Thanks for that added perspective.

There’s an aspect of Hilton’s article that I don’t totally agree with. For example, the fact that “the presenters repeatedly referred to Lou Jing as ‘chocolate’” is hardly offensive. In China, it’s an affectionate nickname and one that Lou Jing originally was called by school friends, years ago. At the same time, I don’t completely agree with Moore, who says that it “struck [him], as [they] spoke, that her story proves that Shanghai at least, if not China as a whole, is a tolerant and non-racist place.” For one, it’s hard to characterize a country or its largest city as racist or non-racist, since it’s complicated by history as well as the more recent netizen attitudes that Charles Custer of ChinaGeeks raises. Incidentally, Moore is half-Chinese, which gives him some degree of a shared understanding with Lou Jing of race and ethnicity in China.

At any rate, some interesting things to chew on for the weekend. I’d like to hear your thoughts as well.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/malcolmmoore/100015804/chinas-black-pop-idol-does-not-expose-her-nations-racism/