now i agree with wang8 more and more, he is a strongee in life despite some of his cynical opinions.
tiresome , dont be so sensitive to foreigner`s attitude , that is nonsense.
I have similar experiece as tiresome. There are one fast restarant, every time I go, they serve me very slowly, always let me wait. I was upset. Actually I was not sure if they are mean to me because of racial descriminatin or just they don't like me as a single individual.
Sometimes I complained when I felt this, and then felt better. If I felt necessary, I would quarrel with those people whiel trying not be really angry in my mind :-). It is better than keep the grievance in heart.
Besides, I feel people are same in that he/she will give up if you are more strong than him/her. I think some of our Chinese friends are behaving too nice, especially with white people, it won't bring their respect to us. My experience when dealing with Americans is, be strong, even aggressive, but in a good manner.
Again, thank you Tiresome for sharing your feelings. Maybe we are a little more sensitive in this matter, and we have less direct frustrating experience of unfair treatment in China, but we definitely have the right to clarify and/or fight against any descrimination. Free expression of opinion and feeling is part of western culture I feel good about.
I like EnjoyLife's attitude. BTW, I am not showing off my English. For some reasons, I can only read Chinese but can not write in Chinese.
Everybody sometimes has the feeling to complain when we think we are treated unfairly. Everybody sometimes needs advice from others but in a nice way.
Discrimination exists everywhere even in China. In Canada, I believe the situation must be better than in other foreign countries as there are many different ethnics here. I am very proud of being a Chinese. Here few Chinese live on welfare. Most of us have high-level education. Although some of us are studying in universities and living on loan and bursuary, we are preparing to be a taxes payer later. Let's be confident and less sensitive.