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The Bizarre Chinese Trend To Hire White People To Stand Around At Events
Real Life News ^ | 6-12-2017 | Benedict Brook

Posted on 06/12/2017 6:21:33 AM PDT by blam

IN ONE of the most surreal moments of David Borenstein’s short career as a “white person for hire” in China, he pretended — in front of hundreds of people — to be part of an internationally renowned band despite the singer not being able to sing and the musicians barely knowing their way around an instrument.

At one event, they dressed up as British beefeater soldiers, some in ill-fitting fancy dress suits, and simply stared ahead, mute. Other foreigners would sit in fake houses in fake cities pretending to lead fake lives, where people would look at them longingly, eager for some of that fake international pizzazz to rub off.

“It was absurd,” said Mr Borenstein, who lived in Chongqing at the time in south west China.

“They didn’t care if we had any skills or talent. We used to call them ‘white monkey’ gigs.

“The feeling of being ogled at must have been like the early days of anthropology when you could go to the zoo or a World Fair and see an African tribesman or an Eskimo next to an igloo.”

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(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: china; culture; displays; whitepeople
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To: CondorFlight

Is there any dancing involved?


21 posted on 06/12/2017 10:05:05 AM PDT by a fool in paradise ( Mr. Comey, did you engage in or know of ANY OTHER leaks?)
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To: Army Air Corps

Rent to own?


22 posted on 06/12/2017 10:05:50 AM PDT by a fool in paradise ( Mr. Comey, did you engage in or know of ANY OTHER leaks?)
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To: blam

If he got paid and he did it willingly, why the nasty attitude?


23 posted on 06/12/2017 7:09:29 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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To: blam

The Demorats do that all the time.....always hiring nationalities to show how diverse they are.....it’s
show time!”....


24 posted on 06/12/2017 7:12:27 PM PDT by caww
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