Racism for Sale - BBC Africa Eye documentary
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- In February 2020, a shocking video began to circulate on Chinese social media. A group of African children are being instructed, by a voice off-camera, to chant phrases in Chinese. The kids repeat the words with smiles and enthusiasm - but they don’t understand that what they’re being told to say is “I am a black monster and my IQ is low.” The clip ignited outrage in China and beyond.
But no-one ever answered the crucial questions: Why was this filmed? Where was it shot? Who made it?
These questions send #BBCAfricaEye and #BBCEyeInvestigations reporters Runako Celina and Henry Mhango on a journey into a Chinese video-making industry that exploits vulnerable children across the continent.
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CREDITS:
Investigated and Reported by Runako Celina and Henry Mhango
Filmed, Produced and Directed by Chiara Francavilla
Assistant Producer - Runako Celina
Executive Producer - Dan Adamson
Open Source Investigators - Aliaume Leroy and Edward Tian
Film Editor - Matthew Bradley
Motion Design - Emile Costard
Camera - Godfrey Badebye
Additional camera - Jake Tacchi, Michael Jenkins, Kevin Okai, Lameck Luhanga
Online Editor - Chris Stott
Dubbing Mixer- Jez Spencer
Colour Grader - Boyd Nagle
Reversioning Producer - Anna Payton
Digital Producer - Suzanne Vanhooymissen
Social Media Producer - Anusha Kumar
Impact Producer - Courtney Bembridge
Production Managers - Simon Frost and Helen Swindells
Production Coordinators - Maxwell Murrain, Charlotte Fraser, Emily Dubois, Neil Williams, Negin Vaziri
Digital Technician - David Smith
Production Support - Lonjezo Blake
Translators - Adrian Mvula, Alefa Bisiyere, Clifford Munthali, Florence Phiri, Steven Mkandawire, Towera Moyo, Yang Siong Sim
Archive - SVT- Sveriges Television AB, Kobina Ackon aka Wode Maya
Original Music - Madalitso Band
Drivers - Blessings Emmanuel Bonface and Hillary Mwagomba
BBC Africa Eye Editor - Tom Watson
Head of Investigations - Marc Perkins
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🚨 UPDATE: 🇲🇼 A Malawian court has convicted Chinese national Lu Ke on multiple charges including trafficking and procuring children to take part in entertainment. ➡ bbc.in/3XYDnia
Ke was arrested in July 2022, weeks after being exposed in this #BBCAfricaEye documentary for filming local children to make bespoke greeting videos on demand, some of which included racist content.
Great Job 👏 The lady did well
It was so annoying when he tried to deny everything and blame it on his "friend" and it seemed like he got away. Good to see justice!
Well done 👍
Whats wrong with a low IQ do you have a problem with people who are mentally slow you act like they are horrible like its a bad thing
Very very good. A big Thank you to everyone that worked to bring justice to these children, women and men
As someone Chinese, I am deeply sorry and ashamed of this 😞 racism and colourism in China is deep rooted, and in my eyes may never go away, especially under CCP. To everyone seeing this, I apologize for these disgusting actions, and hope you know not all Chinese people think this way. We must fight back and educate, as this is the only way to stop this.
No need to apologize. You don’t represent the Chinese. People will be people not matter what race and ethnicity.
@@tammygriffin5658 actually we appreciate the apology, you dont speak for us.
Thank you
Maybe you and others like you can mobilize your people and educate them on how evil and wrong this is. Start a movement, fight for what’s right!
@@tabithasands2257 good thing you don't speak for me. She can keep her apology.
This is what we call 'investigative journalism ' . Well done sis , kudos to your whole crew.
Let's be fair. Arabs, Europeans and now the Chinese acknowlegde low African IQ.
British started this whole racism, and now throwing it on China
Africans were already dealing with racism living abroad...but racism IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY?? Unacceptable
I'm Asian. Thank you for outing these people. Absolutely unethical. Outright racists. These people exploiting other human beings need to be the ones educated.
People exploiting other people? stop the presses!
@@74KUbrainlet
Would you say the same thing for the attacks and anti-Asian rhetoric during COVID? And then racism is present in every country so stop accusing China.
im asian is kinda racist too in that context
because it says that you as a asian feel ashamed that other asians behave racist
you can be ashamed as a human not asian
I live in Asia you all are racist you worship white people like it is the best thing in life
Can someone please give this girl a award. She got straight to the point, this is what investigation is all about. The female investigator should work for netflix. She didn't sugar coat stuff and its way by time that this issue should be tackled heads on. So thank you.
She’s great at what she does!
Why can she not work for a public media organisation like the BBC?
@@lucilestengel8696 well-this is BBC documentary. But I get what you mean. She needs to be entrusted with more projects.
She is truly amazing..I noticed this in Chinese social media for a while, felt so sick of it...But ppls in mainland China seem totally take it as normal...The fact is much worse than I thought...Modern slavery is the word to describe this crap business.
Just call her a journalist-opportunist with a sexy face. A complete crap.
Such a pointless waste of time and taxpayer's money. I feel sorry for the Chinese guy, even though he was a bit of an asshole.
The political point of correctness is not the same in Asia as in Europe...
Somebody’s poverty, helplessness is somebody’s entertainment. How disgusting 🤮.
Chinese moments
😢
Like rap
Chinese has classism problems. Anyway discrimination is discrimination. Most folk even look down on south East Asian too. In fact, they call the Han Chinese from the country side in their precious cities, MIGRANT (in the name of population control). And treat them like crap sometimes.
yeah they empower it in china, the gov like their citizen to become a racist
“If they speak Chinese they will take advantage of you” what he really means is that they can properly stand their ground and stand up for themselves to him, without the excuse of Language barrier which he relies on to explain his problems, which he doesn’t like
Our Father which is in heaven if it according to Your will forgive us humans for our sin in Christ Jesus name amen Our Father which is in heaven if it according to Your will bless us with the Comforter remove evil from our heart and mind and replace it with love in Christ Jesus name. God hate sowing discord amongst brother. Satin is evil and uses what he can to devour God people. To me and my fellow neighbor Love Our Father which is in heaven with all your heart mind and soul and love your niehbor as yourself. Our Father which is in heaven if according your bless us humans with the Comforter in Christ Jesus name amen..
@@katrelsheppard-dh1duSHUT UP
As a South African this just breaks my heart. Those poor babies...they are so innocent😢
And they will grow up knowing probably only but that Chinese language. And when they realise what they have been thought, may individually hate any thing Chinese.
Yeah the communist Chinese/Asian elites trifling; this is the stuff they do! Because they love money &slaves, and creating stupid programs to teach stupid instead of teaching about Lord Jesus!. Communists=🤢! Making the world a shitty shitty place day by day!
Tell me, do South African Indians, in the safety of their private spaces (think of the Braai table at a family gathering), take a favorable look with positive referential terms with regards to blacks?
@@darelet awful wording choices
@@dareletgenuine troll acc
So sad how people will go out of their way to be racist. Then deny to the end that they're not racist.
That’s the world today
Omg where is that red thing from
The idea of a grown man “hanging” around kids is creepy, definitely keep a eye on this creep.
those videos always sketched me out, it feels horrible knowing my suspicions were not only confirmed but that things are worse than i could have imagined.
As a Malawian, it’s very painful to watch this documentary. It’s high time Africa and its leaders rose up and defended our dignity.
This will not happen in the horn Africa this Chinese guy will disappear if he goes to any village
Malawi needs to wake up and kick these people who do harm to their children out of their country
Their too weak.
Respect is earned not given. When the black men stops begging for aid and can takes its place on the world stage as equals, people will respect us. Until then this will be the norm.
@@thekgi1349 They've always been weak that's how we were sold into the Trans Atlantic Slave trade because of weak minded men!
He almost said "black de..." and then suddenly realized something and switched to "worker" during the confrontation. When you're a racist your subconscious actually wants to tell everyone that you're racist even if you try to hide it
I am sure he uses the chinese word all the time openly, and it's the first time being confronted by a Black Woman in Chinese.
and his accent sounds like a Chinese with very low education himself
Yes, he did. As a chinese, I can confirm that he was trying to say "黑鬼 Hei Gui"(black monster)
As a Chinese, this person's behavior really makes me feel ashamed. So many people are helping building bridges and railways. Build schools for public welfare. Let Africans come to China to study and learn knowledge for free. I want to apologize to all of his hurt black friends. Every country there will be a few scumbags. Like some black robberies. I wish there were less scumbags in this world.more Love.
@@shawgwen4651 黑鬼（nigger）。 Many people know that these words come from some West movies and black Americans. African blacks and American blacks are fundamentally different because of different living backgrounds for hundreds of years. Although black Africans are poor, they are self-improvement and mental health. Black Americans are sensitive and suspicious, but they actually bully the small ones and the elderly.
Being racist in your country is something
But bringing your racism in other people’s country?
I CANNOT accept that
We must spread this information and fight this!
Can't think of a single country where the racists are in their own country.
In Britain our racists come from Germany, in America they come from Europe (mostly germany), and in most of the rest of the world they come from pakistan and germany.
It's the same scum everywhere doing the same thing, but if you point it out then it makes you racist too!
She deserves an award! this is one of the best documentary I have ever seen. She just raised up the bar for many who called themselves journalists
Facts!
An award-winning documentary that should be shown in all places in Africa to educate us. Kudos to all the documentary makers for going above and beyond to investigate this atrocity. Let it be known everywhere in Africa that there is nothing free and we all have to come out and help one another.
Man Can Learn Not to Hate.
What Happened!😢😢😢😢😢😢
This is likely engineered outrage I would not be surprised if these videos were all paid Chinese people who were asked to do this in order to cause a rift in order to manufacture outrage against China. I don't think we need to manufacture it because especially for us Muslims we see how they already treat their own local Muslim populations. We also see how they treat black Africans in China.
It should be shown throughout the world. An amazing job of investigative journalism.
🚨 UPDATE: The Malawian government has told the BBC that the racism revealed in this investigation about Malawian children being exploited in videos made for sale on Chinese social media is an “insult to the Malawian children and it is also an insult to the Malawian nation”. Patricia Kaliati says the government has launched an investigation into the claims.
Read more here ➡️ bbc.in/3Qgcm5s
Thank God! This documentary has made me feel so sick that man susu or whatever he calls himself deserves to be in prison for his crimes against these innocent children.
What more investigations is needed here?
You should pin this comment
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Not just to tell us we need a little bit of action
It's 2023 now and I just saw a (black) woman on Twitter post one of those videos, saying that she bought it for her birthday. It's insane to me that people are still sooo ignorant about this. Even if they haven't seen this documentary before, don't you find this weird?? It's scary to think what kind of insane shit is happening on this planet and none of us know about it.
Huge respect to the lady in this documentary and her friends/co-workers who figured so much important information out.
I just saw this for the first time and IMMEDIATELY what hit me is CHINA does nothing by accident. As an American who just pays attention, China has been getting their claws into Africa in all sorts of ways. We know its not for humanitarian reasons. THEY HAVE AN AGENDA. These vile videos are being used for "entertainment" and also in my opinion accustomizing the Chinese people to think little of Chinese TAKING NATURAL RESOURCES FROM AFRICA AND ALSO POSSIBLY ACQUIRING A CHEAP LABOR FORCE AS CHINA'S POPULATION has decreased.
By the time she met him, I was so ready to see some kind of justice delivered and she brought that energy in spades
He was terrified by her Chinese language eloquence..
@@socialright2269 He had told the undercover guy "beware of the 15% that understood chinese!
As a Nigerian, I can't express how deeply pained I am. And to know that most African leaders won't do anything to stop this makes it worse. We need to develop our home, we need to properly educate our children in Africa, we need to treat our children like gold, we need to make them know their worth. Without good leaders in Africa, this will be hard to achieve. We have beautiful and intelligent kids but many(not all) are underdeveloped in mind and it's not their fault. I always wish and hope that one day, African leadership will get to these rural areas and education will spread too! Long live Africa! Say no to racism! Say no to wickedness!
I am from INDIA and we have the 2nd largest population after CHINA. As a result, we are also facing challenges due to overpopulation. But still, we want AFRICANS to come and live in INDIA with us during difficult times. Much love to AFRICANS.
its worst in America...
Ghandi was as racist as Jackie Chan 😂 GTFH!
Africans love to talk the talk but nothing ever happens
@@andylucas6962 We also wish we could do something. But what happens when the leaders serve as a roadblock? It's mostly leadership issues. Also, widespread illiteracy and lack of access makes hands tied. Particularly in rural communities.
Here in Kenya 🇰🇪 we had to take matters in our own hands and beat them up due to their mistreatment and even physical abuse. This caught the government’s attention and now have strict rules against such foreigners. This is an award winning documentary
Kick Chinese ass kenya
@@hammockcamping2500 okay Mr high IQ, round of applause for you 👏🏾if you can stand to get beaten up and no one including the system isn’t doing anything about it
@@Slayerboy450 I'm not sure what you're saying - it seems like you and I use language differently. Perhaps we come from different language backgrounds. In any case it seems like you hold me in derision or perhaps you were trying to insult me?
@@hammockcamping2500 what a non response
@@shiobuzz3724 Yes LOL. No response from Kenny G.
When they say language is currency, Runako really embodies what that means.
For her to go and confront that idiot was the most powerful, brave and noble thing she could have done. I applaud her not only for representing Malawians and other Africans (including those in the diaspora), but doing so in an informed, measured and thought provoking way. God bless you sis ❤
Literally, what the hell have I just watched! Why doesn’t this have millions of views, it’s outrageous. Brilliant investigative reporting from young Africans.
1. BBC credibility has slid pretty hard over these last few years. Mainstream media is no longer the power it once was.
2. Black women complaining about racism has become a banality. Seems like just about every time we see black women in the media they are either dancing or complaining about something.
I’m not saying I share these views. I’m just a messenger of general sentiments
@@TheDweeb002 shut up
Stop projecting your own opinions on others.
Regardless of race, nationality, skin color, whatever, NO child should EVER be exploited in this way! PERIOD. These children and their communities were abused and traumatized. This guy is a sick predator. Def commend the journalist for her courage to point this out...When governmental authorities do nothing or little to stop such behavior it's up to all of US to protect the innocents.
*3 peoples got killed (1 in dakar and 2 in Casamance)*
*Many people and politicians leaders were arrested*
*Macky Sall is killing our democracy and our youths*
*THE WORLD SHOULD KNOW HOW TYRANNICAL MACKY SALL IS TO HIS OWN PEOPLE*
Western misinformation. They are brainwashing you with these fabricated stories.
And for f* sake don't leave your children with them..
@@mzfeisty1554 it's a bit insensitive to say this because as shown in the video, most people in the village thought (and many still think) people like him were there to help. I doubt they knew of his intentions...
@@mzfeisty1554 those are village people. they are very trusting because nothing bad ever happens in villages.
Now waiting to see the reaction from the Malawian government 🙏🏿
As a Malawian, I hope they will react accordingly because we have quite the history of justice not being served.
Forget it. The action shud have started with Henry by bringing the Police with him. One threat from the Chinese govt the story will be forgetten.
You damm well they ain’t gon do him nothing, wode you know I still don’t blame susu, our leaders failed us
Corrupt governments don't care.
❤💯👌
As a black woman and as a Haitian of African descent I am appalled , this is reminiscent of the black minstrel shows they use to do in America 🇺🇸
This breaks my heart deeply. My family in Ghana also suffers because of the Chinese people coming to Africa. Not in the same way the children sadly do but in fact because of the same people. Most of the Chinese people are coming to Africa to just exploit the people living there, giving them wrong promises and bring harm to them. In one way or another it feels like modern slavery to me. I hope this man experience appropriate consequences for his inhumane behavior. We need to start somewhere like this impressive Reporter did!
How are the Chinese coming to Africa?
@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 They come to Africa with the pretext of making economically profitable deals for both sides or just want to improve their economy and in the end Africa is always at a disadvantage in every aspect.
@@Lele-bx3nb such as? Can you give detailed examples?
@@Lele-bx3nb and aren’t you Chinese o.O
@@catsNcode Didn’t you wacht the documentary that’s a whole detailed example and no it’s just a pp
Honestly this lady deserves an award.She and her group did a very good job.
That’s a complete child abuse.
Racism will forever be a problem, I've made peace with that. The only thing that makes me really mad is for someone to travel all the way to a black man's country just to be racist. This is infuriating.
You can say that again
And I think we are just too nice to these people 🙄
@@Allthecoolusernamesaretaken African is just too nice or too easily corrupted. Look at this guy will surely give some money and they will let him go back China. Too many africans prefer money over respect, and it leads to this kind of situation where people think "I can do whatever i want in africa if i have little bit of money"... Yeah it can happen in other countries but they have to give milions of dollars, in many African countries you give 10000dollars and you can escape pretty much everything... Selfrespect and resisting the temptation of corruption is low objectives in Africa, and that's the main problem.
I see why Europeans and Asians are racist. I don't blame them, racism is simply putting your group above all. It's only Africans who keep dreaming of this non racist utopia. If Africans had common sense no foreigner would oppress any African in Africa or abroad. Remember Chinese and white people don't do jail. Time in Africa their people ptotect them eve. When they break the law in Africa. This should be umulated.
I’m at peace with racism is the way it is because it’s got violence and discrimination behind it. ANTI RACISM doesn’t have violence and discrimination behind it.
He sounds like a sociopath too. I'm tired of racists showing themselves on social media manipulating people.
The way these are still being posted on TikTok is crazy
I am surprised that such a well-done production does not have subtitles/closed-captions. Please add them immediately. This is an important documentary and should be shared with people who need subtitles, whether because they are Deaf/hard of hearing, or because they are L2 english speakers.
agree. I want to show my students this video
No-one NEEDS subtitles, it is a lazy thing that only started a few years ago.
We've had TV with no subtitles since the '20s, just turn the volume up or work on your language skills!
@@nhatlinhhoang7291 I hope they are not studying English, if you want subtitles?
@@DeNuevoI hope you can be nice to us. We mean good, and we want to spread the video, that’s it.
The English level of my students is not that good, subtitles can help them understand the content and also learn the pronunciation as well as new words mentioned in the video. I have a master’s in language teaching, I know what is good for them
@@nhatlinhhoang7291 Not really.
Most of the world's English speakers learned from watching TV without subtitles, and most of the subtitles online are wrong and will only teach your students bad spelling and grammar.
This is what happens when you rely on donor aid. It has to stop
The Han Chinese indoctrination doesn’t discriminate, they’re quite racist to everybody. But the exploitation aspect is appalling.
Absolutely true! And it seems that we never learn our lessons, now some countries are pledging allegiance to Russia! 😓
@@MegaRanjee I am focusing on the beauty of nature and its endless miracles instead of the Homo Sapiens. We’re a rotten species, all efforts for global stability are being fundamentally questioned or wiped out by a few axxholes who are stuck in history and tribalism. It’s disheartening.
Julius Malema sing KISS a ,,,,
@@MegaRanjee Russia is full of neo nazis
I blame African leaders for allowing this Chinese to do whatever they want in Africa
Also blame other people around the victims. Sometimes they slap an african in africa and everyone just watching, too scared to not getting paid... then if you dont want problem you give them few more dollars on their salary and everyone just pretend they didn't see anything... It's shameful to have no selfrespect and putting money before pride in your own country!! this is a real problem. Funny so many countries i nAfrica when someone steal a little thing we set a witch hunt and burn the person alive, when its a chinese or lebanese beating up and humiliate a poor african kids no one moves. How shameful
You cant blame African leaders alone, don't think anyone would welcome a bad person into their house. We have to blame ourselves because we let our leaders take take advantage of the people and resources. Some of these countries exploiting Africa have accountable leaders which is not common in Africa. Slowly Africa is rising from its slumber and will surely be proud to raise her head up again and the only way we can do that is to build ourselves 1st and lets others come to us not us going to them just like the Chinese did. Painful to achieve because we rely so much on the west previously now its the east. If our forefathers know what we new generations know now about these foreigners i doubt they would have let them near African shores. The devil comes as a friend, it only after it has left, you discover that it was there to steal, kill, destroy and keep you in fear which sadly most Africans are still in. Just praying the children in some of these villages are not been used as medical research😢
Not African leaders but Malawian government and citizens at large. You only need to raise a voice and deter such acts
What is the response from the Malawian gvt?
I blame the racist Chinese who created such a sick industry.
Thank you for exposing these criminals. You have made all of us throughout the world better because of it.
I recently reposted a video of those men who say happy birthday pookie wookie, and a friend of mine told me how wrong it was and sent me this video. This documentary is super helpful! I'm so sorry you guys are still experiencing racism, and i'm sorry for not noticing! I'm learning from my mistakes and passing on information.
Was it the Luka one?
That’s how I got here
I hope the children will one day reclaim the dignity and justice they deserve
they never lost their dignity, they are innocents and they will be avenged
@@nikjul2902 p
They were taking advantages ,they clearly didn’t know what they were saying ,they are just kids
Time is now. Why wait for the kids??
They certainly will. Today they’re children. Tomorrow they’re adults who won’t forget how they’ve been treated by the Chinese!!
So, not only did that excuse of a man make those children say those demeaning words, he was carving a path to make those words true as well by taking them out of school. May he and all those who take advantage of people who they "think" are less than them find a special kind of suffering.
A special blessing and accolade for everyone in the crew! Wonderful job, this is journalism!!
Amen
The confrontation is soooo gooooood. Give this woman a prize already.
Thank you Runako Celina and Henry Mhango. Well done to the whole team. It's so heartbreaking to watch. He acknowledges the kindness of the Malawians but rewards them with disdain
That monster saying "never feel pity for black people" made me so mad....like wtf is wrong with some people?
But that's the truth, they feel absolutely nothing for us, which is why it gets even confusing when after getting the treatment we got in Ukraine you still have black people who dare comment on what's happening there! Just shut up, buy Russian oil and continue with your lives! And you get countries like Rwanda trying to benefit from Racism!
Its because they dont see them as human.
I am Chinese, before that, I am a human being. I cried for this documentary, cried for these children. Thank the journalist to bring it to the world. I don’t know how to compensate to these people, nothing is enough, but at least the profits from the videos shall give back to these children!!!
Chinese in Africa, do Africans really benefit? Look at what’s is going on in Congo Cobalt mining, they praise themselves in our country and exploit these African people. The minerals are too cheap for china to refuse and hence African are dealing with money hungry people that will enslave others with debt traps. Why are these Africans even allowing these Chinese people to do what ever they like. Look at what they are doing in Kenya, abusing Kenyans by exploiting them. There’s no (Win-Win). If you can’t do the same in China then it’s not a Win-Win. Most people are innocent but those who have power to change are benefiting in silence.
There is a long list tho... How u gonna compensate uyghurs?
are the translations accurate
That's like making someone a prostitute and then being proud to give them a piece of the profit. The suggestion you made it nothing than condescending. It's an insult to pay them for this videos. In fact the Chinese government should punish this guy and the children and parents should receive financial compensation and full time paid trauma counseling. It's a shame that the Chinese government doesn't think to adress and stop that.
I think that is one of the most disgusting things I have seen. And I have seen a lot.
@@LalaLa-ze7kv how u asking a random Chinese citizen on the internet to compensate for what the ccp is doing, which is far beyond what the people can control 💀 I get all of this is absurd and even wrong is an understatement, but bruh
46:29 A Freudian slip if I've ever seen one
😭😭😭😭
As a chinese, i'm deeply sorry for what happened to these children and they're family, and very ashamed of what this man did, i cry througt the whole documentary, but i have to admit what this kind of racism does happen a lot under the propaganda of these days' chinese media, and i don't enen know what to do with this bias. I just want to say not all chinese are like this.
We are all human beings, we shouldn't put people down when they're below us, why hurt them when they are already poor enought, instead of we should do the best we can to help them.
And for the brave girl in the documentary, always stand up for other people's bias, racism. Deep down they know they are wrong, and they are actually scared of you.
I hope there will be more people like this girl, fight back the unjustice, and dear to show the unjustice to the world.
I hope all the people in this documentary live a happy life, and we root for u.
Weibo is controlled by xi
I'm a black American, and I understand ignorance is ignorance. Any person here chinese, black, white can get attacked by some fool because they don't accept them. Even some black Americans look down on Africans. It's just wrong.
As a Kenyan I am heart broken by what is happening in this continent. It's heartbreaking that going to ( their) countries is as hard as you can imagine..but them coming to our continent is easy. They are taking advantage of us. What are our leaders doing? Honestly I am hurt and disgusted that I am being colonized the second time. We still are recovering from what these people did to our continent. It's time we woke up and said no to this nonsense
Exactly. So true. Being colonized twice. When will Africans learn
我们去你们那天，是投资。不是移民。而你们黑人来中国都不走了！😪
ur leaders have opened the door for the advantage to be allowed.
Kick them out
這都不是投資啊，是剝削
The saddest thing is, the mother of the cute little boy let the Chinese vendors in because she thought "Hey, if they see how horrible the conditions we live in are, certainly they'll want to help us." And instead, he just exploited them.
Come and settle in INDIA, dear AFRICANS.
@@dineshbhat7978 stop simping like a desperate pervert go settle in Africa we have our issues so get lost
@@dineshbhat7978 Are you serious?? I live in the U.K. and I’ve met some Indians who are horrible to black people & treat them badly.
But I don’t understand ; how can you allow him to come and take your child. No poverty in the world would make me loose my damn mind. Look how big she is and she watched her child being abused. She missed her chance to stand up for her family. It would get ugly. Meanwhile he’s still in the village and everyone surrounds him for half a dollar if he is willing to give it.😡😡😡
@@tellwel3767 Thank you! I was looking for a comment like this. What the hell is wrong with these ppl?! All sad and hurt- fight back damn it!
people will make the most eye opening and informal documentaries and then proceed to not add closed captions
Would’ve been great if we as a community could add them
Well done to the 2 journalists, this was riveting to watch! You certainly deserve recognition for what you uncovered!
As a Malawian this has hurt me deeply, to ask these children to say that and take these videos for profit is quite shocking. I hope justice is served for these kids.
This really hurts
If that guy is still in Malawi, I hope the locals organise a leaving bash for him - for all the work he did for the community, he bloody deserve it.
Only the locals can take action if they r conscious enough. Bat I dont expect justice from governments. Systems in black africa r rotten to the core n that's why we r a jock to everyone around the word . Because of our leaders other races look down on us n its soo painful
Please inform the authorities and dont alow any one to come to your land
🤦
Took me more than 24 hours after watching to write my comment. I was shaking with anger and disappointment. On the bright side, this girl just won my heart. Thanks to BBC for giving her the resources to follow up on this. I never cried so much watching a documentary, that little cute boy 😭. He deserves so much better. I hope the Malawians do the needful to Susu, if he doesn't escape himself.
Lol
Suddenly America and Europe don't seem so bad right?
Are you American ?
@@jollygrapefruit786 we see this same stuff in America, ever week.
我作为中国人看了都很气愤，更何况是非洲人。非常抱歉，我们国家的人口太多了，不是所有人都能获得良好的教育，应该有更多的中国人对他们进行道德的批评。
OMG! This woman deserves an award. This is true true INVESTIGATIVE journalism! Brilliant!
Again, I just want to commend the journalist here for sitting people in Malawi down and explaining to exactly how they were exploited. You could tell how much people appreciated someone talking to them not at them about it.
This also needs to be televised and broadcast locally to make other villagers wary of this man/this exploiters. This man can move to another village and start exploiting again.
💯 Agreed, actions needs to be taken,how are the leaders from Malawi not talking about this?If they can't address this a national violation of humans right then they shouldn't call themselves leaders
The locals need to organize a protest to get police to arrest this man.
Why is he even still there???
@@lks2144 ask again they should have kick him out right there our kindness in Africa is our own enemy we welcome them with open arms and minds then they turn around and say we stupid we have the low IQ i am fuming here
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I am from Sierra Leone West Africa. I am against Africans learning Chinese language in Africa. It is the responsibility of the Chinese people to learn our local languages. That is intergration we are not looking for new colonial masters but development partners.
I wanted to learn mandarin but after this video I’m absolutely not gonna waste my time on learning a very hard language if a lot of the people are racist.
It’s a trap/trick in the long run doing business with them.
They hate BP.
You're not looking for new masters. But, they, the black government IS handing over Africa hand over fist.... They are not there for you benefit. Safety. Or comfort. They are there for them. And, Africa could care less. Wake up and it's too late
We shouldn't even have them as development partners. Its time we Africans took responsibility and helped ourselves
They are colonizing Africa and African leaders sold their land for some loan this is so disturbing and sad
Wow this actually hurt my heart and I’m only 8 minutes in. Seeing the excitement on the faces of those poor babies whilst knowing that whoever set this up is mocking them just broke my heart. They were excited to make some money for their family and to be sharing a video across the world and had no idea that some evil people in China were making them say disgusting things about themselves. I genuinely can’t get my head around why people are so awful and have such disregard for other people just because of their skin colour or country they were born. What really gets me is that as someone who is autistic, I am supposed to be the one who isn’t “neurotypical” and yet this upsets me and others think it’s okay. Which one of us has an abnormal brain??
This women is a hero she need to be given an award, Africans need to stand up to the hate and exploitation others are trying to do to them.
This documentary deserves an award. Thank you for the job well done, to all that were involved.
As a practitioner, this is a play performed by Westerners. The BBC asked someone to let the Chinese make a video that angered Africans, and then exposed it. Make Africans hate China. What kind of reporters can be found on Google Maps through village houses. There is only one possibility of knowing it in advance, because they bought it from this person with money for hire. Because this is how Westerners provoke China and South Korea. China and India. China and Russia. Chinese man and woman relationship
This is a masterpiece of western countries or BBC, paying Chinese to make videos. Maybe some businessmen will make a blessing video. The BBC and the American media have been slandering China. For example, Xinjiang. Even provoke conflicts between Chinese men and women. For example, ask actors to perform Chinese men beating women on the street, and finally being rescued by white people. are all false。The Sino-Indian border line drawn by the United Kingdom, and the line between Egypt and Sudan drawn by the United Kingdom. The purpose is to provoke conflicts in other countries。In fact, Western media such as the BBC have been making rumors that China's investment in Africa is a colony. This time they made Africa hate China by framing it。
这是西方国家或BBC的杰作，花钱请中国人做视频。 也许有些商家会制作祝福视频。 BBC和美国媒体一直在诽谤中国。 比如新疆。 甚至挑起中国男女之间的矛盾。 比如让演员表演中国男人在大街上打女人，最后被白人救了出来。 都是假的。中印边界线是英国画的，埃及和苏丹的线是英国画的。 目的是在其他国家挑起冲突。事实上，BBC等西方媒体一直在造谣中国在非洲投资是殖民地。 这一次他们通过诬陷中国让非洲讨厌中国
This is not an AWARD concern, this is a WAKE UP CALL TO YOU AND THE REST OF BLACK AFRICANS....
we have to stop this fame starvation and focus on the message,...and multiply it amongst our less informed peers in the continent.
We got a lot to do, AFRICANS.
Absolutely
Your pompous racist is detained in Maula Prison Malawi
There isn’t any remorse whatsoever, he’s just mad and angry that he was arrested.
I don't think it's possible to overstate how horrifying, shocking and disgusting this is.
That's so outrageous and appalling!! Why are people so unkind? The poor children were so happy, how absolutely cruel!!😢
This is so painful to watch. I'll never be able to watch those videos and laugh anymore
Men the confrontation is so satisfying my heart skip a beat
As a young African, my heart bleeds when I see this level of arrogance and exploitation done by FOREIGNERS right on OUR OWN LAND. It is sad that we allow these crooks to target the weakest of the weakest on our rich and lovely continent. Although some of these occurrences are fairly rare in my country (KENYA) I still can't get my sleep when our children in places like MALAWI, ZAMBIA, and CAMEROON are abused by RACIST CHINESE in the name of FOREIGN AID. I lead YOUNG AFRICANS in condemning these unprovoked acts of violence and aggression. You might be having your money (many of which you STOLE FROM US) but you must allow us to have our DIGNITY. Our children must be protected from such CRIMINALS at all costs. I am infuriated and THIS MUST END. Africa has survived for millennia without 'CHINESE AID' we can and we will make it as ONE AFRICA. We reject any help that comes at a cost to our DIGNITY and SOVEREIGNTY. TAWE. HAWEZEKANI. WE REFUSE. SHENZI SANA.
I call on all peace-loving Chinese to help place these rogues in their rightful place. Good work BBC for exposing this.
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Most of the African countries are full with natural resources and rich. When did all money go? In the corrupted leader pockets. China giving loan is a trap. Big trap. And most of them are racist pig. African should ban Chinese from doing this to them.
In Kenya we'll slaughter them for dogs
In kenya is common, the other day workers walikuwa wanachapwa. I worked in a chinese firm and aki angai nachukia hao watu saa hii mbaya sana.
I agree ...💯...everyone has survived off of Africa...it's time for Africa to stop the cycle of Dependence on the Foreign outside world waving money in the hand saying their coming to help..but in the other hand ,they have something sinister.😔
They should take all his money and share it to all the kids and families he exploited....He's Disgusting..A LAWYER NEEDS TO TAKE THIS CASE PRO BONO THIS IS HUGE...OMG..
That's the problem we always think skin color is money, dude is poor
@@chapysocialcard we're talking about the money he makes out of the kids. No one cares if he's broke or not.
@@chapysocialcard think wisely
They kill him
@@chapysocialcardthis man made $11,000 usd in a day! What did he do with that money? It’s disgusting! And to be exploitative, and broke. You did it for no reason.
This broke my heart and I will share this to all my friends. People need to see these king of videos
This industry is absolutely disgusting, thank you so much for shedding light on this.
🚨UPDATE: The Chinese filmmaker wanted by the Malawian authorities as part of a BBC investigation into allegations of racism and child exploitation has been arrested. Read more ➡️ bbc.in/3n3U0Hw
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Thank you.
As an Asian person, I hope that other Asian people are honest in self-reflecting on the Anti-Black prejudices within our own communities.
The Chinese government needs to do much more to combat racism instead of just giving lip service; they have the power to change people's hearts.
I love my African brothers and sisters and I will continue to speak out in the name of worldly brotherhood and sisterhood.
And I will not ignore the prejudiced, for with the right teaching, anyone is capable of change.
I'm sooo glad..
BBC Africa Eye is very patient, couragous and professional, I'm impressed. 😮
Thanks for the job well done!
Thank you!
As an African living in China I totally agree with the issues raised on this documentary,it’s really disgusting and saddening that most of us have aired these concerns in the Chinese media but still ignored,ridiculed more and most of all labeled all sorts of racist slurs especially on (douyin) a Chinese media platform same as TikTok.i applaud these journalists who took that step to travel all the way there and Shame the devil .👍🏾
Honestly l think our own governments are the one we need to hold accountable for allowing things like to happen in our land. You can't do this in China and get away with it.
@@refiloeo6552 agreed Africa relying on Chine too much. we should reduce dependence on them to be free
@@refiloeo6552 exactly,,it’s even worse to imagine if tables were turn and how it would turn out to be if this was done in China
Im in china too. I know the feeling
Waste them and do not allow Chinese in again
Absolutely heartbroken and shocked about how dark and exploiting this industry was. At first, I thought these videos where you commission them for blessings was funny and sweet, especially for a birthday blessing for a friend or just something silly for 2d characters, and I’ve seen ads for these videos on my instagram and even sent those ads to my friends, telling them they should commission one of these videos for my birthday because I thought it would be funny. Never would I have thought that such dark things were happening off-camera and behind the scenes, and ashamed at myself for not noticing the underlying racism in such videos. (Because think about it, if it were white males taking the places of these african people in these videos spouting things they didn’t understand and danced around and sang, would we have thought that it was funny? )
Thank you for making this video to bring awareness of the fact that we are supporting racism and exploitation of the poor by commissioning such videos that have been popular for the past year.
I was heartbroken as a human being seeing this, God bless you for exposing this inhumanity
Respect to this girl for making this video. It's worth her efforts in all these years to make people understand the whole thing more. Good job!
I am quite disturbed and a bit angry, sad, definitely disgusted... But I am also very thankful you did all of this. You went above and beyond to get to the button of it all. This is how journalism should be. Thank you Celina
Thanks to Celina's, yet Celina's need to chill out, when interviewing the culprit. And the other idiot, bouncing his head, while Celina's mascratated that son of a yellow man. What's that head bouncing for, and he's a journalist.. that's what enraged me. Professionalism had its meaning, and so it seriousness. You can't be a fool, acting as a yes man, when scolded the perpetrator.
@@birdyelke775 thats complete nonsense your talking
She is a beauty with brains ❤❤love her very much
@@birdyelke775what time is it?you need to take your pills
@@amanda51600 I appreciate that you're sharing a positive sentiment, and yes she's a very beautiful woman, but it feels a bit wrong to mention her looks since it's so irrelevant. Whether she was beautiful or not, she's still an incredible woman
the entire team involved in making this happen is incredible. celina, you are so strong. it is horrifying to remember how rampant child exploitation is and how children who are impoverished are targeted. susu may not have gotten a real consequence, but at least the team confronting him about his videos + language will show him that he isn't some lord... he's the scum of the earth.
Greatest moment when the journalist lady confronted this boy in his language. Great work my sister 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
As an African American I feel deeply hurt seeing this video. Tears in my eyes right now. How can anyone be this hateful and heartless to do this to innocent children? I don't understand why it seems the world hates us all. I will hang on to my faith and put my hope in God. Praying for all of the children tonight.
be honest,if Chinese or Japanese people was sold as slave to all over the world,does anyone will respect China or Japan? the point is,the black slave seller is black Chief.
They hate us Because GOD made Our People First!!!! He Made Our People From His Awesome Hands and Gave Our People The Beautiful Land Of Africa ...Where everything the Wholw world wants is on the land or in the Land...the world and its people have survived by exploiting, raping and robbing Our People and Our Lands...Be encouraged...God is not Mocked!...One day it will be a reconking...God does Not Sleep!!!🙏😔💚💛❤🖤💚
@@sischermayne4217 I needed to hear that. Thank you! Amen!
@@lalab1071 Be strong...in The Power of His Might...My Dear Beautiful Black Sister...Blessings 🙏💚💛❤🥰
看了你的评论我都想哭了😭，我作为中国人看了都很气愤，更何况是非洲人。非常抱歉，我们国家的人口太多了，不是所有人都能获得良好的教育，应该有更多的中国人对他们进行道德的批评。
This video struck a chord with me. Earning thousands of dollars a day from exploitative videos while beating children and demeaning a race in such a cavalier manner is reprehensible. Thank you for this investigation.
The innocence on Bright's face😢😢😢 its hard to watch how that child was mistreated...sad indeed
So no action is going to be taken for exploiting those children? Everyone involved should be locked up as they are profiting from child abuse.
As an African man from Nigeria this documentary need to go viral. Africa need to rewrite there story Many Western country see Africa as a dump yard even till date this don't happen in China alone. I wish I can tell Africa story to the world. Thank you for this great and historical content video peace out!
I know you want it to go viral. But, it will backfire trust that. Nigerians have a reputation all over the world and its not good. Should every country even other African countries treat all Nigerians the same?
@@laurymakesaway6695 what are you talking about my friend? I hope you guys are all kicked out of my continent. I'm sharing this all over social media.
Something must be done, Africa must wakeup and work on these Exploitors
China is East
@@laurymakesaway6695 lmao, Nigerians are some of the most productive and educated groups in America, Nigerians literally are now part of the UK systems in all fields ranging from medicine to engineering to entertainment. it is primarily other Africans who have problems with Nigerians because of your inadequacies. fix up.
"All back people steal"
"Never ever pity them"
The guts that this Lu Ke guy has!
Imagine saying all that nonsense on our Aftican soil
saying "All back people steal" reminded me of often hearing "All Chnese companies steal and copy", while sounds offensive, is probably based on some truth.
When he is the one stealing. How can he sleep at night. I am not african but even i faved a slight racism from a chinese and i am not in china. Cant imagine
@@szbxa wow
And a few minutes later is lying with the same ease the average person breathes about all the stuff he said. Beating them and exploiting them while saying they lack a conscience.. Smh
I grew up in apartheid South Africa and am so shocked by what I am seeing that I'm struggling to see it through. Having said that I have worked with a Chinese University in wuhan that has many black students from Africa and not once did I see or even feel any racism from my Chinese colleagues or students. Thanks for sharing and exposing these disgusting actions. So great that you investigated
Their good and bad people in all races but majority of asians east asians arabs indians all have preference for light skin to pale skin they look down on darker skin asians so why do you think they would like black people to them we are the last shade on the scale they try to escape from dark skin so they dont want black people, we should love our own and stop looking for other racds validation and acceptance
This is a beyond sad problem. Words can not express my anger concerning this subject. The documentary is well done, thank you.
Why has this documentary not gotten more popular? We need more awareness because in 2022, this is still happening. Absolutely sickening!!!
Because it doesn't have a white saviour...but it's still doing extremely well.
This is really sad and heartbreaking. I hope those behind it will be dealt with and Africa will rise up😢
This video was linked on a tweet showing this sort of exploitation and it's so heartbreaking what Africans go through
*some Africans
@@sandmango Okay and? NO ONE should be going through this.
A very painful documentary to watch as African youth! Our leaders are to be blamed for allowing such nonsense to happen on our African soil. Foreigners shouldn't come and mistreat us in our own countries. The only place we need to feel safe and secure as Africans. A big thank you to the whole investigation crew for the job well done!!!
Come and settle in INDIA, dear AFRICANS.
I totally agree with you. I'm not African, but I am black so this is appalling to me to see. At some point when are the so called African leaders going to be held accountable for their lack of leadership?
The lines designed by the white people made the Chinese businessman shoot a racist video, which was finally exposed by the white people. The aim is to break trust between China and Africa白人设计的线条让华商拍摄了一段种族主义视频，最终被白人曝光。 目的是破坏中非之间的信任
As a practitioner, this is a play performed by Westerners. The BBC asked someone to let the Chinese make a video that angered Africans, and then exposed it. Make Africans hate China. What kind of reporters can be found on Google Maps through village houses. There is only one possibility of knowing it in advance, because they bought it from this person with money for hire. Because this is how Westerners provoke China and South Korea. China and India. China and Russia. Chinese man and woman relationship
Foreigners should not come??that‘s racist !!!
What makes me sick with this video is that this Chinese man will get out of Malawi without anything happening to him while a black man in China will shoot such a video only once and he will go to jail for the rest of his life. Some things need to change we have to stand up and stop these people from doing whatever they want with our people on our land. We would like to hear from the Malawian authority this guy must pay the price of his crime there, otherwise, he will pay it nowhere.
And this is ONLY one documented crime. I am sure there are more undocumented crimes that he has committed over the yeas while hopping from one village, to another and one country to another.
It begs believe, what visa does he have and what's the remit of his visa?
Where are the authorities who issued him the visa and do they even know where he is or what he does.
Unless people like him get punished in the hardest possible way it won't end.
So sad
Africa should set up a less corrupt and less poor government then
It really pains me,why can't our country have balance and consequences in every one violating human rights,
As an African in China, I can comfirm. Chinese are extremely strict against foreigners in their country, they'll not even let a foreigner shoot a video of poor people in the first place.
This is outrageous....modern slavery in the heart of Africa. That guy should be punished severely.
That is so horrible, exploiting the poor and vulnerable.
This guy should be arrested and locked out for 110 years at least in Africa
He must not be allowed to leave Malawi. I am sure he is also molesting some of these children
true to that.kobby Ireland
This guy? expell this Chinese the good and bad
We should think of taking our stupid laws in our own hands
What difference does it make ? 😂🤷♂️
Just move on
As an African I feel very sorry 😢 for those kids and I wish that the government will take action on this
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The people
Start with electing a good leader to get their people out of property and provide them with good education. The only way to get out of racism is to be successful in life.
We need to cut ties with China. This is only a tip of the iceberg of Chinese colonialism in Africa.
Take the man and make him "dance" honestly
I knew there was something off about these videos. Thank you for this video, so informative and engaging to follow.
i found out about this from concerns regarding a couple of videos that referred to upcoming characters from the video game honkai: star rail 😰 this is so insidious and an inarguable act of cruelty
I would strongly suggest adding Chinese subtitles to this video, this video needs to be spread amongst the Chinese speaking world. I'm not only talking about in China, being of Taiwanese descent I have seen these videos occassionally in my social media feeds (though not the explicitly racist ones). So if possible adding Traditional and Simplified Chinese subtitles would help spread the message.
the Chinese will not care , Chinese believe in racism ! it is deeply rooted in its so called 5 thousand year couture
@@TELEVISIBLE Did you even read my full reply? If not please do so.
yes true
Yes there is a shorter version in Chinese, but it won't get through the China firewall...
TBH, even the African kids videos do not speak insulting messages, using Africans because they are "exotic" is already a form of racism.
It already has a Chinese version. Name BBC調查：追蹤中國社交網絡上侮辱黑人視頻的幕後黑手－ BBC News 中文
She killed it!!!
So proud of her
I thought her confrontation with the main culprit wasn't handled very well, unfortunately. She could have done it more calmly and structured.
@@imvarda How could you stay calm in front of the man racially exploiting children?
Felt more like he was getting his way
@@imvarda no. People who do not respect you do not deserve respect
@@imvarda Actually she handled it very well and you expecting her to 'Tone Police' is racist. If she were an outraged white reporter you wouldn't be saying that.
This is crazy, I’m glad she is exposing this industry. What a shame these men are going out of their to target vulnerable communities under the guise of helping them while they just want to fatten their pockets. Shameless
As a Chinese,i feel so shamed and sorry.STOP BLACK HATING.😢
He felt so entitled and powerful to manipulate and exploit vulnerable people, but when the journalist faced him, he didn't have the balls and almost shat his pants
As an African, I’m enraged especially because this is still happening till date. I heard a lot of people talk about how foreigners are mean to people they employ or share spaces with. While I commend the lady’s control of temper, I really plead that people speak up when things like this are noticed. Who will listen and act remains the question I can’t even answer. I’m confused and angry. I really need to put myself together before typing properly. I’m so upset.
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As a Chinese, this person's behavior really makes me feel ashamed. So many people are helping building bridges and railways. Build schools for public welfare. Let Africans come to China to study and learn knowledge for free. I want to apologize to all of his hurt black friends. Every country there will be a few scumbags. Like some black robberies. I wish there were less scumbags in this world.more Love.
Getting enraged won’t change anything, only building Africa in a powerful way can stop these nonsenses!!!
You should be enraged about your sistas and brothas being sold on the slave market in Libya. 😂
Typical Chinese nature
It’s heartbreaking to see these videos still circulating on social media. The world en masse does not see dark skin people, especially those of African descent, as human. To go to someone else’s country and badmouth their culture while profiting off of disenfranchised locals, it’s a neocolonial pursuit.
I wish there were captions for this video. Kind of hard to follow because of my hearing issues but I’ll live
I love to see MORE Black People taking a stand and not be bystanders.
Anyone should take a stand, but especially the consumers and target audience of these videos
I’m not black but I’m African. We gotta stand together as a nation!
@@Eliteboy666 Sorry fam, you may live in an African country, but you ain't African. You don't see black people going to Japan and calling themselves Asian.
@@kenshix7902 mate I was born and raised in Africa I have an African passport… stay quiet
@@kenshix7902 lmao this dude really think there are only black people in Africa shame on you fr