After reading DeWang's recent post on Dan Harris' post titled "Chinese Students In America. It's Bad Out There", I couldn't but help to saunter over to China LawBlog to have a look - and boy, was I in for a shock! Here is what appears to be an intelligent person - a practicing lawyer (ok, I may biased, maybe most lawyers aren't that intelligent, after all) - spouting what looks … [Read more...] about Case Study on Bigotry: Is Dan Harris of the China Law Blog a Bigot? A Response to Dan Harris’s Post “Chinese Students In America. It’s Bad Out There”
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(Letter from Joel) Understanding popular Chinese notions about “racism” (help me out here!)
I have a growing suspicion that the way many Chinese people understand the word "racism" (or "racist") is quite different from the way I use it. This causes communication problems because I use the term "racism" like most North Americans do, but my Chinese acquaintances react in ways that don't seem to make sense. Obviously there's a disconnect. I want to know why my … [Read more...] about (Letter from Joel) Understanding popular Chinese notions about “racism” (help me out here!)
The danger of categorically accusing others of prejudice
Tom Miller of the South China Morning Post has generated somewhat doubtful outrages with an article alleging Beijing ordered bars not to serve blacks. For now, however, Beijing Boyce seems to have seriously deflated the credibility of Tom Miller's work. (H/T Danwei) … [Read more...] about The danger of categorically accusing others of prejudice