Why is there so much hate against Lou Jing? Last month we told you about Lou Jing, a contestant on the Chinese reality show “Let’s Go! Oriental Angels” who stirred up a national debate about race in China, now more details and a video have emerged

Born and raised in Shanghai by her Chinese single mother, Lou Jing, a half African-American half Chinese aspiring singer, experienced very little discrimination during childhood. However after she appeared on the Chinese reality television show called “Let’s Go! Oriental Angels,” Lou Jing gained national fame and notoriety — largely for her skin color.

“After the contest started, I often got more attention than the other girls. It made me feel strange,” Lou said.

The reality show hosts fondly called her “chocolate girl” and “black pearl.” The Chinese media fixated on her skin color. Netizens flooded Web sites with comments saying she “never should have been born” and telling her to “get out of China.”

“We lived in a small circle before,” said her mother. “But after Lou was seen nationwide, some Chinese people couldn’t accept her.”

Even well meaning friends and family members revealed widespread ignorance about Lou Jing’s racial difference

“Sometimes people on the street would ask me, ‘Why do you speak Chinese so well?’ I’d just say, ‘Because I’m Chinese!’” Lou said.

“She used to wonder why she had black skin,” said one classmate. “We thought about this question together and decided to tell her it’s because she likes dark chocolate. So her skin turned darker gradually.”

Another classmate weighed in, “We said it’s because she used to drink too much soy sauce.”

Even Lou Jing’s maternal grandmother admitted in a taped interview, “I told Lou Jing she was black because her mom was not very well and had to take Chinese medicine.”

After the public outcry over Lou Jing’s appearance, “Let’s Go! Oriental Angels” asked Lou Jing’s mom to appear on-air to answer about her daughter’s parentage. Lou Jing cried onstage as her mother explained how her daughter was the result of a love affair when she was very young, and that Lou Jing’s African-American father returned to America while she was still pregnant. While Lou Jing did gain some public support, and a number of audience members continued to vote for her even after she left the show, some of the comments only got worse. People posted negative comments on websites, this time reserving the most venom for Lou Jing’s mother for sleeping with a black man.

“Shanghai people’s value plunges. A bastard, brought her out to show off because of the foreigner descent.”

“Is this the legend of the bastard? And an unwanted bastard, Her mother is a shameless woman, pregnant by a black guy, and then abandoned, was it good when he was pleasing you? Still obsessed with him after several decades? Not feel ashamed, even go on TV to look, looking for what? Looking for lost big XX? Looking for climax never had again? Shameless! Why are Shanghai women always the target of criticism? It’s because of shameless bitch like her! Dragon TV please help this bastard find her family. Let the black father with a big XX hurry back, address this old woman’s needs! Black Dad, come back soon! Someone cannot forget your big XX.”

“This woman has no sense of shame, married and you cheat, give birth to a black kid so there is no way to hide, if wasn’t for that her husband will have to raise their children. Cheap is the word, in order to run with a foreigner, even do with black people.”

How ignorant is that?!?!?!?

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One Response to “Racism In China Continues To Make Noise Over Bi-Racial Reality Star”

1. faye on March 4th, 2010 23:54

   so sad..how far have we come as a human race??? so sad that skin color has become the worst part of being human..if we remove the color then we would all be a like but then who would we have to hate?? This world has foucused so much on black skin for so long that its now starting to become silly…humm…i guess the white race loves “yellow” skinned people…hummm the kkk only loves their own color and what is that??? who know the races have been so entangled for so lng that there is no true race..especially here in the states and if we all to just stop and think some times maybe the world wouldnt be in this mess at all..

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