I think I want to live in China. I love the food, how can you not want to live in a place you can have those noodles for breakfast? I guess I better learn Mandarin stat.
Aww, I just find it so interesting when people who aren't natives (like black and white people) can speak languages like Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. I'm black myself, but it just makes me so interested I can't help myself! <3 I hope to lean one of those languages and go visit their country and learn about their culture. Asian culture in general just fascinates me! Especially their respect to their elders ^^
it should be pretty easy for latin-language-family native speaker (English, Spanish, French etc.) to learn each other language, and there is enough economic incentive to learn each other language
It isn't because he's black; but because he's not Chinese. I don't like to group all people into one bag, but sometimes they really DON'T think non-Chinese can grasp the language. Even after people hear me have a conversation with another Chinese person in Mandarin, they will still ask:"He speaks Chinese?" And they really expect an answer. One time I said "Yes, I speak Chinese." The lady then responded "Oh, I had to make sure. I didn't know if my ears were hearing right."
i'm in japan and people flip out if you can say konnichiwa properly. imagine the shock that chef guy got. chinese is a step up from any language, bar arabic in terms of difficulty. good effort dude
@Aspenfash899 wow why the hostility, i'm HAPPY that people of your kind are getting an education! glad to see that you're a strong independent black woman doing her thaaaang giiiiiirl! #affirmativeaction #blackpower
It would be so great if you could add the name of the man in this segment to your video description. His name is Andrew Ballen. He is originally from North Carolina and moved to China in 2001.
To those getting upset at the whole noticing a black man speaking chinese thing, as a black man myself who got his BA in Mandarin Chinese, some people have also been surprised that I speak Chinese, not because they think a black person can't, but simply because finding an African-American interested in (let alone majoring in) a language such as Mandarin is quite rare. It has nothing to do with racism... when some people see a rarity, they are just surprised at it...it's just their response.
How did you master 4 languages? I want to teach my 2 year old Mandarin, Spanish, and Hindi. Unfortunately, I can't speak any of them. Do you have any suggestions on how I can go about achieveing this?
my mom is French and Father African American....my father worked in Foreign Affairs so I spent most of my childhood/teens in France, Spain and Jordan.
@tuberlxb2012 visit those countries..no amount of learning will make a person speak a language like living in the country. im from nigeria and i speak german and french very well..french, i learnt in school so once in a while i get stuck. but german (which is an even harder language than french) flows so easily as if it is my native language because I lived there for a long time :D hope it helped
@ilidionbeurkley I agress with what you're saying here brother... All asian are like that. It just that how we respond because is rare to see people from america or europe learn asian language, we just happy to see people from different country learning about us and our culture peroid.
Nah, tons of white expats can speak decent chinese. Hell my next door neighbor in Shanghai was one, and there were over twenty in my graduating class when I went to highschool in Singapore. Brent, one of my coworkers in NY is also fluent; He didn't have a Chinese name when I met him, so I told him he should be named 變 態. I've visited and lived in over twenty countries, and the ratio of white Chinese speakers to black I've personally come across is about 200 to 1. A black one is truly rare.
i watched his show when i was in china, and my relatives were impressed by this -- not because he's black, but because the way he talks sounds quite natural, which is rare for an westerner who speaks chinese. his pronunciation isn't perfect though, i've heard other westerners with much better pronunciation.
It's not the sole reason he is black that most are surprised. You pull anyone from the continental United States and they speak a language other than English, Spanish, and perhaps French, it's unusual.
You know, I don't think it's so amazing because he's black. It's amazing because he isn't Asian. It doesn't have anything to do with people thinking black people aren't smart enough to learn another language.. It's like in Rush Hour, the thought of hearing Chris Tucker speak Chinese is hilarious. It's not racist at all.
The only people who are impressed by this are people who think that black folks are incapable of learning anything, which would make them RACIST. In other news, that soup looks tasty as heck, now I want some ramen.
being suprised that a black man can speak eloquently in both english and mandarian ( or cantonese ) is like being suprised that a Pitbull is a therapy dog.
I'm sorry but people who are taking offense to others being pleasantly surprised to see a black american guy speak chinese that well are being a little silly. nobody is being racist. It's just not that common!
It is also uncommon to find a white American who isn't a racist. Due to this fact, it is not an awkward moment once we discover blacks who are fluent and more respectful of other languages than their slave vernacular: English . With that said, black Americans have purposefully butchered American-English as a sign that we (yes, I'm black) do not respect US values, US culture, and/ or US world-views: hence, the pervasive movement "Ebonics"! Assimilation has rightfully failed!
@mikedav9O It's not about being racist, I would be equally surprised to see an israeli speaking fluent chinese (and I'm jewish) or an indian person speaking fluent swedish
@foosbeast funny u say so...i have a friend from iraq who speaks swedish, german arabic and english..and i am from nigeria and i speak german french and english lol
@mikedav9O I'm not American but it always seems to me that black Americans are much more racist against themselves than white Americans are against black Americans. Of course there is always the xtreme exception but I bet over 90% of white Americans aren't racist at all. You have a black PRESIDENT for crying out loud!!!!
Like you said: you are not American, therefore you do not know the issues going on in this country. A black president does not mean the end of racism in America. White people had no choice but to vote for a black guy (Obama) or risk losing the economic recession to an economic depression with the white republican candidate (McCain). However, while in office, Obama has been the target of new movements in the USA: (1) Assassination attempts (2) Birth'ers, (3) Tea-parters
@mikedav9O You're right, I don't know what it's like to be black in America. There's no doubt that the long history of high unequality in America based on the colour of your skin still leaves a big mark today. But don't forget that things are changing INCREDIBLY fast! One only needs to look back 60-70 years to see the difference.
@mikedav9O I have a very hard time believing that racism is something that generally keeps people down in the US today, it has much more to do with economic status / unequal allocation of wealth and thus education and so forth, that's still prominent today because of the recent past. That takes time to change but it is changing fast, so the outlook is very postitve and bright. Things are never perfect for anyone, and don't expect them to ever be. That's unrealisitc.
wow, this BLACK GUY made a pretty good show! it's the first time i ever see this kind of show hosted by a black guy, and it sounds awesome! did he make more, like a series?
Yeah unfortunately there are too many poor examples in the black race that validate the numerous stereotypes about black people; Making it extremely hard for the intelligent and well-rounded people of color like myself.
Soooooo...Why is it so weird that a "Black" man can learn a language? We had languages before they were BEAT out of us. Everyone has the cognitive ability to learn a language...including "Blacks".
@nubian05girl I think it mostly has to do with the fact that in America, we don't view blacks as the type who'd want to go out and learn a new language to explore a foreign culture. It's not exactly racist, but as a Black/Japanese/White kid who speaks Japanese and some Mandarin, people find it extraordinary for some odd reason. XD
@Rey3127 "we don't view blacks as the type who'd want to go out and learn a new language to explore a foreign culture" Officially the dumbest stereotype I've EVER heard. Also, who is "We"?
@nubian05girl "We" being the American people. You act as though I'M the one who made that stereotype. It's not like that just popped up in my mind. I've met hundreds of foreigners from Europe, Asia, and even Africa, who were surprised any time they met a black person, born and raised in America, who knew a lot about their culture or were capable of speaking their language. I'm not just saying that out of my ass, that's how it's viewed by A LOT of people. Doesn't mean it's CORRECT.
@nubian05girl So don't take it offensively. I'm not trying to say "Blacks" are lesser to any other person, being that I'm part black. But even in my own experience. I'm part Japanese, and speak a good bit of Japanese, and you wouldn't believe how dumbfounded people are when they find that out. But you can't doubt that general society, for whatever reason, doesn't view Black Americans as the culturally exploratory type. It's just the way it is, sadly.
if you think he is impressive and he is then you will be amazed at laoshu505000. He speaks so many different languages it's unreal...yes and he is black!!!
@gingmo1 Well everyone likes this video precisely because there's a black person..or someone not Chinese speaking Chinese...in other words he's making a comparison. Catch my drift?
yea mandarin are taking over america chinatown nowadays. So learning mandarin is vital since they dont speak english. Most cantonese people already know english.
@kishasland It's not so much that a black man is speaking a foreign language(especially when it's mandarin chinese!) I 've meet many african and carribbean blacks that who are naturely multi-lingual due to the fact that those parts of the world will have quite a mixture of various languages etc.What's really surprising for me in this video is that this an african american!I've found many african americans to be extremely xenophobic and often hate asians,hispanics as well as blacks from africa.
@DurtyDominican OFC people are surprised. Name me at least 30 black people that speak Chinese. Not that many people do. I speak fluent Chinese and I'm surprised. The reason why people aren't surprised when Chinese people speak English is there's many of them.
@brightlights456X Your point being? Like I said there aren't that many black, white people who are famous that can speak Chinese fluently. I was using a certain ethnicity as an example. I think I made that point OBVIOUS. So I wouldn't be able to list 30 people who are white that can speak Chinese fluent. Duh.
@DurtyDominican I get the same reaction when I speak Chinese, lol. People get so surprised, but its no different than a Chinese person speaking English. They make it seem like its such a difficult language.
@DurtyDominican In theory you're quite correct, but realize that this is the type of Black-American that gets very little exposure on American media. Note his English is impecable as well. If we're not playing sports, or engaged in crime it's like they have no category to place us. Put a character like this in a film and people would scream that it was unrealistic. I know quite a few Blacks including myself that speak several languages. (and yes laoshu is incredible as well!)
@DurtyDominican Not just because he's black. I have met other foreigners that speaks Chinese. But it's difficult for someone that is not a native speaker to speak a nearly perfect accent.
@DurtyDominican Wake up, it shows you the view of blacks by the majority. It would be the same (but to a lesser degree) to see a Dominican speaking Chinese.
@BLAKPEARL69 you still can. most people who speak a dialect also know Mandarin. its the "standard' Chinese dialect, known as putonghua, because that's what people speak in the capital city. its what most foreigners learn when they study Chinese.
@BLAKPEARL69 you still can. most people who speak a dialect also know Mandarin. its the "standard" Chinese dialect, known as putonghua, because that's what people speak in the capital city. its what most foreigners learn when they study Chinese.
I think I want to live in China. I love the food, how can you not want to live in a place you can have those noodles for breakfast? I guess I better learn Mandarin stat.
FullCircleMystic 8 hours ago
fuck this guy is boss
MultiShitsandGiggles 5 days ago
black guy speaking Mandarin < Wood-pole between you balls..........
RiskTaker911 1 week ago
majority of the black people on this planet speak more than 1 language..hello Africa, most people speak 2-3 languages minimum :)
ohmsasucam 3 weeks ago
@ohmsasucam I know right... thank you lol.
Blackwolfxu 6 days ago
yao ming approve this video!
nitedragon209 4 weeks ago
Aww, I just find it so interesting when people who aren't natives (like black and white people) can speak languages like Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. I'm black myself, but it just makes me so interested I can't help myself! <3 I hope to lean one of those languages and go visit their country and learn about their culture. Asian culture in general just fascinates me! Especially their respect to their elders ^^
TheWooHooism 1 month ago
oh my uncle speaks chinese too he studied in china and hes black .
93queenv 1 month ago
who is this guy? I saw him on get away tv tonight on the icn network and he was phenomenal
essoshana 1 month ago
i fucked a sheep, i fucked a goat, i took my cock right down it's throat so what? so what? so what, so what so what you boring little fuck
SuperAwwwwYeah 1 month ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I'm black and learning Italian, and soon I would love to try German, French or possibly Japanese :)
SpongebobL0VER 1 month ago
I'm black and learning Italian, and soon I would love to try German, French or possibly Japanese :)
SpongebobL0VER 1 month ago
it should be pretty easy for latin-language-family native speaker (English, Spanish, French etc.) to learn each other language, and there is enough economic incentive to learn each other language
dfdtdfdx 1 month ago
i can't believe that he's doing a documentary
Karl23extreme 2 months ago
I'm so proud to be half black! =D
hotdogman67 2 months ago
lol he must have an easy time ordering from his local chinese restaurant.
misterb1az3d 2 months ago
im nigerian and i speak french, english and german fluently!
TWIGGvsHESKEY 2 months ago
It isn't because he's black; but because he's not Chinese. I don't like to group all people into one bag, but sometimes they really DON'T think non-Chinese can grasp the language. Even after people hear me have a conversation with another Chinese person in Mandarin, they will still ask:"He speaks Chinese?" And they really expect an answer. One time I said "Yes, I speak Chinese." The lady then responded "Oh, I had to make sure. I didn't know if my ears were hearing right."
sonicxisforever 3 months ago
Comment removed
sonicxisforever 3 months ago
Comment removed
sonicxisforever 3 months ago
A black dude will learn anything insofar as it will get him laid.....
winrx 3 months ago
@winrx ?
SuperHappyCow 2 months ago
Did he say "Wo keyi shi shenme"? Is that how you say "May I have a try?"
TJPRockstar 3 months ago
0:28 makes me horny
jeremiahswee 3 months ago
i wish you did more videos.
heresteven 4 months ago
i'm in japan and people flip out if you can say konnichiwa properly. imagine the shock that chef guy got. chinese is a step up from any language, bar arabic in terms of difficulty. good effort dude
edwebo 4 months ago
OHHH HE MAKES ME WANNA FUCK HIMM.. HES SO SEXY SPEAKIN CHINESE
vachekipu 4 months ago
well speaked
U3bElive 5 months ago
2.5hrs nigga fuck that
jizzy2k 5 months ago
@AllieMonet i sincerely wish you luck with that
ilidionbeurkley 5 months ago
lol thats so awkward
JamesianDGAF 5 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
wow this is one smart monkey. nice to see a negro educating himself!
joeshmoe005 5 months ago
@joeshmoe005 wow you're a dick. why are you so ignorant ?
Aspenfash899 4 months ago 2
@Aspenfash899 wow why the hostility, i'm HAPPY that people of your kind are getting an education! glad to see that you're a strong independent black woman doing her thaaaang giiiiiirl! #affirmativeaction #blackpower
joeshmoe005 4 months ago
great pronunciation!
TheCoolfez 5 months ago
TO ************ALL YOUTUBE USERS*********SUPPORT THIS ARTIST , TYPE IN (JEFF FORCHION) HIS SONG IS SO TOUCHING!!!!NEW ARTIST
sc6977 5 months ago
haha he can speak pretty well
llJAFYll 6 months ago
This kind of noodle making can be dangerous to a man's nuts.. am just saying..
kakompo 7 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
can some one tell me why is that jumping so important for the nuddles?
FCule 7 months ago
Impressive (his Chinese)! He should have said 'No homo' though.. that bouncin was kinda gay..
ashbucket08 7 months ago
@ashbucket08 haha!! :)
sweetbiella 7 months ago
@ashbucket08 Lmao!
armyboy54b 6 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@ashbucket08
"He should have said 'No homo' though.. that bouncin was kinda gay.."
YOU ARE AN IDIOIT!!!!!
brightlights456X 5 months ago
Comment removed
brightlights456X 5 months ago
hahah i like this guy
Mavedalicious 7 months ago
It would be so great if you could add the name of the man in this segment to your video description. His name is Andrew Ballen. He is originally from North Carolina and moved to China in 2001.
dbadagna 7 months ago
He is bilingual
fang6639 7 months ago
Nooooodddlllesssssss.
iAmTOPVictory 7 months ago
To those getting upset at the whole noticing a black man speaking chinese thing, as a black man myself who got his BA in Mandarin Chinese, some people have also been surprised that I speak Chinese, not because they think a black person can't, but simply because finding an African-American interested in (let alone majoring in) a language such as Mandarin is quite rare. It has nothing to do with racism... when some people see a rarity, they are just surprised at it...it's just their response.
ilidionbeurkley 7 months ago 54
@ilidionbeurkley
well said, I'm also black and speak 4 languages....English, French, Spanish and Arabic....no big deal
fitzrapid 3 months ago 9
@fitzrapid
How did you master 4 languages? I want to teach my 2 year old Mandarin, Spanish, and Hindi. Unfortunately, I can't speak any of them. Do you have any suggestions on how I can go about achieveing this?
tuberlxb2012 2 months ago
@tuberlxb2012
my mom is French and Father African American....my father worked in Foreign Affairs so I spent most of my childhood/teens in France, Spain and Jordan.
fitzrapid 2 months ago
@tuberlxb2012 visit those countries..no amount of learning will make a person speak a language like living in the country. im from nigeria and i speak german and french very well..french, i learnt in school so once in a while i get stuck. but german (which is an even harder language than french) flows so easily as if it is my native language because I lived there for a long time :D hope it helped
TWIGGvsHESKEY 2 months ago
@fitzrapid ....I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN SEVERAL LANGUAGES. I THINK IT'S AWESOME THAT YOU SPEAK SO MANY
sexychocolateHAITIAN 2 months ago
@ilidionbeurkley I agress with what you're saying here brother... All asian are like that. It just that how we respond because is rare to see people from america or europe learn asian language, we just happy to see people from different country learning about us and our culture peroid.
Ilovewhitegirl143 3 months ago
Is this Chinese Reading Rainbow?
alansmisclass 7 months ago
@alansmisclass lmao that's what i thought, he remind's me of the reading rainbow guy
Aspenfash899 4 months ago
Nah, tons of white expats can speak decent chinese. Hell my next door neighbor in Shanghai was one, and there were over twenty in my graduating class when I went to highschool in Singapore. Brent, one of my coworkers in NY is also fluent; He didn't have a Chinese name when I met him, so I told him he should be named 變 態. I've visited and lived in over twenty countries, and the ratio of white Chinese speakers to black I've personally come across is about 200 to 1. A black one is truly rare.
darkjeshush 8 months ago
i watched his show when i was in china, and my relatives were impressed by this -- not because he's black, but because the way he talks sounds quite natural, which is rare for an westerner who speaks chinese. his pronunciation isn't perfect though, i've heard other westerners with much better pronunciation.
CallMeDaddyHoe 8 months ago
not really a stereotype...
flaviokleinrocha 8 months ago
It's not the sole reason he is black that most are surprised. You pull anyone from the continental United States and they speak a language other than English, Spanish, and perhaps French, it's unusual.
paulrooster6 8 months ago
@0:49-0:52 lol!!!
Itshardtopronuncius 8 months ago
haha pole riding 2:05 i just had to
DaPolack 8 months ago
C-C-C-C-Combo Breakers are awesome!
Lisajawa 8 months ago
You know, I don't think it's so amazing because he's black. It's amazing because he isn't Asian. It doesn't have anything to do with people thinking black people aren't smart enough to learn another language.. It's like in Rush Hour, the thought of hearing Chris Tucker speak Chinese is hilarious. It's not racist at all.
klotweev 8 months ago
he cheated many chinese girls in china
rstyler2007 9 months ago
The only people who are impressed by this are people who think that black folks are incapable of learning anything, which would make them RACIST. In other news, that soup looks tasty as heck, now I want some ramen.
gladitsnotme 9 months ago 2
The soup does look good
BonniePLC 9 months ago
being suprised that a black man can speak eloquently in both english and mandarian ( or cantonese ) is like being suprised that a Pitbull is a therapy dog.
Its very possible just uncommon
superjam18 10 months ago
its not incredible, just uncommon and refreshing
415Underdog 10 months ago 2
I rather see hak yan than a guai lo speak chinese
hanachui89 10 months ago
They look funny hopping around like that LOL
Alize101586 11 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Sign up in Neobux!
You can get money for free!
I already got about 5$ in 4 min.!!!
neobux.com/m/v/?rh=446A4E696768744C69676874
TheDjNightLight 11 months ago
thats a hilarious way of making noodles
foosbeast 11 months ago
I'm sorry but people who are taking offense to others being pleasantly surprised to see a black american guy speak chinese that well are being a little silly. nobody is being racist. It's just not that common!
foosbeast 11 months ago
@foosbeast
It is also uncommon to find a white American who isn't a racist. Due to this fact, it is not an awkward moment once we discover blacks who are fluent and more respectful of other languages than their slave vernacular: English . With that said, black Americans have purposefully butchered American-English as a sign that we (yes, I'm black) do not respect US values, US culture, and/ or US world-views: hence, the pervasive movement "Ebonics"! Assimilation has rightfully failed!
mikedav9O 11 months ago
@mikedav9O It's not about being racist, I would be equally surprised to see an israeli speaking fluent chinese (and I'm jewish) or an indian person speaking fluent swedish
foosbeast 11 months ago
@foosbeast funny u say so...i have a friend from iraq who speaks swedish, german arabic and english..and i am from nigeria and i speak german french and english lol
TWIGGvsHESKEY 2 months ago
@mikedav9O I'm not American but it always seems to me that black Americans are much more racist against themselves than white Americans are against black Americans. Of course there is always the xtreme exception but I bet over 90% of white Americans aren't racist at all. You have a black PRESIDENT for crying out loud!!!!
Mumsilius 10 months ago
@Mumsilius
Like you said: you are not American, therefore you do not know the issues going on in this country. A black president does not mean the end of racism in America. White people had no choice but to vote for a black guy (Obama) or risk losing the economic recession to an economic depression with the white republican candidate (McCain). However, while in office, Obama has been the target of new movements in the USA: (1) Assassination attempts (2) Birth'ers, (3) Tea-parters
mikedav9O 10 months ago 7
@mikedav9O You're right, I don't know what it's like to be black in America. There's no doubt that the long history of high unequality in America based on the colour of your skin still leaves a big mark today. But don't forget that things are changing INCREDIBLY fast! One only needs to look back 60-70 years to see the difference.
Mumsilius 10 months ago
@mikedav9O I have a very hard time believing that racism is something that generally keeps people down in the US today, it has much more to do with economic status / unequal allocation of wealth and thus education and so forth, that's still prominent today because of the recent past. That takes time to change but it is changing fast, so the outlook is very postitve and bright. Things are never perfect for anyone, and don't expect them to ever be. That's unrealisitc.
Mumsilius 10 months ago
yo why this home boy be so touchy and invading that noodle guy's personal space and shit !??! like wtf is going on here 2:00 ??????????? WTF ????????
yazmut 11 months ago
OMFG finally an American who can actually speak it correctly......instead of those racist ignorants that say "Ching Chong Ching chong"
furiouschopstick 11 months ago 2
@furiouschopstick That's right. Even that stupid idiot redneck Rush Limbaugh can learn a thing or two.
sheltv100 11 months ago
@furiouschopstick that IS chinese though..jk jk i hate when ppl say that
TWIGGvsHESKEY 2 months ago
what kind of noodles are those?
HookemHorns972 11 months ago
ah hes a lefty
AznGotChen 11 months ago
Don't they have machines to make those noodles?
striker1224 11 months ago
just to watch him eat im hungry
yun514 1 year ago
wow, this BLACK GUY made a pretty good show! it's the first time i ever see this kind of show hosted by a black guy, and it sounds awesome! did he make more, like a series?
coolmojito 1 year ago
I hopes, it's not hurt to his balls. :D
Makserium 1 year ago
Yeah unfortunately there are too many poor examples in the black race that validate the numerous stereotypes about black people; Making it extremely hard for the intelligent and well-rounded people of color like myself.
nubian05girl 1 year ago
hahaha black guy speak chinese hahahah awesome1!!!!
thomasoeler 1 year ago
@thomasoeler lol
BobbytheCanadiankid 1 year ago
no thanks I brought my own stick. Mother Natures blessing
jayjasonbird 1 year ago
he can understand chinese with a southern accent, it's great
ada113 1 year ago
send this to ray willam johnson
demdemify 1 year ago
The way he holds the chopsticks are perfect! :D Very impressive!
ThePushyCat 1 year ago
Soooooo...Why is it so weird that a "Black" man can learn a language? We had languages before they were BEAT out of us. Everyone has the cognitive ability to learn a language...including "Blacks".
nubian05girl 1 year ago
@nubian05girl I think it mostly has to do with the fact that in America, we don't view blacks as the type who'd want to go out and learn a new language to explore a foreign culture. It's not exactly racist, but as a Black/Japanese/White kid who speaks Japanese and some Mandarin, people find it extraordinary for some odd reason. XD
Rey3127 1 year ago
@Rey3127 "we don't view blacks as the type who'd want to go out and learn a new language to explore a foreign culture" Officially the dumbest stereotype I've EVER heard. Also, who is "We"?
nubian05girl 1 year ago
@nubian05girl "We" being the American people. You act as though I'M the one who made that stereotype. It's not like that just popped up in my mind. I've met hundreds of foreigners from Europe, Asia, and even Africa, who were surprised any time they met a black person, born and raised in America, who knew a lot about their culture or were capable of speaking their language. I'm not just saying that out of my ass, that's how it's viewed by A LOT of people. Doesn't mean it's CORRECT.
Rey3127 1 year ago
@nubian05girl So don't take it offensively. I'm not trying to say "Blacks" are lesser to any other person, being that I'm part black. But even in my own experience. I'm part Japanese, and speak a good bit of Japanese, and you wouldn't believe how dumbfounded people are when they find that out. But you can't doubt that general society, for whatever reason, doesn't view Black Americans as the culturally exploratory type. It's just the way it is, sadly.
Rey3127 1 year ago
Very impressive, both your Chinese and noodle making...nice job brother!
MusicforMe123 1 year ago
that is a gangsterass way to make noodles
TurtLePimpin 1 year ago
U GUYS MUST WON'T BELIEVE THAT
BUT THE TRUTH IS THERE ARE SO MANY BLACK PEOPLE IN CHINA
ESPECIALLY GUANGZHOU ...SO THIS IS COMMON NOTHING SPECIAL MAN
THIS GUY NAME IS DA LONG (BIG DRAGON)
Mreleezy 1 year ago 2
Comment removed
Mreleezy 1 year ago
he was a host of Shanghai's local TV program
a trip for those foreigners visit China
Mreleezy 1 year ago
The black dude don't need this stick lol
youcheator 1 year ago
Great man!
bigbro05 1 year ago
Comment removed
bigbro05 1 year ago
Comment removed
bigbro05 1 year ago
if you think he is impressive and he is then you will be amazed at laoshu505000. He speaks so many different languages it's unreal...yes and he is black!!!
dacianey3 1 year ago 34
@dacianey3
That's my idol!!!!
samuraialfredo 1 year ago
@samuraialfredo Yes mines to he is awesome! Truly one of a kind!
dacianey3 1 year ago
@dacianey3 why are you like 'yes and his is black!!! wtf does that have to do with anything??
gingmo1 11 months ago
@gingmo1 Well everyone likes this video precisely because there's a black person..or someone not Chinese speaking Chinese...in other words he's making a comparison. Catch my drift?
foursuitsofmeat 11 months ago
amazing!!!!
dacianey3 1 year ago
yay another black person speaking chinese!! i am not alone lol jk
sarangnai 1 year ago 2
Do you people have any idea just how bad it feels to see some black guy from new york speak chinese better than a full blooded chinaman like myself?
2morrow1 1 year ago
@2morrow1 learn it! As long as your alive and able you can perfect it. Go for it!
dacianey3 1 year ago
now ive seen everything.
mysticalhuman 1 year ago
no homo
soopaflyty 1 year ago
these guys really know how to ride wood
14kskim 1 year ago
What a mad cunt! =) excellent seeing peeps who can speak other languages.
ibagskoreans 1 year ago
yea mandarin are taking over america chinatown nowadays. So learning mandarin is vital since they dont speak english. Most cantonese people already know english.
spike378 1 year ago
The fact that people are impressed that he speaks chinese because he's black is so fucking ridiculous like wtf .
DurtyDominican 1 year ago 68
@DurtyDominican AND.... AND!!.... He's from New York remember!!!... :P
GraphiteGum 1 year ago
@DurtyDominican Thats because ppl really believe Blacks incapable of learning anything.
kishasland 1 year ago
@kishasland It's not so much that a black man is speaking a foreign language(especially when it's mandarin chinese!) I 've meet many african and carribbean blacks that who are naturely multi-lingual due to the fact that those parts of the world will have quite a mixture of various languages etc.What's really surprising for me in this video is that this an african american!I've found many african americans to be extremely xenophobic and often hate asians,hispanics as well as blacks from africa.
SLADODET 1 year ago
@SLADODET Many African languages are tonal languages, so Chinese comes easy for them.
Japcat21 9 months ago
@Japcat21 Doesn't come easy for me. Japanese on the other hand was a breeze.
NelsonStJames 8 months ago
@NelsonStJames What African language do you know?
Japcat21 8 months ago
@Japcat21 I am currently becoming acquainted with Egyptian Arabic, not fluent yet, but soon hope to be.
(Soon being a relative term :)
NelsonStJames 8 months ago
@DurtyDominican OFC people are surprised. Name me at least 30 black people that speak Chinese. Not that many people do. I speak fluent Chinese and I'm surprised. The reason why people aren't surprised when Chinese people speak English is there's many of them.
XOSiren18XO 11 months ago
@XOSiren18XO
Name 30 white people that can speak Chines...that are 'famous'.
brightlights456X 5 months ago
@brightlights456X Your point being? Like I said there aren't that many black, white people who are famous that can speak Chinese fluently. I was using a certain ethnicity as an example. I think I made that point OBVIOUS. So I wouldn't be able to list 30 people who are white that can speak Chinese fluent. Duh.
XOSiren18XO 5 months ago
@brightlights456X fluently*
XOSiren18XO 5 months ago
@XOSiren18XO
Well...name them.
brightlights456X 5 months ago
@brightlights456X Idiot. I pointed out that answer already.
XOSiren18XO 5 months ago
@XOSiren18XO
Don't let me come over and spank you?
brightlights456X 5 months ago
Comment removed
sonicxisforever 9 months ago
@DurtyDominican I get the same reaction when I speak Chinese, lol. People get so surprised, but its no different than a Chinese person speaking English. They make it seem like its such a difficult language.
sonicxisforever 9 months ago
@DurtyDominican In theory you're quite correct, but realize that this is the type of Black-American that gets very little exposure on American media. Note his English is impecable as well. If we're not playing sports, or engaged in crime it's like they have no category to place us. Put a character like this in a film and people would scream that it was unrealistic. I know quite a few Blacks including myself that speak several languages. (and yes laoshu is incredible as well!)
NelsonStJames 8 months ago
@DurtyDominican Not just because he's black. I have met other foreigners that speaks Chinese. But it's difficult for someone that is not a native speaker to speak a nearly perfect accent.
yangyao 8 months ago
@DurtyDominican
ahhaha i think chinese react for all foreigners cos its kinda hard. just most tend to be whiteys more
ZhangMingXuanIsABabe 8 months ago
@DurtyDominican noone fuckin expects a black guy to be speaking chinese that well
benny704 8 months ago
@DurtyDominican the poster should have never put "black" in the title of this vid but some would have bring attention to race anyway
DaMostEnigmatic 7 months ago
@DurtyDominican Actually, I'm surprised that anyone can speak Chinese, it seems so complicated! :)
pmunkyandpals11 7 months ago
@DurtyDominican uh....do you know any other Blacks who speak chinese????
HiJaayD 7 months ago
@DurtyDominican Wake up, it shows you the view of blacks by the majority. It would be the same (but to a lesser degree) to see a Dominican speaking Chinese.
mrceebees14 7 months ago
pole riding
1prettyricky 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I am an chinese and manderin speaker, but I could understand the chinese guy's accent 100%.
1234bylife 1 year ago
I am chinese and manderin speaker, but I could understand the chinese guy's accent.
1234bylife 1 year ago
@1234bylife becuz u suck
KoolJust4U 1 year ago
awesome
conworldus 1 year ago
Omg, he is great. I'm taking a beginner class in Chinese. I hope I can be as good as him someday.
djausman2 1 year ago
pole riders ^^
krzintegraboi 1 year ago
It always makes me happy to see Americans open their minds to new things
hamchammy 1 year ago
COOL. I WOULD LIKED TO HAVE LEARNED CHINESE. BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT DIALECTS, CORRECT??
BLAKPEARL69 1 year ago
@BLAKPEARL69 yes, many. majority dialects are Cantonese, Hokkien , and so on.
JeromeLeong 1 year ago
@BLAKPEARL69 you still can. most people who speak a dialect also know Mandarin. its the "standard' Chinese dialect, known as putonghua, because that's what people speak in the capital city. its what most foreigners learn when they study Chinese.
tay2014 1 year ago
@tay2014 thanks :)
BLAKPEARL69 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@BLAKPEARL69 you still can. most people who speak a dialect also know Mandarin. its the "standard" Chinese dialect, known as putonghua, because that's what people speak in the capital city. its what most foreigners learn when they study Chinese.
tay2014 1 year ago
haha, good chinese, and good noodles. XD
MrTuber95 1 year ago 3
hahaha how cool
2emotional2 1 year ago
NOODLE COW BOY!
HomasterX 1 year ago
this guy really rocks! =D
kickmyask82 1 year ago
wow hes awesome!
AdamIntellectual7 1 year ago
his chinese is so good and it takes a black dude to kill the stereotype of chinese as 'foo young chow ching chong mein " lol
but he speaking mandarin and north accent not cantonese so yeah
Crapidiot 1 year ago
this is good and he's Chinses is superb.
ennykad1 1 year ago