I'm a Caucasian born and raised in The Netherlands living in Australia and married to a Thai wife.<p>Maybe it is because I'm white but I don't really understand the racism here. The type of abuse pointed out in the article isn't really different than picking of fat people, or bald people or people who are to skinny, to tall or to short etc.<p>To me, personally, racism is about hate. Making jokes or teasing someone about their physical appearance or racial background, to me, isn't racism per se.<p>My wife told me a story; She worked in a noodle bar behind the counter. One day some people who had eaten in the place paid and when they walked out the door one of them turned around and said to her "Fucking monkey!". Now, to me, that IS racism. Not this because this asshole happen to say this to my wife but because there is a tone of hatred in it.<p>To me the article sounds a bit juvenile. As if the author thinks that only Chinese or people of Chinese heritage get picked on or teased in daily live. People will pick on each other and will make jokes about each other and they will use the most prominent physical feature to do so.<p>However, I do agree, this sort of behavior by an adult man (gay) on prime time television is pretty childish.