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BlackinAsia

I'm a 22 year-old black guy from American of Nigerian and Swedish descent, and I'm currently teaching English to elementary school kids in rural Taiwan for a year.

These are some of my thoughts and stories.

And, no, I do not look like Lebron James.
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“Growing up black in China”

Really interesting piece for anyone who hasn’t seen this yet, especially given the tremendous amounts of racism this young woman, who is half black and half Chinese, faced when she vaulted into the national Chinese media spotlight.

Some of those sentiments included:

“You never should have been born!”

“Get out of China!”

It’s a sad story in some ways, but moving in how poised she remained in the face of all of that racist backlash.