Chinese who cry racial abuse amid the coronavirus epidemic forget they are as bad as the rest of us

South China Morning Post ^ | 03/05/2020 | Michael Chugani

[SeekAndFind]

Racism is everywhere. Either get over it or get out of the place where you are being targeted. Fight it, if you want, but moaning about it doesn’t help. Some Chinese in the United States and Europe are telling of racial abuse because the coronavirus, which causes the disease known as Covid-19, originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

Whenever people tell me about their own experiences of racism, I always ask if they themselves have ever used racial slurs. I know I have. We’re all racists. It’s a matter of degree. Those who say they don’t have a racist bone in their body are not being honest.

I know exactly what the Chinese are going through now. I sympathise because I went through the same thing after the September 11 terror attacks. I was working in the US at the time. The day after the attacks, I had a lunch appointment.

People – yes, including Chinese – gave me dirty looks even though I am ethnically Indian and my parents were Hindus. But who could tell between Arabs and Indians, or Muslims and Hindus? (Likewise, who can tell between Taiwanese, Hongkongers and even Singaporeans these days?)

Some white teenagers I passed on the way to lunch called me a terrorist. A suspicious Chinese grocery store owner followed me as I shopped. Brown-skinned people with so-called Middle Eastern features were often singled out for questioning when boarding planes. I stared back at those who stared at me. As an American who believes in the values of my adopted country, I stood tall and endured those dark days, knowing they would pass. And they did.

[SeekAndFind]

Yes, racism runs deep in American society. But the same goes for China, Hong Kong, Japan, India and elsewhere. At least the US admits it has a problem and tries to right its wrongs. There is legal recourse against racism. Can I say the same of Hong Kong, where I was born, and China? I grew up being called mo lo cha , a racial slur against Indians. Many Hong Kong landlords still don’t rent properties to South Asians.

[SeekAndFind]

SEE HERE:

Africans in Guangzhou - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africans_in_Guangzhou

There’s an area in Guangzhou which Chinese nicknamed “Chocolate City” because a large number of Africans lived there. Just imagine the outcry if a US district was dubbed “Yellow City”.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Just imagine the outcry if a US district was dubbed “Yellow City”.

Yes, but didn't its Mayor dub our own New Orleans a "Chocolate City?"

[Starcitizen]

They are the biggest whiners. Communist Chinese tourists have replaced the “ugly American” as the world’s most hated tourists.

[Starcitizen]

They are the biggest whiners. Communist Chinese tourists have replaced the “ugly American” as the world’s most hated tourists.

[SeekAndFind]

WATCH THIS CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR SHOW:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ehjt-ZH_o

How will such a show play out in the USA?

[JonPreston]

The yellow dogs need to stop eating bats and civets.

[SeekAndFind]

The Wall Street Journal recently headlined an opinion piece about Beijing’s response to the Coronavirus crisis “China is the Real Sick Man of Asia”. Was it racist? Maybe, if viewed in historical context. China demanded an apology and expelled three of the paper’s correspondents.

[Rurudyne]

Actually those who say they don’t have a racist bone in their body may just not give a crap about the drama of those who see racism in everything.

It is not racist to not give a crap about their drama. In fact their drama shouldn’t ever be given a crap about.

[Rurudyne]

Said mayor doesn’t even believe in white chocolate....

... or using buses in the bus barns....

[Ken H]

Chinese laundry soap commercial => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Few8kJ0zfnY

[ßuddaßudd]

Im led to believe thats the only city Africans are allowed to live in ,, somebody correct me if i was told wrong ..

[Senormechanico]

Just imagine the outcry if a US district was dubbed “Yellow City”.

Well, we DO have one called Amarillo...the Yellow Rose of Texas.

[MGunny]

The Chinese are worse than any other group here the US.The Chinese here want nothing to do with the white devil ..My neighborhood has been overrun. Without a shot being fired!! I’m staying put though.I like being the thorn that can’t be removed!

[Bob434]

How can they be racists? They’ve never even sitted in a race car

[GOPJ]

Brown-skinned people with so-called Middle Eastern features were often singled out for questioning when boarding planes. I stared back at those who stared at me. As an American who believes in the values of my adopted country, I stood tall and endured those dark days, knowing they would pass. And they did.

A Middle Eastern friend (after 9/11) had the opposite reaction. He told me about getting on a plane and watching old grandmothers in wheel chairs being checked while he was waved through... He was upset because he knew it was people who looked like him who were more likely to take down a plane than an old white grandmother. He felt afraid to fly because our PC style (trying to be equally 'fair' to all) was putting lives in danger - including his... I tried to explain why it was being down - he thought we were nuts.

[GOPJ]

Communist Chinese tourists have replaced the “ugly American” as the world’s most hated tourists.

That's true... they're getting a horrible reputation...