zuky:
lou jing and her mommy
she’s so pretty AND i heard she sings shanghai opera, too
Lou Jing 娄婧 became a star in China after becoming a top contestant on a Chinese talent-scouting reality TV show in 2009. Her father is African American and apparently left China before she was born, so she has never had any contact with him.
Lou Jing’s rise to fame prompted a racist backlash in the moronic segment of the Chinese internet (we all got em), including — get this — rumors that she was the love child of Barack Obama. This in turn led to a larger discussion on racism, colorism, and classism in China, with the more respectable media outlets criticizing the irresponsibility of internet commentators and some suggestions that it’s time for China to introduce sensitivity training on race and ethnicity to national education in the increasingly globalized era.
Lou Jing herself downplays the internet hostility and says that she had never experienced racial hatred in China until she appeared on TV. She said, “I’m a Chinese person born and raised in China. My best friends are from Anhui and Henan.” She currently works as a co-host on a local Shanghai TV show.