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Q: Why are Chinese so afraid of black people?

when a black person is on the bus,no chinese people wants to sit by him or her.

12 years 20 weeks ago in  Culture - China

 
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I can honestly that in five years of living in China I have never observed this happen.

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People fear what that don't know about or understand. 5 years never seeing it? You are a) not black b) don't ride buses or c) don't know or ride transportation with black people.
It doesn't happen everyday, but a little too often for me. Its interesting to see people extremely curious about and some stare with scornful disdain and you are clueless to both reactions...

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in my 2 years of life here i would say it is almost the opposite at times. they want to be as close to you as possible perferably behind you so they can stare at you without you noticing. guys want to "accidently" brush up against you maybe to see if the color rubs off. some little children want to taste you to see if you are made out of chocolate

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and i am black, but i dont like to sit down

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I hate it.  I feel like I live in a zoo.

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Dude,

There is a whole black section of GZ! They are a novelty to the Chinese. Been there for years! As for the Chinese, they stare at me too, I stare back hard! That cures it quickly.

Yep I ride busses, trains you name it.Im the last person they want to sit by. I get the stares too. Sometimes little  kids scratch me because my skin turns pink quicker than theres. or pull the hair on my arm (Im real hairy). Its just curiousity. I just laugh it off.

Even in Dongguan there is a contingent of drug dealing Nigerians. The Chinese youth love them rap music listening, droopy drawed gangsta rapper wannabes! Its curiosity. And opposites attract. Im amazed you dont have chinese chicks jumping youre bones!

Im not being racist or any thing (my 2nd wife of 13 years was black). Just telling you how it is in China.

Where you at man? Im an old, white, redneck, but feel everybody deserves to be treated as a person, taken on their content (inner being) rather than race.

Let's down a beer or three! How long ya been in China?

nevermind:

Man, this post is cliche riddled.

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crimochina:

damn now i gotta check dongguan off my "to visit" list. but i do hear there are a lot of working girls in donguan.... maybe i'll put it back on the list at a later date

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Black people in China are considered as aliens by the locals. They're afraid and facsinated at the same time. Usually a little more afraid and distrustful though. I blame the mass media for spreading the stereotype of the gun toting "gangsta" but I'm sure there are several other factors at work. 

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The mass media has built the ugly image for blacks. So the locals may regard the blacks as a criminal, a killer etc

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