What Do The Chinese Think Of Black People (Blackface) | ASIAN BOSS 

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Let's be clear, Most people don't care about "DISCRIMINATION" unless it effects them.

“do you think putting black makeup on a chinese person is racist” “no i don’t think so , they’re just showing how the chinese PICTURE african people” .... our point exactly

when I was still living in China, we had an African American teacher who taught us English. He was the first foreigner I've seen, and all my classmates were so curious about him and followed him everywhere. We would play with his hair and cling onto him because he was super tall and always smelled really good. I think many people in China have never seen foreigners, and it's important to be educated so we don't disrespect them and their culture.

The black girl at the end seems like such an insightful and educated person. She provides really interesting commentary, I find.

Who came straight for the comments

am i the only one massively confused how they couldnt tell it was a chinese woman in makeup

7:18 "Misunderstandings come from the lack of communication" respect to the guy in Black Jacket

The African American lady hit the nail right on the head! A lot of racism in China comes from ignorance. It doesn’t come from hate, like it does in America. As a Chinese American who came here as an adult, I grew up in Hong Kong and could not imagine having a black friend back then. Now my best friend is a black woman. Ignorance is not always hate.

Horrible translation again, team. The guy said "in some cases", and the subtitle says"criminal cases". Can I volunteer to translate for Asian Boss? I love this channel but you guys clearly need help.

The girl in a yellow jacket and red hat seems educated and knows what’s right and wrong

2:28 she said "非洲朋友” or "African friend" not just "非洲演员“ or “African actress". Just to point out

damn i’m chinese and i didn’t even know there was a chinese word for the n word

That "darker than Obama" thing reminded me of how people would say "if you're darker than this paper bag, then we won't hire you" in early 20th century America. Interesting how history repeats itself even in different places with different histories.

The quality of the translation could be improved especially for a controversial topic

They were quick to cry racism when they were getting blamed and attacked for COVID, though.

"If you're the color of Obama then you're American but if you're darker then that you're African" I thought they said Asians were smart.

Sis in the second-half was awesome. She was so honest and intelligent I love her.

5:26 anyone else find this translation quite questionable? The girl was actually saying that “the whole place will smell nice”, but the translation actually reads “the whole place will smell”, which is the complete opposite of what she was trying to convey

Why should Africans and African Americans care about what the Chinese think. What's more important is how we view ourselves.

The American girl they interviewed was so eloquent and her insight was really interesting. She must be a great teacher, she seems very intelligent.

Misunderstanding comes from lack of communication ..A big yes to that👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

this was so well done. I learned a lot thru the interviews. It boils down to lack of communication

A video and comment section where everyone is expressing in a civilized non-emotionally-triggered way their different honest opinions without trying to push any ideology or strong political views. This is what proper dialogue and communication should look like. I loved this video.

Someone tell the girl with the beanie that she has my full respect, period

I like that the 'Black' girl interviewed acknowledge that other darker Blacks (African American or African) may have different or even worse experiences than she does. Kudos to her for being very open-minded. Great interview you guys!!!

It was quite enlightening to watch the interviews with younger and older Chinese people render their comments about Black people. I saw that the older Chinese people were more inclined to be more prejudiced and not as open-minded but still had a little willingness to understand more about Black people. The younger people were immediately more open-minded and looked beyond most stereotypes and expressed that communication and getting to know people better could reduce and prevent misrepresentation of Black people and all people and cultures. Great video!

WARNING: THIS POST IS NOT SOLICITING ADVICE OF ANY KIND!!!! IF YOU HAVE ADVICE DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT POST IT HERE UNLESS YOU ASK FIRST!!!! This was very enlightening as a black American. I’ve began looking at different countries to visit and see where I may want to live in a couple of years. I loveAsian culture and was excited to possibly visit China one day but after watching several RU-vid videos of several black female US Expat’s all but one say to steer clear of China because it is extremely racist. As a black American female the absolute last thing that I want to do is move from one generally racist country to another. This video did seem to help a bit and as with most things I’ll just have to go and figure it out myself. I agree with the young black lady that it did appear that many of the Chinese may just be ignorant but to be honest I’m exhausted from “educating” people. I just want to be free and live my life as an educated, humanitarian, woman of God who is open to experiencing different cultures and environments. I do understand that sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know and sometimes your intent was not to be insensitive because you just didn’t know. I’ve been guilty of saying things that everyone I knew said similar things but when you get around someone new or someone younger it may not be Ok to say or feel that way. Life is a journey and let’s all learn daily to love each other more than the day before.

Maybe it's because I also understand Mandarin. The girl in yellow when she says the producers "should've been more considerate," it's absolutely hilarious because her tone is talking down to those producers, and basically conveys "anyone with half a brain and common sense would have figured this out." Lmao love that.

As a black woman, I love that Asian Boss is spreading awareness across Asia. I love Asian Boss!!! :)

Thank you for the very interesting & informative video.

That was the most educating video I have ever watched

Btw they mistranslated the quote about the perfume. She was saying "They use a lot of perfume... it would make the whole room smell nice." Not that African students would whole room "smell."

5:25 The girl: if they came to class and sat in the classroom, the whole place would smell very good. The subtitle: if they came to class and sat in the classroom, the whole place would smell. WTF

Thank you Asian Boss - loved this enlightening segment!

Great segment. Love your channel!

On the one hand, we Chinese people find everything discrimnating China, but on the other hand, if things dont relate to us, we think it's harmless and they are being too sensitive?

I remember when I downloaded a dating app and matched with a few native chinese people who were here to study in london. I found that a lot of them asked me about my race and then told me that it was good I was mixed race not fully black... so yeah. Also someone literally said they preferred that I had a white side. That's when I realised that a lot of chinese people see black people in a negative light. Also i've heard in many cases if you're black, they seem to just see you as a sexual object (one night stand) and not a girl.

I remember this year's spring festival had the opening also showing some Africa dance and music as they always do (some of my friends even know how to sing it). It was so weird seeing the performer are not actually African people, but then it goes the same with other countries as well(such as Russian dance). I don't think the reason behind this was discrimination. However, lived in America for years, and learning about the cultures here certainly makes me feel different when looking at the show.

To the Chinese people who think it is just entertainment, so did I. I am black and I too didn't understand the offense. But after learning the history of degrading a race for "entertainment," it can no longer be entertainment if the people who are being impersonated are offended. Ofc the Chinese wouldn't be offended if somebody imitated them, since they didn't have to go through years of dehumanization by these exact actions. Why would the directors make her imitate a black person if there are black people available? It's obvious they were trying to belittle black people or else why would they feed stereotypes and hire a Chinese woman to play a black person's role?

I delete the comment so what they say will make no sense

Asians can be racist too. Racist people are EVERYWHERE. Theres no race for racism.

Remember they're older than us, many of the younger Chinese people in the new generation don't think this. Like every other old generation, their mindset is old-fashioned.

The reactions from Chinese were probably what expected from my experience in China. When I was working in GZ there were quite a lot of Africans and other foreigners like me there and I remember asking a bartender how come they so nice to foreigners no matter what colour and she said that foreigners bring money into the city and create jobs. They generally don’t cause any problems ( although she mentioned some problems with some Americans). It was also interesting there seemed to some “discrimination” against Chinese from outside of Guangzhou… probably because they competed for jobs. That African American lady at the end of the video was a very clear thinker, insightful and very cool! What a great perspective! Interesting and thought provoking video. Keep it up! 👍👍👍

as an asian things like this really piss me off. Many people will try to defend countries like china or korea by saying bc theyre almost all the same race they might be less aware but we all hear about the news and have the internet theres no getting away with it now. Not that asians dont face racism we certainly do but we have so much colorism and antiblackness in our communities.

I am an African and have been watching Asian Boss videos to learn more from different Asian perspectives. This video in particular was enlightening for me as a Kenyan whose flag was used in the skit's background; the railway project depicted is a Kenyan project called SGR. The video has been watched here and was considered offensive by several Kenyans because we tend to be generally familiar with world history and know a little about the history of 'Blackface' as it was done in America. Others have not taken offense to it and have brushed it off as silliness/comedy. The reactions vary depending on how much history the person knows. Thanks again for the great content.

Thank You, God Bless : ) 💕

This was great!

I appreciate the girl at the end for being able to acknowledge her privilege as a lighter skin or “Obama black” individual. She was able to thoroughly and eloquently describe how she has had unpleasant experiences while also still being privileged at the same time, which is something that so many people still struggle with, I think.

The opinions expressed in this video are those of individual interviewees alone and do not reflect the views of ASIAN BOSS or the general Chinese population. How would blackface incidents be perceived in your country? Discuss.

Honestly as a Chinese american I hate to say this, but yes, most mainland Chinese people are racist against black people. Even if it's not blatant racism, discrimination against darker skin tones and offensive portrayals of black people in movies and shows all are serious problems

As a Chinese I have to say that I personally felt very disturbed when I saw the video. I don’t think people who has ever been living aboard and experienced discrimination against themselves would grasp this issue.

I'm tired of being the butt of all races jokes.

Even though I’m Caribbean, i am still aware of my African ancestry so it is quite irritating to see people describing Africa as ONE country... I’ll just make it clear it is a continent with many different countries within it, there are SO MANY different cultures, people and religion and might I add they’re not all one shape, size or shade😂 stay educated!

This is actually a very interesting video

so...on behalf of the rest of the world, as a chinese person, i'm sorry about most of these mainland chinese locals. they don't know any better

All these comments about how it’s our problem if we are offended by this. Y’all have to understand that in America anytime anyone dressed up as a black person it was ALWAYS in a negative way not flattery EVER. So of course immediately if a black American person sees this were thinking they’re trying to mock us but that’s our problem. Y’all are culturally insensitive period. You’re rude period. Like the young lady said that could’ve found a black person to play that person because a lot of black People do speak Chinese.

I'm to confident and proud being African. Love my Darkskin Sisters.

I love Asian boss.This episode was good 👍🏽

"Obama black." Do they pull out swatches for a teaching job interview?

I liked it when the lady admitted when she never thought of being in another person's shoes, it's awesome how communication changes ones views on things

Here in India, we have all shades of complexion from Milky White to Pitch Black (>_

I wonder how they would react to seeing analogous anti-Asian stereotypes in western media. They don't seem to be able to place themselves in the other's shoes, so perhaps they need to see the impact of stereotypes in relation to themselves. Basically, there is am empathy gap here that needs to be filled between THEM/US.

When she said Racism from Chinese people is more because of ignorance not hate that’s 100% true. As Chinese I can tell sometimes people mean no harm it’s just they don’t realise it can be offensive to others, considering the fact that it’s a single-race society in most parts of China. Not justifying for racism though, just hoping people can tryna understand each other.

It's so exhausting having to deal with people who think your skin color is a costume... A Korean and Japanese video on this subject would be really interesting too!

seems most of these people don’t find it offensive but I wonder if they would react the same if someone was making videos laughing at Chinese features I’m curious how they would react then lol

It’s such an enlightening (and saddening) fact that the younger citizens understood that the show wasn’t ok, while the older citizens didn’t.

I'm black myself and all I can say is yellow and red beanie girl is an Icon a legend and she is the moment

What a rough translation?! The girl said " sweet smell", and then Asian Boss translated it to " smell". wtf.🙃 language barrier …

Pigment discrimination will always throw me for a loop.

It would be real crazy if black peoples put on yellow paint,wore a straw hat,and pulled their eyes back. Y’all would be a kinda of upset about that

That "Obama black" woman at the the end of the video was great. She was interesting and well spoken.

the fact that that one woman brushed it off by saying” it’s suppose to be funny stop being so sensitive” i’m just laughing at this point. the ignorance was just flowing out like a tsunami

"It's how people picture Chinese as being small and yellow"... That girl summarises the Chinese mind set. "We were humiliated for a century, why shouldn't we be allowed to do the same?"

I'm Chinese,and CNY Gala is getting worse,me and my friends hardly watch it.

7:20 Guy said all that needs to be said: "Misunderstandings come from the lack of communication" In personal relationships, race relations, political disputes...conflict persists due to lack of healthy communication

I’m a Chinese living in the US and I grew up in China. To be honest, Chinese people have a narrower beauty standard due to the country being largely homogeneous. People often prefer fair skin to dark skin, in their own history prior to the influence of the western media. I was even “discriminated” ( commented on, or made fun of)occasionally for having darker skin when I was young. But Chinese people generally care more about a person’s education, profession and financial status more than the skin color, or religion. I remember having my first foreign English teacher from the US who is black, and really nobody seemed to hold any negative opinions of him, in fact everyone was very excited to talk to him. The Gala show having a Chinese with heavy make up to appear black, is IMO very inappropriate. But it seems to be more of a stereotype, which isn’t necessarily discrimination, however it is what leads to discrimination sometimes. But the differences should be noted here. And without watching more of that Gala show, I don’t want to be presumptuous about the plot portraying racism. It could be and it could not. Though I agree this can make some feel uncomfortable and sets up a bad example.There ARE racists in China, like all other countries. But IMO most people could be ignorant rather than racist. They haven’t been in contact with any other races. One interesting thing to share as well, is that white people can be discriminated in China as well. It is due to the fact that some of the earlier white immigrants being undereducated, arrogant and nasty that built up a notorious reputation. For those who haven’t been to China and simply assume that many Chinese people are racists, I would encourage you to live there for a while and collect some first hand experience by yourself. Like one of the interviewees said, most of the misunderstanding is caused by lack of communication/interaction. We should work on breaking stereotypes of all races.

the lady with the red beanie is my spirit animal

My respect for those who said it was funny and OK and “not a big deal” or “their being too SENSITIVE”📉📉📉📉📉 im a black girl an this really changed my mood tbh

YES I was waiting for this topic to be covered

That lady in the turtleneck and glasses was the most important part of this video. She had a strong belief, didn't think it was offensive in comedy, also considered sensitivity, but then when compared to her specific reflection, she said it's a huge problem and not okay after she thought about it like that. Now particularly, I'm not going to focus on the subject but rather the fact we saw a human empathize and turn back on neglectful thinking with a sense of empathy. What you just saw in that little clip is the switch we will all have to flip to fix this. Awesome. Crazy about the Superbowl comparison lol

When I (a Black American) was in China people were very kind to me. Wherever I went, the Chinese were also very generous, cheerful, and helpful. I made random friends daily. So, of course, I miss China very much.

“They dont mean it, they’re just imitating-” or “it’s just for laughs” UMMMM- no that’s just plain racism!

When will people stop using " lack of exposure" as an excuse. All it takes is a little empathy, that's all.

They want the rhythm not the blues. 🖤 In 100 years they’ll say black has nothing to do with Hip Hop and R&B.

This is very interesting. My mother is from the Caribbean, Trinidad to be exact. She is now 90 and both of her parents were half Chinese. There is no way to visually hide her Chinese DNA, however she will avoid being called Asian or Chinese. "I am not Chinese" is always her response to someone. Why? She told use about the mistreatment and discrimination from "full" Chinese family members and neighbors. This is a mind set and not isolated to China.

I'm African from Cameroon in West Africa, I do admire Chinese, Korean and Japanese. I love their culture, their looks n their creativity. They're nice people, some people may say they're racist due to a lack of understanding

Compared to other Asian videos I’ve seen regarding this issue, these people seem very very educated and are able to explain pretty well their beliefs. This is the first time I’ve not been offended and is actually feeling educated and understanding their side.

that obama thing is basically a brown paper bag test. wow.

Interesting!

I watched this years ago with my family. Didn't think much of it until a couple years back but it makes sense.

I noticed a common theme of "I believe this because I saw it on tv." If black people weren't always portrayed as criminals or poor on television other counties wouldn't view us like that. People need to keep it in mind that other counties don't have the same racial exposure as we do in America, their only exposure to black culture is from media. Thats why I'm grateful for movies such as Black Panther or other creative projects that add another dimension to the black perception.

SO INSIGHTFUL. i love this vid, thank you for making it

It's really interesting hearing the chinese people's perspectives. western media tends to portray chinese people as rather arrogant on a cultural level. But many of the people seem pretty fair-minded. I was a little surprised that the person who seemed the most culturally progressive/liberal actually had the most negative impression of black people. As an Asian American it's very interesting because, like how the african american woman said there is a difference between african americans and africans, I feel there's a difference in mentalities with chinese in China and chinese americans or overseas chinese. I thought the opinion of the guy who said he 'believed in China' was interesting because he reminded me of an average middle aged american patriotic moderate white guy in that they just have a pride in their country and belief that it stands for unity and good. It was interesting to see how china is in some ways actually more progressive than America in terms of welcoming other ethnicities into their nation as a whole. In that respect it seems to me more similar to French people in that as long as you are willing to become French then you are accepted as French. I feel America is less culturally accepting in that sense. Anyhow, a very educational video.

Explains why so many foreigners have been leaving china.

I see quite a few reasonable people in this video. The problem is their lack of exposure the the problems outside china.

RED HAT IS WOKE

5:17 ish the translation may be misinterpretted. She didn't say that black people put on a lot of perfume or that the whole place would "smell", she said that they would often smell very good, and the whole building they're in would smell good

As Chinese I have to admit that racism is in Chinese culture, most of us are not aware of it though. It's very common for a Chinese to make a racial comment, reckoning it's just for amusement. But as the black girl at the end of the video described, Chinese's racism has nothing to do with hateful feeling, it's more from the lack of manner and knowledge. That's why I hope the new generations with more education can improve on this. I'd personally apologize for any of discrimination ever occurred to other races because of what we Chinese did.

Typical racists "it's just entertainment,it doesn't mean anything" Africa is a continent for goodness sake!!!!!!!