TY - GEN
T1 - How Africans in China challenge stereotypical views on African migration
AU - CASTILLO, Roberto
PY - 2020/12/17
Y1 - 2020/12/17
N2 - In a conference I attended in 2013, a renowned, Western-educated, Korean scholar of migration, stubbornly argued that Africans were taking up work on Chinese farms growing food, as well as displacing Chinese workers in low-paid, blue-collar work. I was astounded. I felt forced to explain that this assessment was far from reality. In all my years as a researcher in China, I had never met one single African growing vegetables, working in a factory, or working as a janitor.
AB - In a conference I attended in 2013, a renowned, Western-educated, Korean scholar of migration, stubbornly argued that Africans were taking up work on Chinese farms growing food, as well as displacing Chinese workers in low-paid, blue-collar work. I was astounded. I felt forced to explain that this assessment was far from reality. In all my years as a researcher in China, I had never met one single African growing vegetables, working in a factory, or working as a janitor.
UR - https://youtu.be/HMZaVQc_vho
UR - https://qz.com/africa/1946255/africans-in-china-challenge-stereotypes-of-african-migration/?utm_term=mucp
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