China’s Changing Views on Race - Room for Debate

China and the rest of the world are going through a cultural renaissance as more influence creeps in international trade. From learning how to deal with personal credit, to dealing with race that never appeared before, these new issues will cause these countries to go through some severe growing pains. There will be nasty battles, ugly confrontations, and some things that us in the US look at as backwards - DON'T. For all the progress that we have made, we are only a few decades ahead on most of the issues. I am proud that we are leading the world into talking about these new issues, and setting a higher standard, but let us not look down our noses either as racial and other equality issues arise. We must instead discuss how our country was in the same position, how we dealt with it so they can learn from us, and then how it has benefited our country today. We are not perfect in the US (far from it!), but we continue to lead the way in progress for all people.

China’s Changing Views on Race - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com