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This reminds me of the jobs in China where you can get paid literally walk around being white. For example, being a white guy who cuts the ribbon of a factory

This reminds me of the jobs in China where you can get paid literally walk around being white. For example, being a white guy who cuts the ribbon of a factory opening and walks around shaking hands can make $1k/wk. http://www.chinawhisper.com/the-5-weirdest-but-best-jobs-for-foreigners-in-china/ http://www.chinawhisper.com/the-5-weirdest-but-best-jobs-for...

monocasa 9y ago
Apparently that's going to be a lot harder as the Party starts looking a lot closer at foreign work visas over the next few years.
- Consultant32452 9y ago
  Maybe we should revisit our immigration policy that punishes China for having "too many" immigrants to the US and also our University policies which racially discriminate against the Chinese for being over-represented. If this trade/economic war is going to keep heating up, we might as well try to steal as many of their best and brightest as possible.
  - Retric 9y ago
    I do think we get their best and brightest. Gaming credentials is an art form in China and can't be taken at face value.
    - Consultant32452 9y ago
      East Asians have some of the best outcomes of any demographic: higher income, more educated, lower criminality, lower divorce rate, etc. In a country that is arguably designed to maximally benefit whites, they are beating white people at basically everything. This goes far beyond gaming credentials, it's real world outcomes. We could stand to lower our bar with them a little and still get ahead.
      - _emacsomancer_ 9y ago
        Though edged out (in the US) by South Asians, I believe.
        Consultant32452 9y ago
        I'm only [something]-ist with China because we're in a trade war with them. Let's go out of our way to make sure we're welcoming as many of the best Chinese as possible. But generally speaking, I'm happy to open the door to anyone who is likely going to up our averages.
      - bruceb 9y ago
        or you could say we are for the most part only taking in a certain segment of the population from these countries. Educated and already middle class or higher. You are not comparing apples to apples.
        Consultant32452 9y ago
        Do you suppose we're selecting East Asian immigrants in a special way compared to other regions?
        bruceb 9y ago
        One need not suppose anything. Look who has a majority of the H1-B visas or who comes here for higher education. Those who are not educated from East Asia can't easily come to the US illegally as those who can cross overland (Mexico and central America) can. Poor Chinese villagers are not boating to America.
        Consultant32452 9y ago
        How is that significantly different from Western Europe? Or the Middle East? Or Sub-Saharan Africa? Are the poorest of the poor there making it here? Why are East Asians over-represented in higher education or H1-Bs compared to other places?
- duxup 9y ago
  Considering it is mostly just for photo ops (my understanding is that is what they're mostly used for), it probabbly doesn't get much attention. They could pay the dude cash and get the same thing.
- simonh 9y ago
  It’s already happening. I have a friend in China and like many ex pats he had several jobs - teaching at a college, tutoring English at home and some IT consulting. He’s back in the UK now, last summer several of his ex pat friends and colleagues were busted by investigators parachuted in from Beijing. They were detained, their visas were revoked and given a week to get out of the country. Fortunately he was in Beijing when it happened and got Chinese colleagues to clear out his stuff and any paperwork from the college, but he had to roll up all his gigs.
  - sml156 9y ago
    Are you related to @wolfspider

monocasa 9y ago

Apparently that's going to be a lot harder as the Party starts looking a lot closer at foreign work visas over the next few years.

Consultant32452 9y ago
Maybe we should revisit our immigration policy that punishes China for having "too many" immigrants to the US and also our University policies which racially discriminate against the Chinese for being over-represented. If this trade/economic war is going to keep heating up, we might as well try to steal as many of their best and brightest as possible.
- Retric 9y ago
  I do think we get their best and brightest. Gaming credentials is an art form in China and can't be taken at face value.
  - Consultant32452 9y ago
    East Asians have some of the best outcomes of any demographic: higher income, more educated, lower criminality, lower divorce rate, etc. In a country that is arguably designed to maximally benefit whites, they are beating white people at basically everything. This goes far beyond gaming credentials, it's real world outcomes. We could stand to lower our bar with them a little and still get ahead.
    - _emacsomancer_ 9y ago
      Though edged out (in the US) by South Asians, I believe.
      - Consultant32452 9y ago
        I'm only [something]-ist with China because we're in a trade war with them. Let's go out of our way to make sure we're welcoming as many of the best Chinese as possible. But generally speaking, I'm happy to open the door to anyone who is likely going to up our averages.
    - bruceb 9y ago
      or you could say we are for the most part only taking in a certain segment of the population from these countries. Educated and already middle class or higher. You are not comparing apples to apples.
      - Consultant32452 9y ago
        Do you suppose we're selecting East Asian immigrants in a special way compared to other regions?
        bruceb 9y ago
        One need not suppose anything. Look who has a majority of the H1-B visas or who comes here for higher education. Those who are not educated from East Asia can't easily come to the US illegally as those who can cross overland (Mexico and central America) can. Poor Chinese villagers are not boating to America.
        Consultant32452 9y ago
        How is that significantly different from Western Europe? Or the Middle East? Or Sub-Saharan Africa? Are the poorest of the poor there making it here? Why are East Asians over-represented in higher education or H1-Bs compared to other places?
duxup 9y ago
Considering it is mostly just for photo ops (my understanding is that is what they're mostly used for), it probabbly doesn't get much attention. They could pay the dude cash and get the same thing.
simonh 9y ago
It’s already happening. I have a friend in China and like many ex pats he had several jobs - teaching at a college, tutoring English at home and some IT consulting. He’s back in the UK now, last summer several of his ex pat friends and colleagues were busted by investigators parachuted in from Beijing. They were detained, their visas were revoked and given a week to get out of the country. Fortunately he was in Beijing when it happened and got Chinese colleagues to clear out his stuff and any paperwork from the college, but he had to roll up all his gigs.
- sml156 9y ago
  Are you related to @wolfspider