Comments on: Move over Obama /2009/04/20/move-over-obama/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology Fri, 08 Dec 2017 18:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1 By: Justaguy /2009/04/20/move-over-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-596552 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:03:00 +0000 /?p=1867#comment-596552 Reminds me of a conversation I had in China once.
“I like Jews, Jews are really smart. Don’t you think so?”
“I don’t really think you can say that.”
“Why, do you think Jews are stupid?”

]]> By: Brandon /2009/04/20/move-over-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-596206 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:15:24 +0000 /?p=1867#comment-596206 Officially, all of the 56 recognized ethnicities in China are equal and all are seen as Chinese, but not Han Chinese.

Ethnic autonomy is also official recongnized by the national government within the autonomus regions, cities and counties. Self-determination is right out though.

As with everything in China, this official recognition might mean nothing at the provincial or lower levels of government.

]]> By: Dustin (Oneman) /2009/04/20/move-over-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-595938 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:30:21 +0000 /?p=1867#comment-595938 I wonder, too, how much the coach’s words reflect the official position of the Chinese state. I’m reminded of the offical Mexican position, that “we are all Mestizos” — which is used to minimize the claims of ethnic autonomy and self-determination of indigenous people in Chiapas and Oaxaca, for example.

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