White supremacy is history and China is the future

Not a day goes by without heated debate about race in the media, both sides of it based on an outdated premise: that whites are supreme or possess unchecked privilege. It’s time for the global narrative and local sentiment to recalibrate.

Firstly, for believers in white supremacy, the recalibration process needs to recognise that the world has moved on since the days of the “white man’s burden”. Any belief that the “white race” is supreme is wrong, there is evidence of relative strength across races and ethnicities, like the life expectancy “superiority” of the Japanese and Koreans.

At my recent graduation ceremony in the UK, the convenor spoke ashamedly about how most of the portraits hanging on the wall were “male, pale and stale” – visual confirmation of the historic hegemony of white people.

No doubt, white people wielded unfair influence in global politics and society. But this is changing. I am part of a Western diaspora that has experienced a burgeoning and confident China, and is screaming out to Western audiences. But few have started to listen and accept, including those obsessed with white supremacy and privilege.

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