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UPDATE: China vows to act over BBC expose of racist videos ➡️ https://t.co/DS1uSOdhkD https://t.co/a2Qs3LpiQs
— BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) June 15, 2022
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China is now attempting to save face but the videos reveal that in Chinese society a section of individuals are regular consumers of such racist content.https://t.co/4Iuq41iBY4
— News18 (@CNNnews18) June 18, 2022
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In 2020, a Weibo account called ‘Jokes about Black people club’ posted a video.
— Runako Celina (@RunakoCelina) June 13, 2022
In it, a group of African children huddled round a blackboard are made to say in Chinese:
‘I'm a Black monster, my IQ is low’ pic.twitter.com/QbmhKSR0tV
Africans in China had been speaking out about the industry that this video forms part of for years – @wode_maya has been one of the most vocal. pic.twitter.com/yILIHnTUSk
— Runako Celina (@RunakoCelina) June 13, 2022
This industry had existed for years – and its huge. Back in 2017, there was a wave of controversy around these videos – soon after, they started to disappear from Taobao, a site like Ebay, where they were being sold at the time. Many of us thought – success! pic.twitter.com/Z3XhBU6iNF
— Runako Celina (@RunakoCelina) June 13, 2022
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