Category: Race
BlackLivity’s Láikàn (来看) Series Portrays a Nuanced, Complex View of Black Life in China
BlackLivity, the independent community-based media platform dedicated to showcasing Black life in China, launched a new video this week that highlights the site's compelling Láikàn series that provides first-person stories about the African diaspora experience in and about China.
Diversity and Representation in the China Watching Space
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the Black China Caucus (BCC), an organization set up to foster a more inclusive discussion about China. BCC was founded by a group of Black China professionals in the United States with a range ...
The Zambian Employee Who Pulled His Chinese Boss on a Cart Says The Whole Thing Was Just a Big Misunderstanding
Two videos surfaced today on Twitter that seem to show a Zambian employee who was recorded pulling his Chinese boss on a trolley cart saying that the resultant outrage is a big fuss over nothing. The employee explained that his boss treats him very well ...
Zambia Says It’s Investigating the Chinese “Trolley Man” After Racist Video Goes Viral
Zambian Labor Secretary Chanda Kaziya said an investigation is underway of the Chinese national who was recorded on video being pulled on a trolley by a local employee. He was immediately forced to get off the cart after a group of young men intervened and ordered him down, ...
The Reappearance of Blackface on China’s Most Popular New Year’s TV Program Sparks Angry Debate
The use of blackface for the second time in just three years to depict Africans on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala program broadcast last Thursday, provoked a heated debate on social media networks around the world over the weekend. The program is one of China's ...
With a Mix of Defiance and Defensiveness, CCTV Blackface Issue Emerges as a Contentious Issue on Weibo
Just as CCTV's use of blackface to depict Africans in the annual Spring Gala TV show sparked an immediate response by those outside of China, there's was a near-immediate reaction on Weibo, one of China's largest social media networks. But the ...
Q&A: Black Livity China Creators Explain Why African Diaspora Communities Are Growing Weary of Chinese Racial Insensitivities
Last Thursday's blackface episode on CCTV's hugely popular Spring Gala TV show is just the latest incident of anti-Black racial insensitivity in China that's prompting mounting frustration within the African expatriate community in China and the diaspora population abroad. There's a ...
Anti-Black Racism on the Chinese Social Media Network Weibo
Editor's Note: Due to the sensitive nature of this issue and the legitimate fear of dangerous repercussions, CAP has respected the authors' request for anonymity. The authors and the editor of this article are all accomplished analysts in the field of Chinese social media research and Chinese-Black ...
Why Was Xiaomei Havard Appointed as a Replacement MP in South Africa Given That She Has No Political Experience?
Although the overt racist and xenophobic reactions following last month's appointment by South Africa's ruling African National Congress of Xiaomei Havard as a replacement member of parliament have largely died down, many party members are now wondering how someone with no previous political experience or other relevant ...
Why Was Xiaomei Havard Appointed as a Replacement MP in South Africa Given That She Has No Political Experience?
Although the overt racist and xenophobic reactions following last month's appointment by South Africa's ruling African National Congress of Xiaomei Havard as a replacement member of parliament have largely died down, many party members are now wondering how someone with no previous political experience or other relevant ...
Lots of Hot Button, Emotional Issues Help Explain the Widespread Anger to Xiaomei Havard’s Appointment as ANC MP in South Africa’s Parliament
There's widespread anger on and offline in South Africa over the appointment of Xiaomei Havard, a naturalized South African citizen of Chinese descent, as a member of parliament. She was sworn in last Wednesday which sparked almost immediate outrage. ...
Anti-Chinese Xenophobia Erupts in South Africa After Chinese-Born ANC MP Sworn Into Office
Naturalized South African-citizen Xiaomei Havard's swearing-in last week to become an ANC member of parliament sparked a strong backlash online under the hashtags #SArejectsXiaomeiHavard and #PutSouthAfricansFirst. Havard was named to replace the late minister in the ...