10 HOURS OF WALKING IN CHINA AS A BLACK MAN, HOW CHINESE REACT TO BLACK PEOPLE? (BLACK IN CHINA)
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- This is what it's like as a Black man walking 10 hours in China.
Living outside your home country isn't quite easy, but living in China is a little different. And especially that my skin color is different, I get a lot of reaction from Chinese on a daily basis.
This is Day 8 of my 10 hours of walking in China challenge.
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The conversation you had with the little girl shows real humans are when they meet someone that looks different. She said “ you are so black “ she made an obvious observation and she was curious and you were so cool to educate her. In that exchange you have shaped her view of black people in a positive way and possibility for the rest of her life. Much respect to you bro. You are inspiring and courageous 🎉👍🏾
Thank you very much
Your walk says a lot, you are beautiful and it's beautiful to see you venture out into another country where you never know how people would react in good or bad love it.
Beat me to it, yes sir
纯属想多了。对于一个那么小的小女孩来说，“黑”只是颜色、肤色的名称，没有其他含义。别把西方政治正确那一套带入中国来解释。
I am Chinese, but in Mandarin saying "black" or "white" does mean "tan" and "pale" as well. It doesn't necessarily mean skin color, or race, but also skin tone. For example, Chinese people will call other Chinese people "black" or "white" to say things like, "You look tan" or "You look pale."
There are actually no words in Mandarin to describe being tan or pale.😅
99.9% of Chinese people say that black people are black without any malice, so don’t feel sad. Chinese Han people say they are yellow, and we don’t feel racist when others call us yellow. Chinese people seldom come into contact with black people, and they are very conservative about unknown people. More communication can enhance understanding and friendship. Wish you a Happy New Year.
That is true. And the sense of what is "personal" or "sensitive" is much narrower among the Chinese (maybe other Asians too). For eg. they think nothing of information like age, weight, illnesses, marital status. People may feel annoyed with the person for being a busybody, but not because it is a subject that must not be talked about. People who has had too much of the sun, they say "you are so black. where have you been?' People who might have had some illnesses, they say "you are pale as a ghost. you need to eat more". Overweight people might get described as "fatty" and that is a common nickname for them. There's even a patriotic song that reminds the chinese people "whereever you go, don't ever forget our black hair and yellow faces".
Most things are fine if people don't get overly sensitive and feel that every sentence or statement has racist overtones to it,
Happy new year 🎆🎊
Yeh, but lot of people use this as an argument to tell people that Chinese are racist sadly 🥲
@@jivvyjack7723 yse,In fact most Chinese people don't understand racial discrimination.
What if I said why are your eyes so small
I am a Canadian Chinese man, retired Social Worker; my best friend at work is a Black Jamaican woman. When I was 8 years old, I had the same reaction as with that young girl meeting you the first time. It was pure innocence and curiosity. Communication and cultural exchange are the best way to build relationships and develop friendships. Keep up the great work.
Don’t feel discouraged when you experience negative encounters, your beautiful smile and positive attitude and energy are the best qualities that will help build a strong relationship and friendship! In ancient times, there were
African Decedents Chinese in parts of China. We are all one big family, God Bless🙏 (Resources: from Black Jade Journal in CZcams.)👏❤️from 🇨🇦👨🏻🏫👏
God bless! I appreciate that, thank you
Thank You for sharing your experience. It's great that You're open minded and excepting of others. Be well ❣️😌🌾
In China, its not common for the Chinese to see any Black person in person. They may have seen them in TV, but not in real life. So they'd feel surprised, especially among the young kids. Similarly, Blacks in Africa are surprised if they first time ever encounter a White person.
They look at you because you are different.. its not mean they hate or dislike the black people.
How do you know what every Chinese person is thinking?
@peifengli4058 。。。视频中的是南京，江苏省省会
@@kriztoppa He's saying YOU don't know what they're thinking. It's a fact that this dude is different -- he's black in China, which makes him different -- and people almost universally will be curious when they encounter such a stark difference, especially in a country where foreigners aren't as prevalent. Even the lady in the beginning who shunned him might just not wanted to be on a video, as many people don't, so there's no need to jump to the "racism" conclusion, like every fucking moron Liberal in America.
Sorry, but chinese people are so extremely racist against black strangers, but if he's a white guy, these chinese had a gret and friendly behavior with him..
If you did what you filmed by saying HI to everyone you encounter in New York City, people would think you were crazy.
Lol seems like fun video hahaha
Haha and that police car would stop and the police would interrogate you and handcuff you and if you resist you may end up like G Floyd 🤔😒
Or they calling 911
@@ahkoy973 This is China, not US buddy.
@@bldomain Ah Koy was obviously referring to the US. He was just continuing the OP comment.
Wtf, that woman on the stand ignored you and the other person walked away. At first I thought she was afraid of communicating in English, but when you switched to mandarin, she still ignored. And when you left, she turned and looked at you walking away. It's sad we still have people like that.
Some people are just really shy and don't want to be on camera too, I wouldn't go straight to assuming the worst.
You’re a street vendor,you’re supposed to communicate with people on the street, I don’t believe it’s because she is shy, come on!
You need to go out more bro, the more people sees you the more they get used to you and soon you will meeting more and more friends in China. Your Mandarin is impressive keep it up 👍 I’m Chinese but my mandarin not as good as yours so embarrassing 😅
Well done my Black friend! I am oversea born Chinese living out China since my grand parents migrated to Malaya! I won't dare doing like what you did in America! Enjoy what you are doing and good luck. 👌👍🙏
Thank you
Go to Zimbabwe
I went to Beijing China 🇨🇳 on my vacation and bcuz I only speak Spanish and English, I was so happy to make friends with Nigerian College students, these boys treated me amazing and showed me around. Great experience, Hi from Miami Fl, USA.
Thanks for sharing!!
Hi, My name is Felthom & I’m currently documenting my experiences as person of color here in China. hope you enjoy this video with Chinese though some parts are sensitive. Kindly like ,comment & subscribe if you’re new. cheers 🥂
What is this? Why present it like you're the only black man in China
I travelled to China. They are great people. The are curious but definitely not racist. The real racism is what we see in U S A where people gets killed for their skin color
@@torbjrnmelbye6823 Hahahaha
Maybe he's a loner and hasn't quite made friends with other black people in China.
Or maybe he was by himself that day and wanted to record his first hand experience 🤷🏾♀️
Idk
当你过马路的时候,在你背后的人告诉你,让你小心一点,你正在过马路,最后你没有听懂.于是他发出了尴尬的笑声.
@@Sophia4syn at 8:18 ?
When you said : thank grandma, grandpa, I laughed so badly. So cute!!!
Haha thank you
Great! You are brave and opening a "new" foreign face to the people there.. Wonderful encounters!
I appreciate that
Are you stupid? Do you know how many black people that are living, studying and doing business in China? Black people are not an attraction in China
Actually, it's not new. Sucker
Go to Guangzhou and find black people
You are doing good work brother, cultural exchanges n familiarity is good step to educate each other about beauty of mother earth.
"I said you are so black" lmao. the lil girl is so cute
That was so Relaxing and eye opening. They are so integrated and welcoming for the most part. Thank You for taking us on Your Journey and allowing us to see the Beautiful areas 🌈🦋🌾🌼
You are so welcome
Keep the consistency, your content AND QUALITY will blowup
Thank you
Cool video bro. I'm very impressed and inspired by you.
I appreciate that!
Hi I watch your video very interesting. Your brave and gutsy. It takes a lot to walk around in an area where in one’s colour stands out. You did great.
Thank you
Really? This is brave? Do you ever acknowledge an asian person living in a mostly white or black neighborhood as "brave and gutsy"? A yellow or brown person is much, much more likely to get real racist (as opposed to curiosity) attacks in London than a black man in Beijing.
Nice one bro keep going to 100k
The streets in china's cities are so CLEAN. In this video, the city concerned seemed to be nanjing...very well maintained and there are no homeless people...unlike in USA...kudos to china's citirs
Great content 🔥
Am rwandan 🇷🇼. This is my first time to watch ur videos and am through all of them almost. I went to China twice but i didn't like my experience there and now i know why. I thought they were racist when everytimes they wanted to take a pic with me my wife and one of my kids and they were so harsh when smelling our parfumes.😂 But it's all about culture. So, i would humbly like to recommand u to interact more with them in ur videos and show us more about their culture. I was there for holidays and we really messed all up.😭 Now, am about thinking to go back there soon coz of u. Thx
Very interesting experience man!
Glad you enjoyed it!
When you greet the older Chinese folks, you can ask "你吃饱了吗". If you greet them by saying "hello " , they may not understand. Or you can greet them with "你好".
Correction: "你吃了吗?" means "have you eaten?", and ""你吃饱了吗?" means "are you full?". They are very different.
My personal advice though - even though "Have you eaten?" is known to be the more common and less formal way of saying hello, the tone and the almost formulaic responses are EXTREMELY hard to master, as it kind of has a culture tie to the last generation Beijing natives. For example, depends on the time of the day or the place you meet, you might have to say "I haven't yet." or "I'm about to." (If you say you already had lunch at 11AM, you are probably lying.) At which point, the other person would invite you to have lunch with them as a courtesy. But almost all the time, you should politely refuse and thank them for offering because the other person was probably not serious about the proposition to begin with. So now you can probably see why most young people would avoid doing this. (This informal way of greetings are ironically too formal at situations.) "你好", "hi", "hello" would be the the better greetings in almost 99% of the time, quick and simple.
@@pizzatime9565 Jeez, no need to make life so complicating.
Ni Hao Maa, Ni Jiao Shen me Mingzo
Nice man. Really motivating! How did you learn Chinese?
You are a sweet, kind soul, and a very good explorer/diplomat. It's true; there are few black people in China, and I see a lot of heads turn! Your Chinese, and your politeness are great conversational starters. I got lost in the iron market in Port O'Prince, Haiti. Trust me, I was the only blonde-haired little white girl there. LOL The crowd conversed, and they then found the only other two white people there and got us together! The market crowd was HUGE and dense, the fact that they found us and returned us to each other so efficiently was awesome. Wish I could have understood Haitian French. (I carried a pencil and pad of paper and drew what I wanted) I LOVED visiting Haiti, eating the food and talking to people. Never felt the least bit nervous or in danger (this was 40 years ago, not recently) I wept to hear the iron market was destroyed in the last earthquake.....not so much for the destroyed palace, ahem. Such kind, happy people, such poverty, such art...the music of steel drums....it opened my eyes as a child. I LIKE "other" places! Thank you for sharing!!!
Seen you on Instagram, keep it up 👏 👏
Thanks for coming
Chinese people don’t really talk to strangers or other people unless they really have to so it’s so interesting to see this.
Rubbish! Lots of Chinese people walk up to me in the streets and start talking.
@@kriztoppa I have no idea where you live but we don’t do that. In fact, we try to avoid strangers as much as possible
I watched your all videos keep going ❤😊
I appreciate that
Knowing the local language makes a great difference communicating with people and avoid confusions. Well done and I hope you continue having great time in China!
Good video keep going type of video like that plz
That being said black man can pop up anywhere on this planet with cam, i am walking then be killed, i do not want to hear that chinese are racist ,Question what is he doing in china?
Thank you
拍的挺好的呀，不错，继续加油，订阅了。
谢谢
Fantastic idea you had to film a vid like this! It's sweet that the little girl starts to sing the "ABCD song“ after you asked if she studies English at school. Must be the only thing she knows of English.
The woman who refused to talk to you, I think probably it's because she doesn't speak English, not out of bad intention, and when you switched to Chinese she felt ashamed because she didn't answer you.
Let me here put a word for this kind of silence: very often it's not done with malice, it's really different the understanding of the SILENCE in China. Trust me that I am a Chinese who used to live in Europe and every time I go back in China I also get hurt by some silence of my own people only because I'm used with the western mentality somehow. But with time i understand more it's really about the way of interpretation, to understand the real intention behind it. Sometime is about avoid to make mistakes, but if interpreted in a bad way can look kinda impolite and I feel it. Wish you good life in China.
Nope. Some people are just racist, mate. Sorry to break the news to you mate. This is the real world for most of color.
Thanks for sharing my friend, I hope one day I can visit China, I just came from Japan
I think some people misunderstand the purpose of this video , it’s not to show that Chinese people are bad and should be looked down upon , what he’s trying to show is that how it is in daily life communicating with Chinese people as a person of color or foreigner even not being white or the privilege due to Chinese beauty standards as well ! Some might also be distant due to covid… but yeah I hope things get better 😊
You hit the hammer 🔨 right on the nail !!!
This is very interesting to watch. I’m amazed that young children are so surprised. I’m from America and it normal for me to see all races
I loved when the lil girl started singing ABCD 🥹❤️
Keep it up your very positive guy and help full
Thank you
I just discovered your videos today and I'm enjoying them a lot. I'm curious to know what made you pick this particular area in China to visit?
Nice view, let see Chinese tea 🍵😁😁😁
Bro is not easy there but u try alot keep it up bro nice one ♥️♥️💖🇳🇬
Thank you very much
@@FelThommy u are welcome
The ladies who did not answer probably wouldn't respond to any men on the street. It's quite normal.
More traditional unmarried Chinese women generally ignore the accosted middle-aged young men they don't know
That seller lady at the cart didn't even realize he was behind her, maybe she was wearing earphones listening music.
@@Anonymous------ this is what I thought
3:54 - she was checking you out afterwards lol
Hello hello from Cali🤗🐕🐩🐕🐩🐕
Yeah I know right some folks are open and others will ignore you.
Facts
Ghana best country in the world love from ivory coast
That awkward moment when the police vehicle stopped,big up to you my brother👊🇿🇦
I hope this video get million views 😁
Yess
I hope you become a teacher man you're great with the kids legit. My sister is a primary school teacher and loves every day of it.
我需要那個chips😂 Greetings from Thailand
I enjoy your videos, Sir. If I could suggest something to you, maybe you could invest in a microphone that you could attach to your clothing.
中文说得很棒！希望你在中国开心快乐！
谢谢
im sub 2091. ik for sure that u gonna get a lot of subs good content
Thanks very much & welcome here💥
@@FelThommy at the time improving my chinese
@@JoanManuelSB keep it up 👍
Could you upload videos about Chinese food too?☺☺
Sure, I’ll work on that
Very clean city .
I guessed is better to make eyes contact when you said hello, not behind someone’s back
Love has no color and no nation is without capacity to show compassion and openness. Bless 'em all who you encountered in this video, even if you were ignored at one point.. Jesus bless you, AFECHYA PA Brother :)
Afrehyia Pa🎉🎉. Thank you very much
Quite interesting. I have been wondering if China is a racial society， cause people see few foreigners here and not much experience or knowledge about it. Admire your courage！
Unless people travel outside
Yes Alot of western don't know china because they just look what western media show bad narrative about China and I as an Asian feel sad to see it all
Good video. Weird is really the word, I don't understand why the two women were ignoring you, maybe the camera. Anyway in general, chinese people are very welcoming.
You already know why let's not be purposely oblivious
@@devinmartin2098 You are probably right, I’m just trying to be optimistic
@@devinmartin2098 I know right. But watch what happens when you ignore THEM.... when you disrespect them!
If you go back a watch THEN they acknowledged him as he walked away
@@shiningdragon8737 I didn’t noticed before thanks for telling me.
Beautifull neat clean and safest country china in the world
Be strong.
They treat you like you're from a different planet...💯
I think sometimes black folks are really sensitive about their skin and culture which is understandable due to the history, I'm sorry for this, but if you are in China, don't be scared or think too much of it, because China never had this racial problem, people who were looking at you, they are just curious because obviously you are different from them, if it's a white people they will look at him the same way, so take it easy and try to learn the local language and culture, try to be one of them, and then you will be able to enjoy your life there, otherwise it's just too hard thinking everybody is starting at you as you are black. Good luck to you!
@@dexulosi9866 Yes, sometimes it's different,people's views towards black people are also changing because of what's happening in the world and USA,but to be honest you can't change everyone's thoughts, and forget about all of the differences, now you are in a different culture and world, don't be too alert and connect everything with your color. Work hard and learn the local language and culture and history, be one of them not a stranger. Only this way, you will be able to have a happy, meaningful and fruitful life.
If not only do the history but it's also due to current events.
We deal with racism and discrimination everywhere we go.
We don't know if people mistreat us because they are jealous or racist.
We don't know
But if we get treated differently compared to people who aren't black who are within the same establishment then you will hear us say,
"Is it because I'm black"?
So, yeah, we are quite sensitive.
Did you know that at @12:38, non black people do this to black people often , and especially in New York? I followed two black guys who were walking on the sidewalk and videotaped the reactions that non black people have and every last one of them did what this girl did.
Or how some chinese speakers will pretend not to understand the Mandarin black people use or they will blatantly ignore them ?
Or how some chinese people will be irritable and short with black people in their restaurants but smile and speak politely to Caucasians?
It hurts our feelings, you know ?
Of course we will be sensitive .
I remember before the pandemic, people seemed friendlier or maybe I was naive since I hadn't experienced racism but once or twice, until the pandemic hit.
But I agree with learning the language and culture. I find that SOME Chinese speakers are SURPRISED AND AMUSED by foreigners learning their language.
I've met good people and even consider some ladies whom I've know for about three years as my Other family. They were always so kind to me no matter how I looked or dressed and they always treated me well. I wanted to donate a couple $1000k to their business but when I visited last week, I found that it was closed down. 😥😢
I think good people are hard to find in any race.
It's just that blacks have to deal with racism more than Asians.
Asians use to deal with racism in America too
@@nicoleraheem1195 I am truly sorry for black people that have suffered so much in the history and nowadays, it's so bad, and me as a Chinese living in Australia have also experienced discrimination and racism. But I also know that other people's thoughts towards Chinese are very much shaped by their media and governments, I can't really change anything about it, it just doesn't worth it if I only can change 1 or 2 persons mind on the street, if you do want to do such things, you have to prepare to get hurt millions of times before things get better. Chinese know that only when our country is powerful then they will start to respect you and treat you equal,that's why black folks still has a long way to go, cuz people's thoughts towards them are mostly shaped by America. You can't blame people outside of your country care less about you, because to be honest people only care about their own business, they can pretend to care but eventually you have to fight for your own life and race and country. Before that, take care and try to experience and explore more of other wonderful things in the world.
@@user-iq5hq9ly2x I agree with your perspective wholeheartedly
@@user-iq5hq9ly2x I'm sorry that you have to deal with racism too. It's like, we have to develop tough skin because we can't escape it.
I had watched some videos of black guys with Chinese wives living in China and they love it living in China!
Single young ladies will mot speak to any male strangers regardless of who u are
Traditional
Haha 🤣🤣🤣 lol
The dialect of the elderly couple and the grandma of cute little girl are all from Anhui prov., not local Nanjing.
In 30 years, imagine if that little girl grew up not knowing she's in a CZcams video.
I had trouble conversing in China too as i speak minnan dialect
Oh I see, which city speaks that?
Friendly people...much more open and respectful than EU countries.
Someone commented here about Justice pao. So I googled. Wow you really do look like Justice pao. Hope you get a part in a TV show or act in a skit or you could get some costume to interact with the locals or some shop events. (However I'm not sure how much the Chinese know about Justice Pao story).
Ohh I just read about Justice Pao, interesting.
Thanks for the kind words. I’ll try get the costume and see how it goes.
Justice Pao is well respected person among Chinese. All senior Chinese and who watch Chinese opera will know Justice Pao.
I would say most Chinese people know him. His a very well known historical figure and there were quite a few popular dramas based on his story
More interactive videos please bro.
U did great job
Thank you!
I love kids man. Adults are the pronlem over there woth their old old old old old old way of thinking.
We want to see a video of your school please
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“Tell uncle bye bye” 😭
Grandma doing the most 😅🎊
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing. Just curious, when she said “walk carefully” is that a common phrase ? Or did she say because you are black and want you to be careful? . I’m assuming she was just being polite and must be a common thing to say when leaving someone after communicating
Chinese common phrase 😊
It’s a common phrase here in China, it almost like saying bye bye to someone & then you say take care
But here, it’s a polite way of saying take care, 慢走(man zou) means walk slowly or carefully.
Oh ok thank you! Keep up the great work man love your videos 🙏🏾@@FelThommy
LMaoooo you can hear it in th lil girl vvoice lmaooooo
1:17 true what 😅😂😂😂
Qu na ge (去那个) means “go to ermm “….
Yh every one is like VIP
You want chips ~ potato chips in packet or French fries??? It is either grocery stores/supermarket or McDonalds.
Least u r safe walking without people trying to rob/con you.
His name is Six 🙌🏼
Come to America where it’s the other way around. In America you will be the master.
Who came from TikTok from the conversation with the little girl😂
meeeeee
I got nervous when the police car stopped
Haha 😂, I wasn’t sure what they were doing
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈，，，遇到外国人光顾第一时间叫自己孩子...孩子除了a little再无其他，，，
感觉昨日重现......
can you do a QA video
and a live too
Sure
China is so big，each place would be huge different
18:01 🤣
You handled the subtle rejection with class....
You must be new? 😂
lol
He was outnumbered 2 billion to 1
U r cool mannnnnn,,,,on street
Thank you
The kid was so cute
I believe wholeheartedly that perceived hate is much more than the actual hate in this world. Sure there are a few that hate with all their being, others hate because thats what they know but most hate isn't hate it's just the person perceiving and assuming that they're hated.
When I went to school in my small mountain town we only had one black person in the school. The first time I saw her I had a crush on her. I asked one of the adults why her skin was black and I got scolded. The adults thought I was being mean because she was different. If those adults would've just answered my question I would have known the answer and if they had taken a second to stop and think maybe they wouldn't have gone right to hate. The adults perception made it "Hate". I actually had a crush on the girl but I was made to feel like a monster for asking the question "Why is her skin black?".
回头率挺高的
This reminds me of a Bill Bryson story in one of his books about traveling in China. He was in rural China and a man asks "are you Japanese?".
24:02 is that a SuPraa?!!
12:47 I thought he cried 😂
love the true reaction from kids, it needs a lot encouragement to speak it out: 你好黑！🤣
You stupid white people, Chinese never enslaved black people, white people enslaved black people. China is not a country of immigrants, we have 1.4 billion people of yellow race, understand?
Yeah I mean they are not from the western countries where people are taught not to say that. It’s a totally different culture and they don’t get to see people with different skin colors, just simple like that, and it’s not even racist
Tells his brother to wait and hold your horse
That old man selling candy was trying to rip you off, 15 yuans! Chips should be su-pian/.
shu-pian
@ 10:45....in USA, the cop will say to you, "Hey, what are you doing here?"