@CrispyCritter if you'll find it weird that I answered before your actual comment - since the thread was locked, this is the only way I can answer you
And again we saw the racist treatment of blacks in the recent Covid scares as Chinese folks felt threatened. But as you say, it hasn't affected most Chinese because they've never encountered blacks.
Nope, it was a fear towards all foreigners, regardless of race. Like black and white people in the US feared Asians in the beginning of the lockdowns. It's human nature and completely normal
Can the Chinese culture change to accommodate its blacks and ethnic minorities? The jury is still out. The Chinese culture is much more top-down than the US, so different paths will be taken. But the situation as you describe it is not encouraging.
There are countless ethnic minorities living in China, both native and foreigners, and everyone is doing well, except some people who are practicing radical Islam. I lived in China and interacted with many foreigners about this.
Sorry, stereotype jokes based upon race are racist, and intended to put down their target. You are correct that there are some very savage sterotypes aimed at Chinese sub-groups (greedy businessmen, haughty government officials), but none of those are race-based; they're subgroup based. I don't see negative jokes like "You can't feed a Chinese child bread (or something skin colored) because they will bite their fingers off" that are negative and apply to all Chinese.
Oh, you just take an extreme example. Most of the jokes are funny, and Chinese are joking about themselves, like eating anything (some weird things), parenting, marriage, and so on. There are too many Chinese stereotypes to list them all, and jokes are countless.
Whiteness: There is no way to favor white skin color without regarding black as inferior. If any opportunity is lost due to black skin color, it is racism.
That's a cultural thing. I don't remember if I explained, but dark skin tone was always unwanted by almost all Asians (even us, nomads), because someone with tanned skin works outside, on dirty and poor job.
It was internal thing, but then they discovered a new race with a very dark skin tone. So the jokes were born immediately
Marriage: Socially forbidding inter-racial marriage is a major racist action. It's very easy to determine a minority spouse is "not one of us" and immediately shun them, while couples of the same race will get a "bye" until they get known as individuals. Very different race-based treatment.
Why it is racism? It is experience from aeons ago, because different races (or ethnicities) have different cultures, so there may be misunderstandings and the marriage can be very bad. For example, I don't wanna wives for my sons from the Europe or Americas, regardless of race. It would be better to marry some girl from one of the Mongolian tribes (from Russia, Mongolia or China), because we share same culture, religion, and language, and it would be easier to understand one another. If the girl is black, but, for example was adopted and raised by Mongolians - I would gladly accept her too.
All in all, you have presented a strong case that racism is pervasive throughout Chinese culture.
Nope, it's you who deem it racist. I don't see racism there with the exception of the very few individuals
Thank you. I agree that it's unusual, by a fair bit. My records show I've completed substantial parts of over 80 webnovels, and this is the only one that I've abandoned because of racism. There was still noticeable racism in several others (not counting the often very strange treatment of blacks upon in-story visits to the US), though not nearly as offensive. (I give a bit of a pass to Japanese bigotry, given the strong ill-feelings on both sides are too recently caused historically.) But note that what you earlier judged as just joking turned into extremely offensive racism. You are making a distinction with your joking that is not part of the Western definition of racism.
Yep, because it was out of the context. After you provided it, I immediately agreed with you. But, the other cases, when SJWs are whining about fascism, racism, etc - are mostly (99.9) harmless jokes. I joke like that too, and (I hope) never offended any of my acquaintances.
I would like to continue discussion with you, but, unfortunately, it seems that we'll have to agree to disagree, since the thread was locked. My best wishes!