Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Korea: “Africans” unwelcome: Ebola gives pub excuse to bar black people

Via Jeffery

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With ethnic relations once again making headlines in America, racism elsewhere can sometimes make discrimination here appear relatively minor by comparison. Consider what those of African origin face when living or traveling in Asia, for example.

Today’s illustration comes from Twitter, where one restaurant in South Korea is refusing to serve black people due to fears over Ebola!

3 comments:

  1. 1. It doesn't say "no blacks", that would be racist. It says "no Africans", where Ebola comes from. So black soldiers in the US Army would be served. They aren't "African" (a place). They are American (a completely different place).

    2. They did apologize. that was nice of them.

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  2. Not all Africans are black.

    There are the Boers and the Rhodesians.

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    1. Quite true, the persecuted minorities these days.

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