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Discrimination Against Foreigners in Shanghai? 'White' northern Chinese have for centuries looked down upon 'black' darker skinned Chinese as lesser, undesirable people. Jianshuo - when I taught in the SE (Guandong province), I saw this occasionally. My students would whisper to me how some kids would look down on one Chinese student (from a more ethnic background) who had significantly darker skin than the local Hakka. I can see how hard this would be to witness in a big city like Shanghai since there is more diversity of Chinese ethnicities and foreigners alike, but this phenomenom has been around forever in the entire world and isn't likely to disappear soon. |