In Zhiben, there is a mix of mainlanders, Hakka and Minnan Han Chinese, as well as Aborigines. Although Chen, who is of Minnan ancestry, is a local, he certainly isn't an Aborigine, and by showing concern for other children who were outside his ethnic group, he quite unintentionally stirred up a controversy about who should have the right to educate Aboriginal kids.
在外省、閩南、客家和原住民混居的知本，閩南籍的陳俊朗雖是在地人，但畢竟不是原住民，「愛管他人瓦上霜」的作為，意外地在社區掀起一場原、漢教育權的爭奪戰。