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Let's be clear, Most people don't care about "DISCRIMINATION" unless it effects them.

Who came straight for the comments

when I was still living in China, we had an African American teacher who taught us English. He was the first foreigner I've seen, and all my classmates were so curious about him and followed him everywhere. We would play with his hair and cling onto him because he was super tall and always smelled really good. I think many people in China have never seen foreigners, and it's important to be educated so we don't disrespect them and their culture.

The black girl at the end seems like such an insightful and educated person. She provides really interesting commentary, I find.

am i the only one massively confused how they couldnt tell it was a chinese woman in makeup

Horrible translation again, team. The guy said "in some cases", and the subtitle says"criminal cases". Can I volunteer to translate for Asian Boss? I love this channel but you guys clearly need help.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="438">7:18</a> "Misunderstandings come from the lack of communication" respect to the guy in Black Jacket

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="148">2:28</a> she said "非洲朋友” or "African friend" not just "非洲演员“ or “African actress". Just to point out

“do you think putting black makeup on a chinese person is racist” “no i don’t think so , they’re just showing how the chinese PICTURE african people” .... our point exactly

The girl in a yellow jacket and red hat seems educated and knows what’s right and wrong

The African American lady hit the nail right on the head! A lot of racism in China comes from ignorance. It doesn’t come from hate, like it does in America. As a Chinese American who came here as an adult, I grew up in Hong Kong and could not imagine having a black friend back then. Now my best friend is a black woman. Ignorance is not always hate.

The quality of the translation could be improved especially for a controversial topic

damn i’m chinese and i didn’t even know there was a chinese word for the n word

The American girl they interviewed was so eloquent and her insight was really interesting. She must be a great teacher, she seems very intelligent.

They were quick to cry racism when they were getting blamed and attacked for COVID, though.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="326">5:26</a> anyone else find this translation quite questionable? The girl was actually saying that “the whole place will smell nice”, but the translation actually reads “the whole place will smell”, which is the complete opposite of what she was trying to convey

Someone tell the girl with the beanie that she has my full respect, period

Sis in the second-half was awesome. She was so honest and intelligent I love her.

Why should Africans and African Americans care about what the Chinese think. What's more important is how we view ourselves.

WARNING: THIS POST IS NOT SOLICITING ADVICE OF ANY KIND!!!! IF YOU HAVE ADVICE DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT POST IT HERE UNLESS YOU ASK FIRST!!!! This was very enlightening as a black American. I’ve began looking at different countries to visit and see where I may want to live in a couple of years. I loveAsian culture and was excited to possibly visit China one day but after watching several KZfaq videos of several black female US Expat’s all but one say to steer clear of China because it is extremely racist. As a black American female the absolute last thing that I want to do is move from one generally racist country to another. This video did seem to help a bit and as with most things I’ll just have to go and figure it out myself. I agree with the young black lady that it did appear that many of the Chinese may just be ignorant but to be honest I’m exhausted from “educating” people. I just want to be free and live my life as an educated, humanitarian, woman of God who is open to experiencing different cultures and environments. I do understand that sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know and sometimes your intent was not to be insensitive because you just didn’t know. I’ve been guilty of saying things that everyone I knew said similar things but when you get around someone new or someone younger it may not be Ok to say or feel that way. Life is a journey and let’s all learn daily to love each other more than the day before.

As a black woman, I love that Asian Boss is spreading awareness across Asia. I love Asian Boss!!! :)

I like that the 'Black' girl interviewed acknowledge that other darker Blacks (African American or African) may have different or even worse experiences than she does. Kudos to her for being very open-minded. Great interview you guys!!!

To the Chinese people who think it is just entertainment, so did I. I am black and I too didn't understand the offense. But after learning the history of degrading a race for "entertainment," it can no longer be entertainment if the people who are being impersonated are offended. Ofc the Chinese wouldn't be offended if somebody imitated them, since they didn't have to go through years of dehumanization by these exact actions. Why would the directors make her imitate a black person if there are black people available? It's obvious they were trying to belittle black people or else why would they feed stereotypes and hire a Chinese woman to play a black person's role?

this was so well done. I learned a lot thru the interviews. It boils down to lack of communication

That "darker than Obama" thing reminded me of how people would say "if you're darker than this paper bag, then we won't hire you" in early 20th century America. Interesting how history repeats itself even in different places with different histories.

Btw they mistranslated the quote about the perfume. She was saying "They use a lot of perfume... it would make the whole room smell nice." Not that African students would whole room "smell."

A video and comment section where everyone is expressing in a civilized non-emotionally-triggered way their different honest opinions without trying to push any ideology or strong political views. This is what proper dialogue and communication should look like. I loved this video.

It was quite enlightening to watch the interviews with younger and older Chinese people render their comments about Black people. I saw that the older Chinese people were more inclined to be more prejudiced and not as open-minded but still had a little willingness to understand more about Black people. The younger people were immediately more open-minded and looked beyond most stereotypes and expressed that communication and getting to know people better could reduce and prevent misrepresentation of Black people and all people and cultures. Great video!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="325">5:25</a> The girl: if they came to class and sat in the classroom, the whole place would smell very good. The subtitle: if they came to class and sat in the classroom, the whole place would smell. WTF

On the one hand, we Chinese people find everything discrimnating China, but on the other hand, if things dont relate to us, we think it's harmless and they are being too sensitive?

Honestly as a Chinese american I hate to say this, but yes, most mainland Chinese people are racist against black people. Even if it's not blatant racism, discrimination against darker skin tones and offensive portrayals of black people in movies and shows all are serious problems

Here in India, we have all shades of complexion from Milky White to Pitch Black (>_

Misunderstanding comes from lack of communication ..A big yes to that👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Maybe it's because I also understand Mandarin. The girl in yellow when she says the producers "should've been more considerate," it's absolutely hilarious because her tone is talking down to those producers, and basically conveys "anyone with half a brain and common sense would have figured this out." Lmao love that.

Remember they're older than us, many of the younger Chinese people in the new generation don't think this. Like every other old generation, their mindset is old-fashioned.

Thank you Asian Boss - loved this enlightening segment!

"If you're the color of Obama then you're American but if you're darker then that you're African" I thought they said Asians were smart.

I remember when I downloaded a dating app and matched with a few native chinese people who were here to study in london. I found that a lot of them asked me about my race and then told me that it was good I was mixed race not fully black... so yeah. Also someone literally said they preferred that I had a white side. That's when I realised that a lot of chinese people see black people in a negative light. Also i've heard in many cases if you're black, they seem to just see you as a sexual object (one night stand) and not a girl.

That was the most educating video I have ever watched

so...on behalf of the rest of the world, as a chinese person, i'm sorry about most of these mainland chinese locals. they don't know any better

as an asian things like this really piss me off. Many people will try to defend countries like china or korea by saying bc theyre almost all the same race they might be less aware but we all hear about the news and have the internet theres no getting away with it now. Not that asians dont face racism we certainly do but we have so much colorism and antiblackness in our communities.

I appreciate the girl at the end for being able to acknowledge her privilege as a lighter skin or “Obama black” individual. She was able to thoroughly and eloquently describe how she has had unpleasant experiences while also still being privileged at the same time, which is something that so many people still struggle with, I think.

Thank you for the very interesting & informative video.

I remember this year's spring festival had the opening also showing some Africa dance and music as they always do (some of my friends even know how to sing it). It was so weird seeing the performer are not actually African people, but then it goes the same with other countries as well(such as Russian dance). I don't think the reason behind this was discrimination. However, lived in America for years, and learning about the cultures here certainly makes me feel different when looking at the show.

I delete the comment so what they say will make no sense

I am an African and have been watching Asian Boss videos to learn more from different Asian perspectives. This video in particular was enlightening for me as a Kenyan whose flag was used in the skit's background; the railway project depicted is a Kenyan project called SGR. The video has been watched here and was considered offensive by several Kenyans because we tend to be generally familiar with world history and know a little about the history of 'Blackface' as it was done in America. Others have not taken offense to it and have brushed it off as silliness/comedy. The reactions vary depending on how much history the person knows. Thanks again for the great content.

"It's how people picture Chinese as being small and yellow"... That girl summarises the Chinese mind set. "We were humiliated for a century, why shouldn't we be allowed to do the same?"

“They dont mean it, they’re just imitating-” or “it’s just for laughs” UMMMM- no that’s just plain racism!

"Obama black." Do they pull out swatches for a teaching job interview?

I'm to confident and proud being African. Love my Darkskin Sisters.

Explains why so many foreigners have been leaving china.

I'm Chinese,and CNY Gala is getting worse,me and my friends hardly watch it.

the fact that that one woman brushed it off by saying” it’s suppose to be funny stop being so sensitive” i’m just laughing at this point. the ignorance was just flowing out like a tsunami

What a rough translation?! The girl said " sweet smell", and then Asian Boss translated it to " smell". wtf.🙃 language barrier …

seems most of these people don’t find it offensive but I wonder if they would react the same if someone was making videos laughing at Chinese features I’m curious how they would react then lol

It would be real crazy if black peoples put on yellow paint,wore a straw hat,and pulled their eyes back. Y’all would be a kinda of upset about that

All these comments about how it’s our problem if we are offended by this. Y’all have to understand that in America anytime anyone dressed up as a black person it was ALWAYS in a negative way not flattery EVER. So of course immediately if a black American person sees this were thinking they’re trying to mock us but that’s our problem. Y’all are culturally insensitive period. You’re rude period. Like the young lady said that could’ve found a black person to play that person because a lot of black People do speak Chinese.

I'm black myself and all I can say is yellow and red beanie girl is an Icon a legend and she is the moment

Great segment. Love your channel!

My respect for those who said it was funny and OK and “not a big deal” or “their being too SENSITIVE”📉📉📉📉📉 im a black girl an this really changed my mood tbh

Even though I’m Caribbean, i am still aware of my African ancestry so it is quite irritating to see people describing Africa as ONE country... I’ll just make it clear it is a continent with many different countries within it, there are SO MANY different cultures, people and religion and might I add they’re not all one shape, size or shade😂 stay educated!

I liked it when the lady admitted when she never thought of being in another person's shoes, it's awesome how communication changes ones views on things

This was great!

The reactions from Chinese were probably what expected from my experience in China. When I was working in GZ there were quite a lot of Africans and other foreigners like me there and I remember asking a bartender how come they so nice to foreigners no matter what colour and she said that foreigners bring money into the city and create jobs. They generally don’t cause any problems ( although she mentioned some problems with some Americans). It was also interesting there seemed to some “discrimination” against Chinese from outside of Guangzhou… probably because they competed for jobs. That African American lady at the end of the video was a very clear thinker, insightful and very cool! What a great perspective! Interesting and thought provoking video. Keep it up! 👍👍👍

When she said Racism from Chinese people is more because of ignorance not hate that’s 100% true. As Chinese I can tell sometimes people mean no harm it’s just they don’t realise it can be offensive to others, considering the fact that it’s a single-race society in most parts of China. Not justifying for racism though, just hoping people can tryna understand each other.

They want the rhythm not the blues. 🖤 In 100 years they’ll say black has nothing to do with Hip Hop and R&B.

Pigment discrimination will always throw me for a loop.

the lady with the red beanie is my spirit animal

It's so exhausting having to deal with people who think your skin color is a costume... A Korean and Japanese video on this subject would be really interesting too!

That "Obama black" woman at the the end of the video was great. She was interesting and well spoken.

I wonder how they would react to seeing analogous anti-Asian stereotypes in western media. They don't seem to be able to place themselves in the other's shoes, so perhaps they need to see the impact of stereotypes in relation to themselves. Basically, there is am empathy gap here that needs to be filled between THEM/US.

Thank You, God Bless : ) 💕

Asians can be racist too. Racist people are EVERYWHERE. Theres no race for racism.

I'm tired of being the butt of all races jokes.

As someone who grew up in a very racist part of Maryland in the USA and dealt with more racism than most humans will ever have to endure, a place where it was almost okay to be openly so, black face never bothered me that much or at all(somewhere in between those two.) It depends on the context. When you’ve been through a lot of out in the air racism one realizes that things like black face aren’t that bad and sometimes it’s just the person being insensitive and/or ignorant more than a sign that they’re racist. Some of the most racist people i ever met would never dear do black face, because they dislike blacks that much. When you grow up around openly and subtly racist whites for most of your life like me you realize that it can often be the more subtle racism that hurts the worse, it can hurt worse than even the N word. I could give plenty of examples but this post is getting too long and it will probably be blocked by youtube anyway, but a simple example is when usually whites, asians, foreigners, and even africans and their American born or raised children Look down on black Americans as if we don’t have the capacity to be intelligent, able build wealth, nonviolent, a good significant other/spouse, etc. I’ve had some whites suggest that I wasn’t American but an African because i am black but many of my ancestors came to the USA around the same time or well before many of the ancestors of European descended Americans sometimes on the same ships except my ancestors were in chains. Not to mention it’s not uncommon for black Americans to have some white(i.e European) or native American in their ancestry. This is the reason i don’t like being called African American. Until we start calling white Americans “European Americans” just call me black or black American(even though we’re technically different shades of brown.😂). Me personally i don’t need any of that “person of color” rubbish. Y si vos hablas español pues no me molesta si me llamas negro porque black es una palabra en inglés y en español no.😂

What I'm seeing in the comments is people trying to hold a completely homogenous country (China) with very little historical backing of racism/ideology to the same standards to a countries such as the US and European countries. The attempt at equalizing them and expecting their perceptions to be the same is so flawed. Most Chinese in China never even met a foreigner let alone a black individual so it is quite unfair to expect that they are as understanding and empathetic of "racism". What this video truly portrays is plain ignorance, which derives from lack of experience with foreigners. For example if an African individual were to pull their eyes back to mock Asians, I will never hold an African from Africa to the same standard as an African American from the US. The reason being is the lack of historical racism in the country's past. The African American understands the historical context but chose to be racist versus the African from Africa who is simply ignorant and lacks contextual knowledge. You can clearly see their lack of interaction with Africans in general when they were surprised that the actress was Chinese and NOT African, which was quite obvious to most of us because we've met and interacted with many African individuals. This is by no means a justification for their ignorant beliefs. However all countries in the world have long way to go in eradicating ignorance and having racial harmony within their own borders. Majority of countries are still 99.9% racially homogeneous, excluding countries like the USA, Canada, UK, etc (which is still mostly homogenous, just less). The ones in the comments telling the rest of the world to "educate themselves" are only able to say that because they themselves are viewing the world through their own lens. You have the understand that just being able to educate yourself and to grow up with a diverse group of people is a privilege in of itself. The majority of people in the world do not have that luxury. If you were to grow up in a homogeneous country, you too will have very ignorant beliefs of others

That lady in the turtleneck and glasses was the most important part of this video. She had a strong belief, didn't think it was offensive in comedy, also considered sensitivity, but then when compared to her specific reflection, she said it's a huge problem and not okay after she thought about it like that. Now particularly, I'm not going to focus on the subject but rather the fact we saw a human empathize and turn back on neglectful thinking with a sense of empathy. What you just saw in that little clip is the switch we will all have to flip to fix this. Awesome. Crazy about the Superbowl comparison lol

I’m a Chinese living in the US and I grew up in China. To be honest, Chinese people have a narrower beauty standard due to the country being largely homogeneous. People often prefer fair skin to dark skin, in their own history prior to the influence of the western media. I was even “discriminated” ( commented on, or made fun of)occasionally for having darker skin when I was young. But Chinese people generally care more about a person’s education, profession and financial status more than the skin color, or religion. I remember having my first foreign English teacher from the US who is black, and really nobody seemed to hold any negative opinions of him, in fact everyone was very excited to talk to him. The Gala show having a Chinese with heavy make up to appear black, is IMO very inappropriate. But it seems to be more of a stereotype, which isn’t necessarily discrimination, however it is what leads to discrimination sometimes. But the differences should be noted here. And without watching more of that Gala show, I don’t want to be presumptuous about the plot portraying racism. It could be and it could not. Though I agree this can make some feel uncomfortable and sets up a bad example.There ARE racists in China, like all other countries. But IMO most people could be ignorant rather than racist. They haven’t been in contact with any other races. One interesting thing to share as well, is that white people can be discriminated in China as well. It is due to the fact that some of the earlier white immigrants being undereducated, arrogant and nasty that built up a notorious reputation. For those who haven’t been to China and simply assume that many Chinese people are racists, I would encourage you to live there for a while and collect some first hand experience by yourself. Like one of the interviewees said, most of the misunderstanding is caused by lack of communication/interaction. We should work on breaking stereotypes of all races.

The Chinese don’t find racism bad not surprised

love how we americans expect other countries to automatically know and be sensitive to our history when most of us couldn't even point to Shanghai on a map.

YES I was waiting for this topic to be covered

I noticed a common theme of "I believe this because I saw it on tv." If black people weren't always portrayed as criminals or poor on television other counties wouldn't view us like that. People need to keep it in mind that other counties don't have the same racial exposure as we do in America, their only exposure to black culture is from media. Thats why I'm grateful for movies such as Black Panther or other creative projects that add another dimension to the black perception.

As a black person that speaks Chinese I know there are little to no black people in China. How can we expect them to know how black people want to be treated if they've never met any? I don't take offense to it actually because when it comes to comedy, it's all fair game , any and everyone can be made fun of. This is the meaning of equality

This is actually a very interesting video

RED HAT IS WOKE

Compared to other Asian videos I’ve seen regarding this issue, these people seem very very educated and are able to explain pretty well their beliefs. This is the first time I’ve not been offended and is actually feeling educated and understanding their side.

I didn’t realize Chinese people really do have a lot of African features. One of the guys talking looked like a black man with Asian eyes.

As a Chinese I have to say that I personally felt very disturbed when I saw the video. I don’t think people who has ever been living aboard and experienced discrimination against themselves would grasp this issue.

that obama thing is basically a brown paper bag test. wow.

IT'S NOT "the whole place would smell" IT'S "the whole place would be sweet-smelling"

They do this but, if someone paint their face yellow and slanted their eyes as entertainment, they’ll be first to point out racism.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="440">7:20</a> Guy said all that needs to be said: "Misunderstandings come from the lack of communication" In personal relationships, race relations, political disputes...conflict persists due to lack of healthy communication

When will people stop using " lack of exposure" as an excuse. All it takes is a little empathy, that's all.

This is how you avoid saying that Chinese are racist will simultaneously saying "Yes China is Racist" <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="572">9:32</a> She is pretty black woman so she likely doesnt have racism directed at her aka privilege.

SUCH A SMART PEOPLE !!! I LOVE

"Trying to be funny" is EXACTLY the problem!!! They'd be fine with it because they don't know the history black face carries!!! Edit: I find it alarming how people responding to this comment think blackface is an AMERICAN or Western concept when it's a big issue in African countries as well, South Africa being one of them.

that African American girl in the end is so adorable and smart.

It’s such an enlightening (and saddening) fact that the younger citizens understood that the show wasn’t ok, while the older citizens didn’t.

As Chinese I have to admit that racism is in Chinese culture, most of us are not aware of it though. It's very common for a Chinese to make a racial comment, reckoning it's just for amusement. But as the black girl at the end of the video described, Chinese's racism has nothing to do with hateful feeling, it's more from the lack of manner and knowledge. That's why I hope the new generations with more education can improve on this. I'd personally apologize for any of discrimination ever occurred to other races because of what we Chinese did.