The law only says teachers must come from a native English-speaking country, the big 5: Canada, UK, USA, South Africa and Australia. Twenty yuan says this requirement isn’t from Chinese people, it’s for some school for children of racist diplomats. Beijing is just the worst.
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There are tons of black South Africans, Brits, Americans and so on working as English teachers. But Beijing, they always require white and female. I’m sure this must be for some school for diplomat kids or American Chamber of Commerce Fortune 500 companies. They’re the ones in Beijing. Oh, and journalists.
So you’re saying this is an actual real ad for a real job though? Idk why the government would allow this
Yes it’s real. Racism isn’t even illegal in AmeriKKKa. First Amendment. In China, the word race doesn’t even exist, they have 民族 instead.
actually yes racial discrimination for hiring (among other things) is (supposed to be) illegal in the u.s.
it’s illegal to say “whites only” on a job ad. The only legal way to hire only white people is to not mention race as the reason you picked specific applicants when asked or documenting.
种族 e.g. in the term 种族歧视 racial discrimination means race. It may rarely used within China (and mostly in the context of overseas race relations) but to say the word doesn’t exist is false
“nation?” (What internet translation said) Or “national?”
Don’t try to translate, the western concepts of race don’t exist.
Min means people, or in some contexts nation while zu means group. “Asian” is a race in America that didn’t exist until the 1990s or so. I remember Anderson in Beavis & Butt-head calling the cops and when asked for a description he said, “I believe they were oriental.”What I’ve read is that “Asian American” became a term in the 60s by student activists from countries in Asia trying to avoid being called other terms like Oriental. In 1990 May was designated as Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month in the US, so the term had already been around for some time by then. And the concept of an “Oriental” race in Western racial theory had existed from the late 1800s at least under the terms “yellow” akin to the "white, “red”, and “black” races.
They were called Caucasoid, Negroid, removed and Australoid. American is a nationality, Asian is a region. The point is those terms only exist in English and are either untranslatable or were nonsense to begin with.
Good, thanks for explaining.
“Asian” is a race in America that didn’t exist until the 1990s or so. I remember Anderson in Beavis & Butt-head calling the cops and when asked for a description he said, “I believe they were oriental.”
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What would you say is the reason for Beijing being like this? My knowledge is embarrassingly shallow on the subject
The generation of Chinese people who are in positions of power lean towards western educated white worshipping libs. The more galvanized younger generation are still 2 decades away from coming into real power.
There’s also colourism/racism involved, as well as a latent inferiority complex where having white people teach your kids is prestigious or something. Rich Chinese cities tend to harbour these kinds of vain superficial people.
Beijing is far from the worst on this, Shanghai has to be lib white worshipping central. Though I think the reason they specified women was because Chinese people tend to view white men as sexual predators at this point who should not be allowed near children.
That makes a ton of sense. Rich people worshipping a western culture which gives rich people unchecked power.
Chinese people tend to view white men as sexual predators at this point who should not be allowed near children.
Are they wrong
white men as sexual predators at this point who should not be allowed near children.
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It’s because women belong with kids. Could you tell me where you heard white men are considered sexual predators? Sure they get laid because they’re exotic but I’ve never heard of child molesters. There was one long ago but he was wanted on an interpol arrest warrant. Not saying they don’t happen, but I’ve never heard of one.
I remember the sentiment started shifting around 2012? 2013? Whenever those brits made the news for assaulting a woman. I haven’t followed if there were more examples since then, but thats the general sentiment I get from extended family, though they may be biased because they lean to being 小粉红.
I doubt it. If they were actually rich like that they’d have emigrated. For sure this is a whites-only kindergarten for government, journalists or big business.
Possible, but there are far more rich people who choose to stay in the country than those who choose capital flight. And not specific to this kindergarten but plenty of places have this kind of hiring practice catered towards petit bourgeois rather than full on bougies. I personally know a couple people in Wenzhou and Wuhan who had to move to grey market tutoring after they were replaced by white teachers.
Mao completely exterminated the bourgeois. Or sent them to laoagai camps to work with their hands, many for the first time in their lives.
Sure, and now there are new bourgeois, that’s what 2 of the stars on the flag are for. Just because they’re under the control of the state and not the other way around doesn’t make them any less bourgeois. No one needs to pretend China has already achieved socialist utopia, that’s a WIP.
Because that’s where the fortune 500 companies, journalists and diplomats are and they only want “the best” for their kids. That’s why it specifies female. Chinese just want native speakers, sometimes white but usually they’re too cheap to bother. Plus you notice over time the worst foreigners in China are always in Beijing. They think the entirety of China exists within the fifth ring road. I’ve met people who’ve lived in the English bubble for 10-12 years and barely speak 100 words of Chinese, mostly having to do with ordering beer.
gender requirement: female
working time: 7:30 - 17:30
ok im back to hating china now
When you’re a teacher, you work when the kids are at school. You don’t even clock in, it’s facial scan on the gate into school.
why do the kids have to be at school for 10 hours a day then
Because the parents are at work and school is glorified daycare and patriotic programming.
Its for 1 to 3 year olds. It’s not a glorified daycare, it just is daycare.
school is glorified daycare and patriotic programming.
can’t tell how ironic you’re being here but it sounds miserable. i guess it wasn’t that different for kids whose parents both worked when i was growing up but that was in the US, not a country that’s supposedly trying to be a nice place to live
To give parents the ability to work and to brainwash the kids with patriotism is why compulsory schooling was invented in the first place. We all had to say the pledge of allegiance every day. They’re trying to get rid of it but AmeriKKKans won’t have it.
thankfully there are no parents who work outside the hours of 7:30 - 17:30
ᴇnȷə̡ II legal public holidays
That’s the good thing about working for an international school in Beijing: you get all Chinese holidays plus Christmas, Independence Day MLK Day and so on.
illegal public holidays? sign me up
Where did you find this? I spent time at Beijing normal university and never saw anything remotely like this, and that’s a university for teachers specifically.
Wechat served it up. You taught university students. This is for a kindergarten. Usually they’re too cheap and want any qualifying foreign teacher. This one says not only white but female, too. That’s the giveaway.
I was a student there learning Chinese not a professor, they did offer us jobs though and we were ethnically diverse they didn’t discriminate at all
Oh, I see. The student journey in China is a completely different thing. The only jobs allowed for students are internships related to your major. Probably some did work as teachers but it was illegal.
Twenty yuan says this requirement isn’t from Chinese people, it’s for some school for children of racist diplomats.
At least they should check the copy of their AI generated slop. They didn’t even bother to remove the watermark.
The watermark is legally required in China
I stand corrected!
