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China and India have a huge problem with racism toward black people
Just minutes before his birthday, Masonda Ketanda Olivier was beaten to death. The Congolese national was confronted by a mob of men late at night last Friday in New Delhi and killed. Police said the incident was a dispute over the hiring of an autorickshaw; Olivier's friend, an Ivorian national, said it was a clear hate crime, with racial epithets repeatedly invoked.
China and India have a huge problem with racism toward black people
The article is from May of last year.
India and China represent two of the world's most dynamic, booming economies. Their populations jointly comprise a third of humanity. The countries both consider themselves now finding their rightful place in the world after centuries in the shadow of an imperial West. Part of their economic rise has seen both nations build robust ties with countries in Africa.
For Beijing and New Delhi, the continent is an important arena not just for trade, but for the exercise of soft power and wider geopolitical goals.
Yet many Africans who have come in the tens of thousands to China and India as students and businessmen, petty merchants and backpackers, complain of persistent racism.




The "racism" is much different. India's misogyny and classism are much, much worse. The USA, Australia, Russia and Ukraine have a racism problem.
Oh yeah, I remember that commercial. Whew man. The makers of the commercial likely did not mean any offense. They just wanted to show that the detergent was strong enough to remove the darkest stains and didn't think of the very racist implications. Chinese are not very sensitive to these things because it's a very ethnically homogeneous country and doesn't have the turbulent history of black-white relationships that the US does.
Generally speaking, countries outside of North America, Oceania, and Western Europe haven't really caught up where it comes to racial sensitivity. Most countries haven't experienced the kind of large-scale immigration that the West has. Indian and Chinese living in African countries also face discrimination. But of course, that doesn't excuse the way Africans are treated in India and China. As the "senior partner" in their trade relationships with the African nations, India and China absolutely should take the lead in fighting these racist attitudes.
I'm not really sure how they could go about it, though. To start, I suppose they could provide longer visa durations so that there are fewer overstays. Then law enforcement could be reformed to reduce instances of racial profiling. The attitudes of civilians will likely be the most difficult to change, and there are probably more salient issues to address. India still has religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims. China still has issues with its Tibetan and Uyghur minorities and a great deal of anti-Japanese sentiment.
Remember when Darlie toothpaste used to be called Darkie? I think the packaging still features a grinning black person in a top hat. Quite frankly I found the blatent racism to be absolutely appalling.