In case you didn’t follow the news, there was a ballot measure in California, Proposition 8, that would ban gay marriage (in opposition to the California Supreme Court decision this summer making gay marriage legal). Proposition 8 passed on Tuesday.

Here’s one of these so-called pundits weighing in on Phoenix News why overseas Chinese families would support Proposition 8 （八号提案）：

那么华人到美国以后，尤其第一代移民打拼，都是为了为孩子创造一个良好的教育环境和生活环境，现在生活环境已经被毒品弄得痛苦不堪，现在又弄出一个同性恋出来。

(Rough translation: After Chinese go the US, especially the first generation of immigrants, they want to create a healthy environment for their children to live and study. Now this living environment has been made miserable by drugs. And now homosexuality has been brought out as well.)

Yes, that’s right — having homosexuals in your community is as bad as widespread drug abuse.

But wait, the hatred doesn’t stop there. In the same discussion, he goes on to castigate the African American community as well:

现在在华人当中，两件事情是最让家长头疼的：一个是女儿嫁给了黑人，一个是儿子变成了同性恋。那个是整个是做父母的就就要跳楼了。

(Rough translation: For today’s overseas Chinese, two things would be considered the worst headache for parents: one is your daughter marrying a black man, one is your son being gay. If this is true and you’re a parent, you would jump off a building.)

Excuse me?

Look, I know that many Chinese and Chinese parents have a very traditional perspective on the world. And I know there is still racism in China. But these two pundits are supposed to be well-educated, and representing Chinese as a whole. Their words (and positions as professors, for that matter) add credence to what are, in my opinion, some dangerously divisive and hateful ideas.

I give the host credit for at least calling them out on their words:

你说一个女儿嫁给黑人，一个是同性恋，这俩都是偏见哪。照所谓政治正确的立场来讲，这不都是偏见吗？

You say a daughter marries a black man, the other is homosexuality, these are prejudice. From a politically correct perspective, aren’t these all prejudice?

Fair and balanced in China? Phoenix News, you’ve got a way to go.