Racism in China and Chinese blonde babies <3

[whitechristmas]

Oh I am so mad . I know China is a racist country, because according to the CNN news, the country is 90% Han Chinese so it is a homogeneous society. (i.e. some Chinese that live in NW China do not look like what you think traditional Chinese look like, some are Muslims, and some look somewhat like SW or SE Asians)

Anyway there is this girl

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[tabular_rasa]

Wow, she is absolutely gorgeous! If you ever need an argument for interracial relationships, I think you need only show some of the gorgeous children that have resulted from them.

It's difficult for biracial people in just about any country, since most cultures stigmatize dating outside the group, but I think you're right that it's even harder in a country that is quite ethnically homogeneous. Japan has a similar problem; in spite of a large presence of foreigners and numerous immigrants, who are increasingly fluent in Japanese and well-versed in Japanese culture even upon their arrival, it's always "O.o WTF??? How do you speak Japanese/know how to use chopsticks/know how to bow/like Japanese food?" like Japanese culture is this big secret that only native-born ethnic Japanese can ever truly know. (And which amusingly second- and third-generation children of Japanese immigrants are supposed to intuitively know in spite of growing up outside of Japan. Woe to so many disappointed grandparents to discover their Japanese-American grandchildren do not in fact speak perfect Japanese, nor enjoy natto on their rice for breakfast!). But you'd probably encounter the same problems amongst a community of dominantly white people in small-town America, too: A black man or a Latina shows up and out fly all the stereotypical assumptions. People everywhere need to learn that race does not equal culture.

Lou Jing might have an easier time in a more cosmopolitan area, but if she identifies as Chinese I think it's her prerogative to live in China as she pleases. I hope she has strength of character, because it will be difficult, but already making herself public in China on this TV show will raise awareness of the little-known diversity of Chinese nationals. Maybe some attitudes will start to change.