Correction: China is not truly homogenous, but since

Correction: China is not truly homogenous, but since majority of it natives are Han Chinese in the big cities, we'll make a lumpsum generalization.

To Jack,
Why shouldn't your son be speaking Mandarin if he is growing up in China and half Chinese to boot? That's a right he should have. What's not right are the Chinese in other people's countries who grow up and conveniently can't even speak Chinese. You want to talk about racism? No matter how many generations a Chinese person has been in America, they will still get asked, "do you speak english"? I think even to a lot of white people in America, they have an image of an true American as a blond haired, blue eyed California surfer girl/guy. Define the original term, "all american girl/guy"! And this is supposed to be the melting pot of the world, so please don't judge China too harshly.
Posted by Zanheinin at 2006-06-17 19:29:34
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Discrimination Against Foreigners in Shanghai?