I can probably write a book on the many times over the ten years my family and I have encountered African stereotyping in Asia.  Most of these times these encounters have been quite funny while often I needed to explain to my kids why people over here said or did something to them that they didn’t understand.

Because I can probably “write a book” about the topic, I have have chosen to make this introductory post Part 1 as I would like to find and show you more recent instances of negative African stereotyping that occur here in Hong Kong to the day.

However, I want to use this first post to show you that this kind of negative portrayal is not limited to China.  Here is one example by…. wait for it:

A so-called African-American man.

Or…

Instant AIDS: