@@degummybearexactly… he’s a damn weirdo.. approaches a “black” guy then scoffs and acts like “OMG THEY ARE RACIST TOWARDS YOU?IMPOSSIBLE!”.. absolute clown
Chinese are maybe the biggest racists on the world, talking about chinese people in China, towards blacks and whites..everyone that isn't asian, that's absolutely horrendous
I'm also a laowai living in china (although of the mayonnaise variation) and i also get stares and sly photos/videos. Especially when i go out with my baby. I know they don't mean any harm, but its so uncomfortable 😔
Went to Shanghai, people stared so bad we didn't want to go outside. Couldn't get a cab on our own then one day this old Chinese guy helped us in the grocery store and saw us outside trying to get a cab, he got one for us smiled and said "have happy day" that was years ago but we never forgot him.
that's so heartwarming. i'm sorry the former is something you had to experience at all though. some people are so ignorant. but i'm happy that you came across a kind man like that
He realises he went to China by choice, and it is what it is. If you’re going to travel the world, you need to be chill. Everywhere you go does not magically turn into wherever you are from.
Not really to clean it. They think that he's using some sort of makeup that they have never seen before. So they are trying to rub it to see if they can see his "real " color. Then they look surprised when it doesn't come off!!
As an ex black guy who used to live in China, I followed the advice of local people and took a shower. I am happy to report that I am now white and living with a positive credit score.
now i want to paint myself into a black a guy just to convince them that it can be cleaned so that when real nigga shows up they say''i swear that it worked last time"" anyways its time to put forks into the fridge to confuse my parents
So, why do you think that happens in China? Is it because the lack of education and lack of knowledge from the government, and the lack of introductory of foreign countries' influences make them act like you just described? Because by readiny from your testi, i would lean towards that.
@@World_of_Drama you're right. It's probably the lack of having access towards outside of their media because the government filtered what goes in the media especially from america. From what I heard the people from the mainland doesn't even have access to disney or any of the western content. They don't have the knowledge that black people exist because of that. Forget about having a locs/draids, they don't think that your skin is black because you're born with it. It's the lack of ignorance and not having a broader knowledge.
@@sierras3655 How many people did that to him ? On what occassions？What's the relationship between them? Don't you think these are important factors to consider? If I go to the US and have a white girl friend there, can I simply say white girls love Asian guys?
I live in Vietnam. When the kids try to "clean" my skin or feel my hair I don't mind. If I'm not in the mood I politely decline. The adults though? I always give them a death stare regardless. Unless they ask, then I ask them why. If their response is satisfactory I let them feed their curiosity. If they can't even tell me why they want to touch me I'm gone.
I lived in Shenzhen and it was so infuriating and depressing. A friend took me to Hong Kong one weekend because she thought it might make me feel better and it did- they were way more open minded. That became my escape anytime I felt overwhelmed in China.
As a mainland Chinese I’m so sorry to hear about that.Hope you have a wonderful life in China sincerely. I think Chinese people will change the way They treat foreigner in the next decade, because older generation, almost low educated also the young people come from rural area.
@@jinzihenshuai Thank you so much for that, you are truly kind. Once I understood the culture and focused on the positive, I enjoyed myself and needed to escape less. I learned to treat everyone as individuals just as I wanted to be treated- if anyone didn’t treat me well, I’d simply move on. Didn’t take it personally and focused on positive people/experiences. That wasn’t until the end of my time there but I ended up enjoying it eventually. Again, thank you for the lovely reply.
I was visiting Malaysia and at a tourist site we met up with a group of Chinese tourists. I was the only black female in my group. I noticed their stares and fascination, but i choose to press the ignore button until one of them gathered courage and requested to take a photo with me...of course using gestures. I was a bit confused whether this was an insult or they were just being curious about my skin colour. Once in a while i sit and wonder how far into Chinese villages are my photos taking rounds.🤔
He dont have to go, blaccs know Asians dont like them, Indians dont like them, Whites dont like them, Middle Easterns dont like them, Hispanics dont like them. So visit your African countries & issue solved.
He’s right I went to china and everyone kept stopping me wanting to touch my hair. It got to the point where I just started to wear my bonnet OUTSIDE. After you’re stopped 10 times it’s like okay that was cool but then it started to become nonstop. It’s like their culture has no respect for people spaces. I was very uncomfortable and don’t get me started on the men. When you tell them no they think it means yes and it’s like I just don’t understand what the issue is? Do they not put themselves in other peoples shoes? Does that not exist in their minds??
I watched a black guy get surrounded by Chinese tourist while we were at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. I couldn't see over the crowd so I asked my husband who it was (thinking it was maybe an actor or pro athlete). Husband said he didnt recognize him. The crowd was taking pictures with him. Finally some room cleared and I asked the man who he was. He belly laughed and said "Im just a black dude from Atlanta. Want a picture?" We laughed along with him but said no to the picture, we live in Chicago. He screamed laughing saying we certainly know what other races look like. Summer 2019. Wild times. He had an amazing sense of humor about it.
@@skodekuhas nothing to do with covid chinese people just really have no concept of people from africa which is wild no? i mean maybe they’re just racist?
They are two completely different cultures, it's like comparing England with Spain. My first advice is to drop the casual "They look the same" racism before you go there
not really. He was obviously pretending to not know. everybody knows mainland Chinese people are the most xenophobic people on the entire fucking planet
He’s right. I was just there for 2 weeks. Some people looked at us and said we were either really pretty/handsome, and others thought we were disgusting. Either way, it was like paparazzi
It’s kinda surreal ain’t it?! Where in Asia were y’all? No one ever tried to rub my skin or nothing but I’ve had schools of children take pics of me and the crew, others asked to take pics of us - China may be a little different but other parts of Asia was all love all the time.
This was me in China too I’m a black woman they kept taking photos and videos of me without my permission, besides that discomfort given I have anxiety, everyone was friendly and welcoming for the most part
As black woman who lived in China for 7 years, avoid it at all costs if you’re black. Not worth the constant distress. I had circumstances trapping me there.
@@foodconner8095 love how u read the comment yet fail to acknowledge the last sentence. "I had circumstances trapping me there." That's the last sentence of the comment. If english is not your first language I'd recommend translating it to your mother tongue
Facts … I travel to Shanghai am Beijing. Went to the Great Wall of China, temples and gardens, and my friends and I as Black people get more attention than the attractions themselves. There was literally a line of people wanting to take pictures with us the weirdest thing..
I used to have the same problem when I was in elementary school because I'm an Asian in a American school and I guess it was the first time these kids have seen an asian
Did you made use of your situation? Make them pay each for a selfie with you 😂 I’m not black myself but an Arab I know it doesn’t come near to the racial experiences black people have but just saying I’ve also had racial experience
I was in China in 1983 , 1 year after opening to the west. I was blonde haired with blue eyes . We went to some villages where they had never seen a westerner before. I had my ear lobes touched as this is seen as a good omen. My father was treated like royalty as he had 4 sons. I stood out like a sore thumb being 12 years old . Yes they love to touch
I was in a rual part of Japan once, and a Japanese man, first yelled at me because my suitcase was too big, but then he rubbed my skin and licked his finger to see if I tasted like chocolate. Blew my mother effin mind.
As an 5 year old African child in Nigeria' many decades ago I remember the first time I saw a white person ,a nun ,she greeted me and reached out to touch me and I flinched and began to cry because I thought she had a disease that took away her browm skin colour and if she touched me I would get her disease too!!! It's funny the mind-set people have when they see people different from what they are used to for the first time.
It’s even worse because as people with melanin we have people with albinism whose skin turn very white so even if I never saw I white person we had white skinned black people in my family and family friends. I’ve heard they exist is africa as well but like wasn’t accepted or something al
Here's the thing, it's not really this generalised idea of racism we have now, it's just that people are stunned to see some thing out of the norm for them
I have a somewhat similar experience. As a kid I lived in a small town full of white people. The first time I saw a black person I ran to say hi... I thought it was the coolest thing in the world to have black skin... by that time I've had only seen black people in movies... so I thought it had to be someone famous! 😂😂😂
Yes, he's right. People in internal China don't get to actually see any block people. It's totally out of curiosity, but after a while it gets very annoying. The stares are CRAZY !!!!!
My very white blonde nephew was 10 when he was in China, people tried to take a picture with him touched his hair.whole family said that was a lot for the boy
On the contrary, you should be proud because they treat you like a celebrity. They never meant any harm, you just need to view that from a Wider Perspective and stop trying to be Negative about it and act like you're super scared just because people actually admire your beautiful hazel/blue/green eyes, your brown/hazel/blond hair. It's a form of Admiration because all they've seen their Entire Lives is Pitch Black hair, Light Coloured skin and Most of them never had the chance to go abroad to travel too, just because how poor they are.
@@MrSadified Well, i suppose we need to stop jumping into conclusion without trying to observe the cause and not just blame the effect right. Because the touching is part of the effect from a certain cause. When a rare to be seen beautiful Green person come to visit in a country full of .... for example Orange people, then it would just stand out in the crowd and the natural reaction would be to, "If i touch him, would that make me Orange as well?" "I've never seen a green person before in my entire life living in this orange world, should i touch him?" And this kind of symptom has been showcased inside alot of movies, where in the western world, they suddenly encounter a certain alien/a creature, these westerners would try so hard to Touch him/the creature, or gather and take photographs(the crowd admirers) and some even try to capture them(the collectors) and sell him with the highest bidder or put them into containment(thegov).
My dad worked a lot internationally. He was a 6'2" redhead. He loved Hong Kong...he hated China. For similar reasons. In China they would just reach out and pull his hair if he was seated to see if it was real. Hong Kong was chill and really accommodating to travelers.
Red heads are the most rare ppl in tje world. Even in White places(The Americas, Europe, Australia) ppl make fun a ya & touch u... imagine how ppl in Asia feel. Lol. It sounds weird, but most have never seen a red head much less even know theu exist (at least they KNOW black ppl are real whether they've seen em or not). Asians don't have the genetic makeup to have a red haired offspring. So if a red head marries an Asia. Woman the possibility of a child with red hair is zero percent (unlike every other race). Asia s are the only.one that cancel put the red hair gene. Genetics are crazy 😅
I studied in Beijing for nearly four years. This is absolutely true. I was sitting on a bench at my university snacking when a little girl ran up to me touched my leg and licked her finger. Her mother was so mortified she pulled her back and profusely apologized. I looked at the girl with dead eyes and said “我不是巧克力“/“I’m not chocolate” Good times lol Edit - It would’ve been adorable, if stuff like this didn’t happen all the time there. from people recording me on the train, taking pictures of me without permission, playing with my hair when I had braids, staring me down like I owed them money… Loved my time in China but things like this got old quickly. Lol
While I totally get that a lot of Asian countries are very homogenous societies, at the same time this s*** is just unreal. I mean black people are the oldest people on earth. We literally started civilization. And for them to act like they never heard of them or seen of them is crazy 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
It was the same thing for me in Japan. Most people in Tokyo were super chill because they had probably met a few black people before but people in the south were actually kind of standoffish. Racism usually is just an exposure/cultural thing
Bruh i lived in Japan where this happens aswell and staring back will only take valuable time out of your day. You just have accept your celebrity status and dont interract with the paparazi
That was not shock...the interviewer is a well round person. You can not be an reporter of sort and don't know what the fuck is going around, please. That's the game, he did not want explain his bullshit cultural behavior to this 6ft 5 300lb man. Next thing, act the fuck out of crazy to stay safe.
I'm Chinese living in Guangzhou China. We see black people quite frequently here. The black dude in this video said "they rub my skin", I can GURANTEE you that's impossible! Absolutely not a fact! You can ask any black people who had a chance to visit China ,they will tell you the truth. He is definately exagerating and twisting facts on purpose. Anybody who has a bit common sense won't believe what he said ! How come he said that shit? Or it's just a special arrangement of this channel? Unbelievable !
@@piercejiang6602I'm also living in China, I can tell you that I've seen the very thing you just denied. Don't fret though those 100rmb from the government will be deposited to your account soon for your comment.
@@piercejiang6602Guangzhou is a big city (the third biggest metropolitan area in China according to Wikipedia) right next to Hong Kong. I suspect that your experience ain't the norm in the rest of China. Especially in the rural parts.
@@piercejiang6602 your personal experiences doesn't change the this black man's reality. You could have been in a different place in China. Hell, I went to Japan back before 3/11, and people were very polite but someone did reach out and grab one of my braids. Not a child, a grown woman. He wasn't being mean, just more fascinated but I asked her to not do that. Other people asked and when I let them do it their all like marveling at it. I was with a group of other students, and I noticed that when we were in a shop one time the shop owner was blatantly keeping his eye on me and only me. It's not at all surprising for people that live in homogeneous societies would be marveling at seeing someone different in real life.
In 2018 I went on a medical internship in China for a couple of weeks and we went to Shanghai, Beijing and Xi’an along with a few small villages. We had 2-3 African American guys on the trip and one wore a NBA jersey. No joke, Chinese people were forming a line of 20+ people to take a picture with him because they thought he was a professional basketball player lol the other two guys were constantly getting touched but not in a bad way. The tour guide explained that majority of Chinese folks will never leave China and so they will never see diversity. So it’s pretty amazing to them to see a non-Chinese person.
@@dreabia4759It’s not that they are unfriendly to foreigners moving there, but rather not used to foreigners moving there and curiousity tends to override manners. I haven’t felt that they have really expressed any ill will to foreigners.
Asian countries are openly racially supremacist lol that’s why I find it hilareous when people who never left the USA but base world knowledge from TikTok say how bad America is for minorities. It’s not perfect but it’s literally the best place in the world to be a minority
a white friend of mine born in Macau speaks fluent Cantonese and English... Chinese went crazy when he opened his mouth and cussed them out in Cantonese ...
I spent 2 weeks in China when I was 17 as a young American ambassador. I did get a lot of stares as a black girl and some people even pointed and laughed. We went to the mall in Shanghai and a lady just came up behind me and pull my braids asking if my hair was real. It got kinda overwhelming as a I had never traveled outside the country before but there were also people who see you as a divine being and they are extra nice to you and are honored to take pictures with you. Some get it and some don’t. There’s racism everywhere 🤷🏽♀️
yeah i agree. racism is not a hot topic in china and people are never educated in this way, maybe sometimes a little patience is needed. but you still could see that many seniors don't even know what is called social distancing and respect. cuz i once saw a 60yo man laugh at a deaf girl just because the girl was talking to her friend with hands and the man thought it was funny😢
There is one time me and a group of like 10 went there (we black), and it's so true, especially when we visited the great wall, we were the attraction😭🤣
I was in China with other redheaded family members for a wedding. At the great wall an entire soccer team took pictures with us. Regularly we would be in public spaces and catch people taking photos of us secretly
@@thatsbruh5534 yeah, every city has at least that one friend with everyone type of Vietnamese person running a small shop who everyone knows no matter what. And in bigger cities it's generally hundreds, maybe not all Vietnamese but basically it's either Czech or Asian here.
Sound like they are tring to see if the skin has a different feel. I never ever thought to do that. It is just weard to touch people like that for amy reason.
As someone whose lives in China for two years, I can confirm. The weird looks you get especially from the old people who don’t even try to look away when you try to give them some eye contact. It’s funny and sad at the same time.
Honestly there is no excuse at this point, they have been on this earth long enough to know that there are other people that exist that aren’t Chinese, staring is one thing cuz their old but trying to rub off color is just sooooo odd
I’m mixed, and have lived in China for 10+ years. And I remember when I was younger strangers would would come up to me and start touching my hair (because I have naturally curly hair) and ask me of I did it myself. I would always laugh and say “yes, I curl each individual strand of hair every single day”
I got that once in Ulsan, South Korea in 2005, but he was just an innocent young child who thought I had rubbed some dark paint on my skin. His mum was totally embarrassed & she apologised, but my husband and I educated him & laughed it off. South Koreans are quite respectful and friendly.
Yeah, when my little brother was a toddler, he pointed to a black lady in the mall and asked me (I was walking him to the restroom) why her skin was dirty. I just about *died.* Thankfully, she didn't seem to notice.
Pathetic comment. Stop excusing their behaviour. There's black children in rural parts of African countries that don't act so thick when they they see a foreigner.
I saw my first black lady when I was 6. I was stunned. My brother told me the lady stayed under one of those big hair dryers too long. It was 1968 in ann arbor mich.
@@VeneerDept great question. First Asian I saw was my dentist. He was Japanese. I asked him what happened to his eyes and my mom pinched me. He laughed. I liked him immediately. He told me Chinese people ate dogs. That scared me.
When my daughter was 5 we were in McDonald’s and she ran up to a guy with one arm, grabbed his elbow and said what happened? The guy was really nice and told her it got off in a motorcycle accident. I was mortified. He told me not to worry about it. Kids are curious. I was too. Not trying to be racist.
It's crazy how little people know about history. The Chinese and the white people were in the same class. And they both oppressed the black and Japanese
@@andrewprahst2529 almost from the start. It's all been seen in the influence that the Chinese had on the Japanese. But it became more obvious when white people came to China and they picked up a thing or two from them.
@@dranchd6571it's not racism. It's a different culture and they're mostly curious. As an Asian, most countries here want white-ish skin. It's a sign of beauty here, plus black people have hairstyles and characteristics like curly hair/height, ofc they will stare. Your western mindset wouldn't understand Asia.
@vinobi3199 He said they wanted "to clean it", implying that he was dirty dude. Why do people pretend Chinese people are like little kids that don't know better. Plenty of us are capable of rational thought and basic kindness here.
@@loolool963u talking about em like they were some uncultured tribe with no knownledge of the outside world when its not the case. Its not like the case of Yasuke in the old japan where everyone were primitive. This is a modern society that treats this man like a fuckin exotic animal. In 2023. U know how fucked up that is???
@@Witty3272 the Chinese have colonized many parts of the world, especially Asia like Xinjiang, Mongolia, Tibet, Taiwan, Singapore, they are not indigenous to these land but either migrated or occupy by forced, once they have a foothold of any places, they will implement policies to make the Chinese population the majority population by priotizing Chinese migration and citizenships to these land, it happened to all those lands I named, if the native voiced up they will either be killed or captured and imprisoned. Chinese people are no different to European colonizers but the Chinese are much more manipulative, they will pretend to be your friend while thinking of ways to colonized your land. I hope Africa are well aware of the Chinese intentions in Africa.
@@TeleeFONE we're very much aware and we've been fighting galamsey( gold mining that extremely destroys land, waters) for years now. Seems our governments are indebted to the Chinese government else, I don't know how the perpetrators would only be deported and not made to face the consequences of our laws while petty thieves crowd and wallow in our prisons.
@@Witty3272im chinese and idk why china is like this a lot of ppl in china are friendly but some are just 👹👹 and rude so on my ethnicity countrys behalf, i am terribly sorry
@@symoneallijohn6241 Yeah, it was hard for me to wrap my head around it while I was there. Imagine taking the population of the United States, multiply by it 4, and stuck it in the geographic area east of mississippi. That is China.
Yeah my son has big blue eyes and blonde hair and when living in singapore. In the central city it wasnt so bad but out in the suburbs the aunties just would leave him alone touching him picking him up taking photos and selfies, and getting angry at me for not wanting them to. It was hard to just go from the apartment to the market because of being stopped by 50 people on the way. Unbearable is right
Let me tell you, mainland China is the most racist place on earth. I've been in Hong Kong and Taiwan and people barely look at you or bring it up, in China it's 100%. Not all people, particularly the students and well travelled, are that bad but the older generations and Xi's new Z-generation are the worst.
In school as a kid this family moved to the U.S and their daughter was in my class. And we had to hold hands when traveling in the halls and she said I needed wash my hands. I washed my hands 3 times before she said your hand is still dirty. She kept rubbing my hand and arm and she asked me why the dirt wasn’t coming off. “Girl because I’m black female. I can’t rub my skin color off”
@dominicsmallwood-zz8he Only because she didn't understand at first. She thought it was literally dirty. I can bet that's what happened. She wasn't being sweet and who cares about making someone asking that comfortable
This reminds me of a Japanese girl i studied with in the UK. I was the first black guy she's ever spoken to. She asked me one day if I had a lion , to which I replied "yes, he's so lovely! His name's Simba". I then asked her in return what color was her blood, to which she replied "red" then told her " oh really??? We Black people have blue blood" , And i swear to God she actually believed it.That day I realized how ignorant some people could be!
@@supremesloth105 well considering that china doesn’t care about all of this western feelings morals I get china because they don’t see black people ever so it would be like discovering a black guy
My sons are born in England, and we are all black. On a visit in Congo Democratic. My elder son, 13 then was very intrigued and asked me, " Dad, why is everyone here black?? I said it's an African country the population is predominantly black. he went silent then he goes " whao it feel strange???" His younger brother, 10 years old, was afraid of little chicken and chicks once, as they sneaked into a playground for children. Everyone was staring at him and laughing as he run back to our table. One woman asked me: "Your son isn't from around here, is he??? The was when me and my wife who is from Zimbabwe, both realised that it was the first time for him to see little chicks walking alive picking little stones on the ground following their mother. Consequently, I learnt from many situations like that they were not entirely like me, who grew up in Africa and studied and got married in England. They got better as we travelled more to the DR Congo. Now they can't stop asking me when we are going for holidays there. The whole exercise has turned out to be an expensive one financially since, especially at Christmas but rich culturally.
@@digital.frenchyknowing and experiencing are different things. I grew up with white parents but at 14 when I went to live with my Mexican family it was a shock, good but strange, to be surrounded by people who looked just like me for the first time ever. It's weird for kids. It sounds very realistic to me and probably anyone else that has ever been in that situation
@360VR insane no, he is used to diversity that's their generation that's the point here. My son best mate is Asian for his younger brother it's a white girl. That's how they know the world without color. In Africa for me the race card is non existent, amazingly for them it's a bit the reverse of that.
When I was in Korea my friend did the same thing. And I politely, yet sternly said my skin color does not wash off, it is not a costume that I can take off….my melanin is me.
@@andylarkin5779stop this thing please , there are people out there that they never seen a black guy , they live in a communist country with full of weird China things they're probably curious in their way which is a bit shameless and not normal for us but I do really believe they are not bad at heart to do something like that in purpose So you all stop taking it personally explaine them your boundaries and politely not to do it
@@andylarkin5779I disagree, it shows tolerance and patience. This person is respectful and understands that others don't have the same education or knowledge.
I worked with a girl who was from Central China, and moved here whenever she was 10. I once asked her what the most surprising thing about the United States was when she moved here, and she replied, “seeing Black people for the first time. I had always thought that they were a mythical creature like a unicorn.” 😅🤣🦄
I know good and darn well they have TV. Hell they the ones making them. They may not have ever seen a black person in person, but I’m sure they have seen them on tv, in the news. But then again maybe not, since they live in a highly censored country.
So true. They always try to rub your skin and they touch your hair and take pictures of you without your consent. They also get offended if you get offended.
This is the comment!!! I got so tired of them trying to sneak and take pictures with me. Or trying to get their kids in my pictures. And don't touch me!!! We're both finna be offended today! 😮💨
Me and my buddy were riding the train in Seoul. I'm white, he's black. Some Chinese tourist get on. *They start treating him like he is an exhibit in a zoo.* Bro I have no clue how he was so patient with them, because I was so annoyed and it wasn't even happening to me. Then again, he was always a chill guy. One of the many reasons we were friends.
As a blonde and blue eyed man in China, I was also an attraction with no rules. We were there with the family in 2006 and the people in the streets would wall up to my sister and randomly caress her hair and pull their fingers through it to feel what it was like. Imagine that happening 15-25 times a day. It really is unbearable.
A black woman said they’d touch her hair everytime she went out so much so that she had to wear honesta outside. She had it worse with the men because they though no meant yes and would intrude her personal space.
@@tunmiseowoade462 Pretty much the experience my sister had as well. I mostly had elderly people stand on the other side of the street and point and shout at me when I was working in Chengdu in 2014 lol.
As a Chinese person, I apologize for the way they acted. That’s just not human anymore. Chinese “appearance standards” are very strict. They treat anyone “different” from them like they aren’t humans anymore. This sickens me to my core. I’m truly sorry for anyone who experienced discrimination from the Chinese.
I saw that in Vietnam too. We were in a small town outside Da Nang & my coworker & I were eating lunch at a small bar & this teenager came up, w/o asking & pinched his skin to see if it was real. 😂 He said he'd never seen anyone like that before so he wanted to be sure.
Sorry for the bad experience, most of the time people are just curious cause we dont see colored people very often in our country, especially in small town, they dont get teached on how to behave in that situation, but i can assure you that we dont mean disrepect, sometimes people are just arbitrary
I met some mainland Chinese people while I was at Hong Kong Disneyland. They handed me their baby to take a picture with me like I was a celeb or something 😅 it was very awkward. I was thinking I could just take off with this damn baby lmao
When I visited China almost 12 years ago I visited a school in Tianjin as part of a cultural exchange program. I was shocked when a teacher (of all people) asked me why I was black? Where do you even begin to start in answering that question 😂! My initial response was that my parents were but she just looked back at me with a blank face. Then I proceeded to talk about the genetics of it (melanin etc) but I could see I lost her. The crazy thing is that I genuinely think her question was sincere. I struggle to understand how a teacher tasked with educating the next generation of Chinese citizens could be so ignorant.
as an asian person, allow me to explain. not all of us have seen black of white people in our entire life. in asian countries like china, korea, japan and vietnam. black skin is prefer to the poor class because only the poor work in poor environment such as under the sunlight all day, and can't afford for skin care. "only" the educated and wealthy can work in good environment with their skin barely expose to the sun. beauty standard in asia for god knows how long. lightskin > than black skin. we got nothing against you, just the standard that has been set for years before you even set foot here. your experiences was from 12 years ago. Do you have the slightest idea not any one could gain access to the internet back then? and the person who was your teacher back in their time clearly lack of the so-called computer and internet. yes it existed back then, but they don't have the privilege to access it. and do i need to say not everyone know the keywords to search for? say black person? when we didn't even know it existed?
@@TheZodiacRipper with the greatest respect, if you saw me you would realise how difficult it would be to come to the conclusion that I just had a sun tan 😅
@@soniachenzhang5994 Yes in English. I would like to give the benefit of the doubt but reading a number of people's experiences in the comments section makes me somewhat sceptical that this was simply an issue of miscommunication.
I mean, if they are sincerely trying to clean your skin, it's actually a bloody terrific opportunity to teach them of other skin colours in the world. It could be very eye opening for them.
No he's an idiot. What do you expect? Seriously. The majority of the world is going to treat you like this. Only white majority western Europe, the US and Canada are going to welcome someone that doesn't look like them. For thousands of years people didn't mix and I my one nation has any really success. All the other are falling apart.
I think it's because in some places in china they aren't allowed internet and they are only taught about Chinese things and not much about the outside world I was watching a podcast interview and the lady said that's pretty much how it is their in school I think she said she pretty much had to escape
Me and my bro when we were 7 saw a black guy playing basketball and we got very hyped because he must be from the NBA, and bro legit yelled "look, black people!"
I remember seeing a banned detergent commercial from Asia about a woman putting a black man in her washer, and a “clean” Asian man comes out, and she’s so happy and in love. Now that I think about it, it appears that there’s some cultural racism in Asia where they find black people as “dirty-skinned.” That’s fucked up.
As an asian, it depends on the country. Countries like china and Korea are racist with black skin people. But if you travel to a country like Malaysia, they will treat u normally because malaysia have 3 main races which is Malay, Indian malaysia & chinese malaysia.
@@shahirashamshulanuar3511can confirm this in the Philippines as well. Many SEA countries like fair skin (status and rich stigma) but they're not that racist vs those in East Asia since most in SEA have a lot of exposure to the sun. Can't just shame the majority of the local people in commercials now 😂
I grew up in SF, so I have a ton of Asian friends that I grew up with. Wasn't allowed to go to any of their homes because their parents and grand parents looked down on us. One of them said they were taught that our skin was dark because we were decendents of the devil.
