Prometheus 6

Who would you believe: bar owners or the police?

POLICE DENY BAN ON BLACKS
Tom Miller in Beijing
July 19,2008

Police in Beijing's popular Sanlitun bar district deny they are conducting a racist campaign ahead of the Olympics, as another bar owner revealed he had been ordered not to let in blacks.

"They made us sign and chop a document saying we would not allow black people in [during the Olympics]," the owner said. "But no one is willing to say so because we'll all get deported ... and have our business shut."

Asked yesterday whether they had told landlords not to let blacks in bars, an officer at the Sanlitun police station had a one-word answer: "No."

The bar owner said police had given landlords a list of dos and don'ts during the Olympics. "We simply can't let them in [during the Olympics], it's what I was told," he said.

"It's [the restrictions on blacks] definitely happening. It will all happen in 24 hours."

Read More Here: http://olympics.scmp.com/Article.aspx?id=1338&section=latestnews

http://silkrc.com/chinadialogs/2007/11/16/black-like-me-in-china/

Keto -

I clicked on the link and read the blog. I have no reason to doubt the words of this businessman but what he wrote has nothing at all to do with the link to the newspaper article I linked to. The issue is not about the anti-black racism of the mainland Chinese but whether or not the Beijing police have made the demands specified in the article I posted a link to. Apples and oranges.

House Poised To Apologize For Slavery, Jim Crow

LINK

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The House of Representatives was poised Tuesday to pass a resolution apologizing to African-Americans for slavery and the era of Jim Crow.

The nonbinding resolution, which is expected to pass, was introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen, a white lawmaker who represents a majority black district in Memphis, Tennessee.

While many states have apologized for slavery, it will be first time a branch of the federal government will apologize for slavery if the resolution passes, an aide to Cohen said.

By passing the resolution, the House would also acknowledge the "injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow."

**SNIP**

The resolution states that "the vestiges of Jim Crow continue to this day."

"African-Americans continue to suffer from the consequences of slavery and Jim Crow -- long after both systems were formally abolished -- through enormous damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including the loss of human dignity and liberty, the frustration of careers and professional lives, and the long-term loss of income and opportunity," the resolution states.

The House would also commit itself to stopping "the occurrence of human rights violations in the future," if it passes the resolution.

I see what you mean, pt. On that particular issue, I think the allegation is believable, but the jury is still out. I have not seen any reports from africans or african americans about this happening from the online communities that I frequent. But I don't doubt that such a sanction could happen, given the earlier indiscriminate crackdown of black men in bars alluded to in his post.

Article in Washington Post supports claims of harassment and racism.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072902389.html?hpid=artslot

Thanks for the article, PT

The anti-African sentiment mobilized during the Nanjing protests in Dec 1988 in turn helped to energize nationalist sentiment during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Anti-African_protests