Black People Learning Chinese: A Strategy for Competing Globally

Black People Learning Chinese: A Strategy for Competing Globally: "When Zuri Patterson, a second-grader, entered her new classroom the first day of school, butterflies traveled the length of her stomach right before she made formal introductions to her new classmates.

"We say Ni Hao [pronounced "nee-how"], which means "hello" in Chinese," said the 7-year-old attending the Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School, a Mandarin-immersion school in the northeast quadrant of the nation's capital."

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