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For the Global Thinker

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Is Asia Racist?


When the biracial U.S. President Barack Obama visits South Korea tomorrow, he will be visiting a country grappling with its prejudices about race.

South Korea:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/17/the_president_the_professor_and_the_wide_receiver

Japan:
An independent investigator for the UN says racism in Japan is deep and profound, and the government does not recognise the depth of the problem.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4671687.stm

China:
''Chinese students do not like most African students,'' a young Chinese man, an electronics student at Beijing University, said with typical bluntness. ''The Africans usually are not high quality people. They have a bad attitude, and they do bad things.''

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/30/world/black-africa-leaves-china-in-quandary.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

Thailand:
Don't think you could ever play this commercial in most countries..anyway..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua2EE6Uil40





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