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| Aug 23, 2007 02:27 | #11   |
 | Bienaqui, I can assure you that you will ALL be looked at. Maybe you will get a little more attention than the whites but in my experience (as an observer) you should not have any problems. I accept that blacks might have troubl;e with taxis and getting their own accommodation, for the reasons people have said above, but that shouldn't be a problem in a tour group. I have noticed that all people who are foreign and different are stared at a bit more... for example a large busted (white, in this case) US teacher caused a gasp when she was introduced to students. there are not as many 'fat' (sorry I don't mean to offend anyone) peopel here... so the larger bodied person is unusal and looked at. I have very blond hair and kids look...and I like the young ladies looking...very flattering. In matters of dress.. we had a very long discussion in here one time... You will get looked at if you show more than kust a little cleavage...showing large areas of breast..as is common in Australia (and presumably elsewhere) has not become fashionable here so you will be looked at, but I doubt you'll get any actual complaint. Enjoy yrself :) |
| Aug 23, 2007 11:16 | #12 |
| I live in Thailand and here there is a strange attitude towards black skin , not black people but the actual color of the skin , here no matter how hot or how hard the work all Thai's who work outside in farming or constrution and so on will cover themselves from head to toe including the face , just a slit for the eyes, this is because they do not want the skin to get any darker, the darker the skin the more menial the job they do, as a bank clerk is not exposed to the sun but a guy who digs ditches is he is lower class, so when 'black' skinned tourists like say the president of a US bank comes to town if he has black skin he is low class no matter how much money he has, here its not predudice as we know it, its old tradition that will not go away |
| Dec 21, 2007 08:18 | #13 |
| GUESTNISEY | I am supposed to go to Harbin China and I am An African American female. My plans were to work and live there a a short while. I had also met a guy from Harbin as well and we are dating and planning for marriage. We would eventually move back to the United States and marry here as well . How are mixed couples treated there ? |
| Jan 5, 2008 00:35 | #14 |
| GUEST05176 | let's say that chinese treat all foreigners with a dose of suspicion (or fear), but they treat afro-americans with a bit higher dose of fear (or suspicion). Be prepared to be constantly STARED at you. But in should be no problem |
| Feb 12, 2008 07:33 | #15 |
| GUEST61232 | African-american, Black-british, Black-westindian, Black-south American or wherever we come from we are all from the black race, so for anyone to try and separate black african from black americans are ignorant. As a black South American i am highly disgusted by the comment about black African- American being different from Black African. Don't try and seperate the two as we are all from the same race and proud of it. |
| Feb 19, 2008 20:26 | #16 |
| GUESTNISEY | I am too an African American Female who will be travelling to China . My fiancee is Chinese and we are going to meet his family. Although we had spoken for a while, I am still a little nervous. We are going to Harbin.How is it there? |
| Feb 22, 2008 01:27 | #17 |
| GUEST18783 | Why are you nervous? |
| Feb 22, 2008 09:06 | #18 |
| GUESTNISEY | I guess I am nervous because this will be my first time travelling to a foreign country. And meeting their family in person. But i will get over it.I would like to know how is it there. |
| Aug 25, 2008 10:32 | #19 |
| GUEST82252 | I need a christian friend in china. I am a male black canadian. |
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