>> White people were associated with rich and powerful western nations, so their prestige increased. Black people were associated with poor African nations, so

>> White people were associated with rich and powerful western nations, so their prestige increased. Black people were associated with poor African nations, so their prestige decreased. I thought the article might make that point, which would have explained the teaching anecdote, but instead, the author sees the opposite trend: "Unlike their parents and grandparents, China's youth have grown up with access to information, entertainment, and art from all over the world. Many have consequently come to reconsider stereotypes of black people, and they are in turn influencing the opinions of their older, more "traditional" relatives." I was hoping he would come back around and try to explain the apparent contradiction.