Mixed Race Girl Sparks Ugly Race Debate in China
November 16, 2009
This summer, a 20-year old Shanghai woman sparked a discussion about race across China.
Lou Jing is like any other Chinese girl, but when the aspiring TV journalist entered
Let’s Go, Oriental Angels, an American Idol-like contest, and rapped on stage, she attracted both admiration and racist hate. President Obama’s arrival in China on Sunday was eagerly awaited by many people, especially Lou Jing, born of a Chinese mother and an African-American father.
Hear NPR All Things Considered correspondent Luisa Lim’s 04:33 story on Lou Jing and what it mean to China HERE.
Via Lisa Katayama, boingboing
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