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Divadoll
  12/18/2013 23:05 EST

Hello I am very free spirited African American female who has raised her children and divorced looking for an experience to treasure. My concern is... aside from normal culture shock I don't want to have to deal with or worry about racism. I'm very seriously considering coming to Taiwan to teach English with the Hess School. Will my dark skin be problematic?

ruimeng
  3/11/2014 21:40 EST

Sadly racism exists everywhere in the world. However Taiwan is a good choice. There is Less racism here than any other country I have ever traveled to (and 1000 times better than mainland China). Hope you decide to come and have a wonderful time. :)

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meyers66
  5/9/2015 00:20 EST

Hello, I’m a caucasian American so these ideas come from my perspective. I’ve lived here for 20 years. I can tell you that when I hang out with my friend from Gambia the Taiwanese look at us in a wierd way. So amongst the young I think racism in the cities would be low. But in the countryside where I like to hang out, it would be higher. It would be more stares than anything else. And remember if you come, when Taiwanese laugh they laugh in embarassment, not at you. (It took me a long time to figure that out.)

AqD
  9/30/2015 10:24 EST

Being black is okay. People in Taiwan don't have any racism toward black people, only slightly-dark skinned and short ones such as those from Indonesia or Philippines because most of them come here as housemaids...

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