Posts Tagged as ‘Stereotypes’

October 9, 2008

Who You Callin’ Good at Math? 5 Stereotypes Hong Kong Kids Believe about Mainland Chinese

These quotes are taken, practically verbatim, from a course entitled “Travelers and Other Cultures,” for which I am the humble T.A. and even humbler ethnographer.
1.    “The Chinese are hardworking, but sometimes untidy.”
2.    “Mainland Chinese have ‘hygiene problems.’”
3.    “They scream into their phones.”
4.    “Some are born with better faces.”
5.    “Mainland Chinese are rich and more fashionable.”
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