Comments on: Chinese-Americans Not American enough to Teach English in China

By: robert559

robert559 — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:34:51 +0000

I understand how you feel, but I have to agree with some of the others… Racism in employment is the defacto standard in many parts of the world, but especially Asia. In Malaysia (which has a 35% Chinese population) it is very common to explicitly post the desired race in a job advertisement. In Singapore, companies have to be more subtle. If they want to hire a Chinese person, they will post the ad in a Chinese language newspaper or website (Since only Chinese people speak Chinese, right? wink wink) or vice versa for any other race/normal language group except for English.

People in mainland China are raised in an environment where yes, English is spoken only by white people with attractive light skin, big round eyes, and wide smiles of pearly white teeth. Is it racist to think this way? Sure, of course it is. But the sad truth is that this is how things are in China. Times are changing, and people in the mainland are much less racist now than they were just 20 years ago, but the people of the middle kingdom (china) have a long way yet to go. Please try to be patient with them.

By: jcheuk

jcheuk — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:08:12 +0000

but what if i am Chinese-American with a total American accent, a horrible Chinese pronunciation and couldn't understand half of their complaints?

nooopppeee.. i have a feeling that they would be still prejudice!

By: jcheuk

jcheuk — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:08:12 +0000

but what if i am Chinese-American with a total American accent, a horrible Chinese pronunciation and couldn't understand half of their complaints?

nooopppeee.. i have a feeling that they would be still prejudice!

By: 8Asians.com » Shut Out at Home, Americans Go to China

8Asians.com » Shut Out at Home, Americans Go to China — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:02:16 +0000

[...] plenty of opportunities in China if you want to teach English in China, but for many Chinese, they would prefer to learn Chinese from a non-Chinese/Asian Americans. I really wonder if the majority of Americans who go to China, especially those who do not know [...]

By: bonkers

bonkers — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:05:16 +0000

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By: bonkers

bonkers — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:05:00 +0000

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By: nemogbr

nemogbr — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:20:33 +0000

I go to a Japanese Restaurant Franchise in London, called Benihana.
The Chefs are Filipino.

We even got them to a party and they were showing all the filipinos how to roll sushi.

By: nemogbr

nemogbr — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:20:00 +0000

I go to a Japanese Restaurant Franchise in London, called Benihana.
The Chefs are Filipino.

We even got them to a party and they were showing all the filipinos how to roll sushi.