Does a Black Chinese Deserve To Be on Reality TV?
“Many of us even look down on fellow Chinese who have darker skin, especially women. Beauty products that claim to whiten the skin always fetch a premium. And children are constantly praised for having fair skin,” he wrote. Lou said she feels tougher and more mature after her experience, but added if she could do it all over again, she would not have gone on the show at all. An instructor at Shanghai Drama Academy, where Lou studies broadcasting, put forward the mixed-race beauty and a handful of classmates to appear on the television talent show, without asking first. She was selected for the top 30 nationwide, but was not among the 12 contestants chosen by judges for the next round. Lou said she was not surprised by the judges’ decision, but was shocked by the thousands of web postings that followed, most of them negative and many of them expressing racist views. “I couldn’t help crying. I felt hurt. I never meant to offend anyone,” she said. Although Lou is still working towards her
