Comments About A Chinese Woman In Shanghai, China Picking Up A Little Black Girl She Didn't Know

BLESSY'S WORLD, July 17, 2018

BEING A BLACK PERSON IS A BIG DEAL IN CHINA ESPECIALLY IN SMALLER CITIES, THE REACTIONS OF THESE CHINESE PEOPLE MEETING A LITTLE AFRICAN KID AT THE CITY CENTRE IS OUTSTANDING, ENJOY THIS VIDEO..

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a video of from BLESSY'S WORLD YouTube account and presents selected comments from that video's discussion thread.

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural purposes.

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Thanks to Blessy's World and his family for this video and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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SELECTED COMMENTS from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCBuADfbEAA&ab_channel=BLESSY%27SWORLD

Numbers added for referencing purposes only.

Pancocojams Editor's Note: The incident in this video occurred in 2018 prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. It's likely that the pandemic halted this custom of children being hugged by strangers or people they know in China and elsewhere.

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1. Hydro LeoYT
"Is that your daughter she’s so cute 😊💙"

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2. BLESSY'S WORLD
"+Hydro LeoYT yes she is

Thanks

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3. Portland Angel
"She is a beautiful princess lovely little girl.i love her yellow dress. She dancing really good"

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4. Emmanuel Macron Ah oui oui
"Her dance is sooo cute"

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5. trdelník
"Which city did you guys film in?"

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6. Josephine Agyapong
"Nomad Viking Shanghai"

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7. SWEETEX BEAUTY
"Haha 😂,the end of the video was like..... put me down!  Nice video"

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8. Voli Boi
"man chinese need some manners, you cant just pick up someones kid like that."

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9. BLESSY'S WORLD
"+Voli Boi most of them are amazed seeing a foreign kid for the first time hence their reactions"

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10. Ty Kendrick
"Bet not touch her hair"

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11. TDslots$
"Shes so adorable!!! Who's that lady!!!! Oh no no no lady dont just grab her!!"

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12. The Winston Family
"Omg she is so cute.. she didn’t have a care in the world till the lady picked her up lol"

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13. BLESSY'S WORLD
"The Winston Family thanks 🙏🏽

Yes the lady messed her day up"

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14. Ofori Mensah
"These people are crazy...😂 😂 😂  “Oh a little black child, let me just pick her for a picture.” “Who cares to ask her mother if it’s ok”. Lmao 😆"

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15. BLESSY'S WORLD
"Ofori Mensah that was a bad thing to do

It’s very polite to ask the parents if it’s ok to do so

You just don’t pick up someone’s kid cos you want a picture with her"

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16. Ofori Mensah
"Blessy's World Agreed smh..."

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17. carynis1hotassgirl
"I agree. How dare her? I would have taken my baby from her immediately. Unacceptable..."

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18. Chris Opium
"She didn t pick her up , black people would say, ' SHE DOESN T LIKE BLACK KIDS, SHE IS RASSSSIST " !!"

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19. Érica Venderica
" @Chris Opium  okay but imagine a stranger picking your child for a pic without even asking,it has nothing to do with racism it's just disrespectful and weird"

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20. Chris Opium
" @Érica Venderica  , Black people cry over EVERYTHING !! The woman didn t do anything wrong she just find the little Black so cute !!"

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21. Érica Venderica
"@Chris Opium  yeah you're right next time i see a stranger kid i will pick her up and take a pic just because she's cute"

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22. Shakira Shakira
" @Chris Opium bLaCk PeOple CrY oVeR evERytHinG🤡

Picking up someone's child without permission is very impolite period. You must not have children that's why your comment is so stupid...

cállate tonto😂"

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23. Spring
"Chris Opium ok black peoples cry over everything you sound hella colorist like first it’s never ok to pick put someone’s child with out asking that’s rude and ignorant but go off"

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24. Monchi Monchi
"Different country.. different customs."

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25. Bayan, 2020
"@BLESSY'S WORLD  Don't worry, im South East Asian, and it's just a pretty Common thing you meet in Asian World, The lady was just trying to cuddle with her and not trying to do anything harmful towards, some foreigner might sees this as a Bad thing, Nevertheless always watch over on your children"

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26. J M, 2020
"It’s apart of their culture, basically saying they care for the child"

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27. Ria Rio, 2020
" @Érica Venderica  okay but she wasn't meant to be disrespectful."

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28. christo fat, 2020
"Disrespectful .Yes . But you may also act disrespecfully for chinese std . This is called cultural gap."

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29. DA DABBIN DINO, 2020
"The culture is much different across the world. When I was a white twin baby in Japan, many Japanese women would come and just take pictures with my twin and I, sometimes even going as far as to pick us up. They are friendly and mean no harm, for the most part."

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30. Korstiaan Akse, 2020
"@Rhombidodecahedron Arc-en-ciel   BLM is not necesary there are only a few people who think like that Chris and he is stupid I mean in what healthy mind you let a stranger pick up your kid without asking?

Maybe it is the culture in Asia I dont know but here it isnt so its a normal reaction for the kid and the mother I would reacted the same but im sick and tired of everyone dragging race in it"
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"BLM" = Black Lives Matter [movement]

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31. Korstiaan Akse, 2020
"@Chris Opium  read my reaction and that of others. Then also think of how would you like if a stranger walked by and without asking picking your kid up."

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32. Tanveer Singh, 2020
"@BLESSY'S WORLD  no...maybe in your culture, but stop imposing your culture's  idiosyncrasies  over others.

Even in my country people pick little kids and kids are habitual.

If a kid from other culture is not habitual and cries, then the right thing to do is simply put them down as they are in some other country and not vice versa...so people will follow their culture not someone elses....

So nothing wrong here....

It has nothing to do with politeness

For eg:In america it is considered rude to eat from someone else's plate without asking, but in India it is pretty common and is considered good....

Idiosyncrasies are not equal to politeness."

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33. 自由吗, 2020
"In Chinese culture,holding up your baby ,means love your kid,or want to be kind with you."

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34. mike askme, 2020
"@Chris Opium  so you just let strangers pick your child up without asking you, yeah sure you do."

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35. Chris Opium, 2020
"@mike askme  Yes.."

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36. mike askme, 2020
"@Chris Opium  you are a liar."

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37. Chris Opium, 2020
"@mike askme  , You asked me, I answered...."

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38. jodi hace, 2020
"@Christian Riley  the mother visible reach to grab her baby back what are you on."

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39. Envy. Lala, 2021
"That's not the usa its different"

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40. One Khan
"Hey bro Chinese ppl love black remember Buddha was a black man over 6 thousands year ago"

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41. Josephine Offeibea
"It’s sometimes amazes me how they react seeing a foreigner."

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42. Robert Heinrich von Seyfenstern, 2020
"that's the same way Americans react to foreigners: build a wall??? Remember??"

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43. Best Korea, 2020
"@Robert Heinrich von Seyfenstern  Not really, no"

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44. Raku you, 2020
"It's quite uncomfortable though, I've been to china and I get a lot of stares"

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45. Misol Serrano, 2020
@Robert Heinrich von Seyfenstern   hey not all Americans are like that plus that's something that our dumb president said🤦🏼‍♀
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This comment refers to the now former United States President Trump’s ordering building an actual walls between the United States and Mexico.

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46. Yanni, 2020
"@Robert Heinrich von Seyfenstern  uuh no? And don't other countries have borders as well?"

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47. B0l0joe, 2021
"Robert Heinrich von Seyfenstern erm the complete opposite. The US is an immigrant nation, China is not."

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48. jellingtonmellington, 2021
"@Robert Heinrich von Seyfenstern  um not all Americans"

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49. Duke Family Adventures
"So cute. She wanted to dance so bad with that dancing group. Love the video"

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2020

50. Hugo _
"Why did that lady touch her?"

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51. BLESSY'S WORLD
"I don’t know 🤷‍♂️

But that wasn’t cool"

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52. Liu Guoguo
" @BLESSY'S WORLD  sometimes in China, people fondle your kid or give a hug to show a compliment that they like your kids. For sure, the lady should be aware of culture difference. Unfortunately she did not. But we also should not over interpret the gesture. She did not mean to hurt your kid."

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53. will
"Don't complain about cultural differences when someone picked up your daughter which is normal in their culture, and then name every video you post "Chinese people seeing a black girl for the first time" and pimping her out for views."

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54. Ronnel B.
"For those of you who are shocked that a stranger picked up the child: You have to remember that other countries are not the US. I'm American living in France. It is not at all uncommon for women to pick up babies or kiss them. It's not even uncommon to talk to children you don't know. I was shocked at first but realized that not everywhere is like the US. By the way, thank you for this wonderful video."

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55.自由吗
"For the last lady....In Chinese culture,holding up your baby ,means love your kid,or want to be kind with you."

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56. Stephen Pemberton
"It wasn't her skin color they were enraptured with!..It was her beauty and grace!✌💛🤘"

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57. Autumn Asters, 2021
"... her "skin color" being part of that"

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58. B0l0joe
"Lovely girl. Just picking up someone’s kid isn’t cool though."

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59. Lady Stag
"It like we Black's were one mythical unicorn in  china"

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60. Rodah Zhang
"Ha ha , i can relate i live in China too. lets stay connected."
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Rodah Zhang is an African woman from Zimbabwe who is married to a Chinese man. They love in Shanghai, China with their young school age son. BLESSY'S WORLD interviewed her. Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynfQCNGploE&ab_channel=BLESSY%27SWORLD for that Dec. 23, 2021 video.

Here's a link to a Feb. 25, 2021 video on Rodah Zhang's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqpRmXWWrk0&ab_channel=RodahZhang

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61. Vanitas💖
"Are bp standing around Asian ppl and picking up their Asian kids? I'm really tired of bp traveling abroad to allow themselves to be on display for others. The poor little girl didn't even want to be picked up by strangers and yet the adults still let it happen like my goodness."

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62. A n
"Yeah same like me I have a daughter 1.5yrs old but I don’t allow them to tough it just to play with her 🤣 when ever I go out we become famous people"
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“tough it” = “touch her”

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BLESSY'S WORLD
"Moha Kaka hahahahaha it’s an interesting thing here in China as a foreigner"

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A n
"BLESSY'S WORLD yeah 🤣🤣✌🏾 and this time we stick in Guangzhou which is more scaring 😩"

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BLESSY'S WORLD
"Moha Kaka yeah guanghxou is a hot spot in China, I hope you guys are very safe"

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mallowhawk294
"Child boundaries are the exception to other countries customs when we live in a world with people everywhere kidnap and doing crazy sh** to kids. just saying"
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This is the way this comment is written in this discussion

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Jeannelle Tillery
"It's shocking in the U.S because people in America like to openly snatch up children"

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jas s
"American, from what country??? Brazil? Mexico? Argentine? USA? Which one, there are many countries in America!!!!!!"

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Ronnel B.
"@jas s  I understand your point and agree with you. Unfortunately, in the English language there is no other noun to describe people from the US. In Spanish there exists Estadounidense and in French Etatsunien...in English it's American."

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mallowhawk294
"@jas s  The U.S. simply calls their citizens  "Americans". If you are from Canada you are Canadians, If you are from Mexico you are Mexicans, from Brazil you are Brasilian ext... If you grew up in the U.S. then you are called an American. If you have an "American passport" you are from the U.S. Even in language class (french) they say You are American if you are from the U.S. Je suis Americaine so other countries refer to U.S. citizens as American citizens. When I travel to Europe they will ask "are you american and they mean from the U.S." If someone refers to an American solider, that means they are from the U.S. ext.... and so on....That's the reality"

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B0l0joe
71. "Lovely girl. Just picking up someone’s kid isn’t cool though"

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72. Nervgear22
"I'm white and I never seen a black person before in real life up close . ( Eastern Europe )"

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73. luna rose
"If the mother of the baby walked around and picked up random Chinese children and kissed them it would not be acceptable. I don't believe so.  That lady picked up the child without asking or acknowledging the parent. The child wasn't even ok with it.  Rude is just rude no matter the country."

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74. lenzi
"this reminds me of a group of chinese tourists taking pictures w me when i was very little bc of my very big eyes lmao. i dont really remember it, but i have the pictures!"

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