(life) Mixed-Race TV Contestant

[Jada Rufo]

Aloha,

I was listening to NPR yesterday and heard this story.  Thought people on the list might be interested.

Exerpts:

President Obama's arrival in China on Sunday is being eagerly awaited by many people, especially one young woman in Shanghai. Lou Jing is of mixed race, with a Chinese mother and an African-American father. She became famous nationally after her participation in an American Idol-type program sparked a spate of vitriolic online racist abuse.

For Lou, the reality television show turned out to be a lesson in brutal reality. The talent contest is called Go! Oriental Angel, and the 20-year-old made it through preliminary rounds to become one of 30 contestants.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120311417

Jada Rufo

[karenstanleyma-3]

Jada mentioned an article/broadcast about a 20-year-old mixed-race Shanghainese woman who was exposed to abusive racial remarks when she participated in an American-Idol-type show in China.

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I was very impressed by the maturity of her remarks as she absorbs the shock to her understanding of who she is.

Karen