A Backlash Against European Racism

It doesn't mention the continual attacks on Indians students in Australia, another worrying sign.

[gougou]

I apologise to this black friend for his unhappy experience

Isn't apologizing on somebody else's behalf just because he happens to be of the same nationality (or race) a form of racism, too?

[imron]

It doesn't mention the continual attacks on Indians students in Australia, another worrying sign.

Actually what is more worrying is that these attacks are not just on Indian students (although those seem to be the globally reported ones), but appear to be increasing across the board regardless of race/background.

[Outofin]

Isn't apologizing on somebody else's behalf just because he happens to be of the same nationality (or race) a form of racism, too?

Let's try not to extend the concept too much. Otherwise affirmative act would be called a racist policy.

Or we can say there is "good racism" and "bad racism".