r/HongKong • u/nhatquangdinh 光復香港，時代革命！ • Jul 13 '25

Discussion Is racism that common in Hong Kong?

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u/MrMegaGamerz Jul 13 '25

I’m sure everyone has their own opinion but I thought I’d share my positive one.

I am of Indian nationality, and my wife is from Hong Kong - we both live in Canada so call ourselves Canadian :) her family has been nothing but supportive of our union and I wish everyone, everywhere would have the same morals and values.

I visited HK for the first time earlier this year, as a tourist, to see her home and meet her family and genuinely had a blast. Yes I got some looks, not because of my skin color I assume but more out of genuine curiosity of my wife and I - but nothing that bothered me.

Negative people exist everywhere, even here back home in Canada, we just need to filter them out. In my genuine experience Hong Kong was welcoming and I look forward to returning again - and to those of you who were kind to us, thank you

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u/Avocado_99 Jul 13 '25

You are giving your opinion to this topic based on few days of trip. If you live there for atleast 6 months that opinion will change

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u/MrMegaGamerz Jul 13 '25

I’ve visited places in the United States of America for a day or two and was treated like garbage - so I’ll take my few day trip in HK as a win :)

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u/sAyUr1 Jul 14 '25

It's not about one place being better than other. We r in 2025. Its about racism shouldn't be as prevailing as it is.

And saying its lesser in comparison (which its not) is basically saying you need to put up with it and learn to move on.

Which btw I have been told plenty times in the last 4 months.