Hi all!
As you know I am currently on the Asian continent travelling
for my job, and just last night my worse Asian nightmare came through. I have
travelled a lot previously in my day, but only to Central America, never to the
Asia or African continent, so I wondered how they viewed Black Americans here.
First let me preface but saying, in my current field (and almost any for
travelling, Peace Corps, mission trips, etc) I hardly ever see an Black
American face. We just don’t go into this field. I often meet a lot of Africans
in my field and believe me brown faces are everywhere, but sometimes it’s nice
to see a Sista Gurl or a Brotha. Not so much.
Fast forward. I was in my room watching tv, on a very early
jet-lag morning, and I see it. My worst Asian nightmare. Madea’s Family Reunion
is playing in BANGLADESH!* And worse I saw a commercial for COPS. So I was
sorta curious about how Asians would
treat me, a Black woman, here. And now I have to hope that there aren’t biases
based on these shows showing my people as buffoons, and Sambos, and worse.
Luckily, they recognize stereotypes (I didn’t ask anyone a
math or science question, racists!) and realize that all people have different
personalities not based on the color of their skins.
Thank you!
Do-kno-bat! (Bangla! Phonetic so you can use it too)
*It was my least favorite part of the movie, or any movie,
Cicely Tyson’s 25 minute monologue, that I wish would forever be cut out in
editing.
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