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The Committee of 100 survey that I have mentioned here in the past asked the question of American opinion leaders - Americans were asked - What are the most admirable traits of the Chinese and their culture? Here are numbers four through one. 4. Commitment to Education - 13%. The Chinese are indeed diligent students. The only people I know who study harder than the Chinese are their children. Oh!, they are Chinese, too, I suppose. 3. One in six - the History - 16%. China has a looong history, and everything that was discovered, created, or found was done...

As if Hot 97 in NYC doesn't already have enough problems explaining away the tsunami faux pas, people ought to check out the following part of their website under "The Lifestyle" titled "Ask the White Girl." http://www.hot97.com/advice/home.aspx The following link is presumably for the first entries when the thing first started http://www.hot97.com/advice/index.aspx?c=37&pn=15 I doubt very seriously that a C&W Station's website in Nashville, for example, could get away with a similar one titled something along the lines of "Ask the 'Hood Playa'" if you get my drift. What's really irritating is that this submliminal form of racism further reinforces stereotypes...