在当今全球化、人口流动频繁的社会，跨种族恋爱和婚姻是热门话题。在欧洲和北美的很多国家，这些议题已经引起了大量的讨论，并涌现了许多的学术研究(Trego 2005; Oyserman and Swim 2008; Williams 2010)。但在中国这个人口庞大、发展迅速的国家，这些问题却没有得到足够关注。越来越多的人来到中国，并希望留在这里，其中很多人来自非洲。尽管中国和非洲在几个世纪以前就建立了联系，但直到最近20年随着大批非洲移民迁移到中国南部省份，研究者才萌发了非洲大陆和中国之间关系的研究兴趣(Le Bail 2008; Bodomo 2008; 2009)。尽管有官方的合作和友谊建交；但中国人对“黑人”迁移到中国的认识和与之相关的行为方式仍可被视为带着种族歧视的色彩(Shen 2009)。 以这种“认知到的歧视”为出发点，研究者考察非洲人和中国人的亲密关系，特别关注非洲男性与中国的女性的长期浪漫关系中的污名管理策略。本研究基于为期六周的、在广州的三个的非洲人聚居区开展的访谈收集，研究者考察非洲人在（应对）来自其伴侣的家人以及公众的污名化的应对策略。与此同时，研究还探讨了中国人如何协助其非洲伴侣处理种族歧视的问题。这项研究既能有利于从微观和宏观两个层面来了解非洲人是怎样理解和解释他们在中国的生活经验，又有利于了解非-中迁移现象将如何改变中国人对非洲人的态度。

Interracial dating and marriage remain hot topics in today’s globalised, migratory society. While in some parts of the world like Europe and North America, these issues have been heavily discussed, researched and debated (Trego 2005; Oyserman and Swim 2008; Williams 2010), it is less so the case in China, a country very much in the spotlight for its large population and fascinating development story. More and more individuals have decided to China hoping to exploit the various opportunities here, and one such group are the Africans. While Sino-African ties were established centuries ago, a recent spike of African migration to the southern part of the Middle Kingdom has ignited researchers' interest in the relationship between the African continent and China. (Le Bail 2008; Bodomo 2008; 2009) Despite the official cooperation and friendship between China and Africa, racial attitudes towards "hei ren" migrating to the Middle Kingdom can be perceived as discriminatory in terms of beliefs held and subsequent treatment meted out by Chinese. (Shen 2009) In light of this perceived discrimination, the researcher has aimed to focus on intimate relationships between Africans and Chinese, with special emphasis on stigma management strategies of African males in long-term romantic relationships with Chinese women. Based on interviews collected over a six-week period in three bustling African enclaves in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, the researcher will examine strategies of Africans when dealing with perceived stigma from their partner's family as well as from the general public. Further to this point, the assistance of the Chinese partner in handling perceived discrimination will be examined as well. The study is relevant in both understanding how Africans understand and interpret their lived experiences in China at both a micro and macro level, as well as examining how this migratory phenomenon can help to change Chinese attitudes on Africans.