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[quote=GUEST29242,339954]Hi everyone

Firstly before I state my question to the forum I would like to say "sorry" in advance if the statement offends anyone.  I am teaching English as a foreign language in China located in the city of Kunming.

I am white therefore stick out from the majority&my best friends who teach in the Yunnan province are English teachers however they are ethnic minorities&we get treated so differently that its offensive.  Recently I've been getting many job offers teaching English despite only having 3 months experience&my friends have years of experience however they never get approached&my question to the Chinese is why?

Wherever I go for example any busy public area a curious interest arises&many people want to take me out to dinner, sightseeing, pay me a lot of money to teach their child English&this happens when my friends are with me who don't even get a second look.

I feel awful, last week we went out to a city called Yuxi&all of a sudden many natives approached me to teach them English&one wealthy businessman offered ten times my salary to teach him basic English, but why did no-one ask my friends even though they said that they were teachers.

My friends have so much to offer than I do&my best friend who is a just a inspiration often tells me that if your really good at something then you don't need to shout it out from the rooftop&I shouldn't feel bad because a majority of people in China are not educated enough to realise that there are billions of minorities in the world who are English&it is our role to show the world that yes we can teach, speak&inspire others to learn English.

Discrimination is a huge world wide disease&I just hope that people can get educated enough to help each other rather than helping the first foreign face they see.  For example I was having dinner at a colleague's house, when a unexpected neighbour came over&she was told to sit away from us, but I went over&sat next to her&even though we could not speak the same language we ended up laughing a lot&she was more fun than the colleague!

I just don't understand why people treat each other so differently because at the end of the day we are all human beings with needs (Maslow's Hierarchy)
I have never been treated or seen my friends treated so differently&being in China is a real eye opener.  If anything I should be discriminated against I consume alcohol&have loud rowdy parties which do get out of hand, where as my friends are so much more respectful of the Chinese&value their culture &do not offend anyone.

I am just looking for some answers if there are any, especially from Chinese natives and why some of them have this discriminating attitudewhy do they look at Western people with such awe and inspiration?  Also what do the Chinese think or assume of Ethnic minorities who come to China from abroad?

C.Ghost 
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