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Black student studying in China goes viral for his response to a racist video

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A Black student studying in China has gone viral on social media for his condemnation of a racist video on TikTok.

The New York City-born student, Hasani Arnold, uploaded a video responding to the TikTok video of a woman mocking Asian manicurists at nail salons.

“When the Chinese people talking to their friends in their language while doing your nails,” the woman captioned her TikTok video, which contains audio that appears to mock Chinese nail technicians having a conversation.

She then says, “B*tch, shut the f*ck up. You sound like a —” before Arnold’s video interferes.

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“As someone who has studied Chinese for 12 years, I can tell you that this absolutely isn’t Chinese,” Arnold says in Mandarin. “And I don’t understand why you chose to upload this type of video.”

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Before you uploaded this video, did you maybe stop to think that posting this video will make the divide between Asian Americans and Black Americans worse? You definitely didn’t do any serious thought before posting this. You may think that making fun of Chinese this way is funny, but I can tell you that it’s not funny at all. So I really don’t know why you would post something like this. Do you really think it’s funny? I don’t.

@hasaniarnold I don’t usually make response videos, but I just don’t get it. #blackinchina #chinese #languagelearning #language ♬ Love You So - The King Khan & BBQ Show

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