Beijing Bars Ordered to Ban Black People During Olympics
Olympics, Race July 19th. 2008, 11:00am
This can’t possibly be true, can it? According to a report in the South China Morning Post, Beijing bar owners have been asked to refuse service to black patrons.Â
Bar owners near the Workers’ Stadium in central Beijing say they have been forced by Public Security Bureau officials to sign pledges agreeing not to let black people enter their premises. “Uniformed Public Security Bureau officers came into the bar recently and told me not to serve black people or Mongolians,” said the co-owner of a western-style bar, who asked not to be named.
So much for that “One World, One Dream” Olympics. The story also notes that bartenders have been ordered to refuse service to Mongolians. Beijing officials (whoever that might actually be) have yet to comment on the story.
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July 19th, 2008 at 11:10 am
colored me not surprised.
July 19th, 2008 at 11:20 am
This is going to be such a disaster… I love it.
July 19th, 2008 at 11:28 am
I wonder how much the IOC really wishes that they had given the Olympics to Toronto or Paris back in 2001?
July 19th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Communism is awesome!
July 19th, 2008 at 11:50 am
You know, I just saw this story on the Globe and Mail website, so I’m beginning to think it just might be true.
July 19th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
The bouncer’s head might explode when Bryant Gumbel saunters up to the entrance.
July 19th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
What would Communist Obama think about this?
/Mike in NYC
July 19th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Does this really surprise anyone? China is the “old dog” and civility is the “new trick.” They’ll never change over there.
July 19th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
this is a setup to make obama look good
/412
July 19th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
You know, China, there’s a discreet way to do this: just ban malt liquor. And banning Mongoloids? Really? Why even host the Special Olympics if you dislike them that much?
July 19th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
@ssimac
Why would his head explode” Oh yeah…Bryant Gumble is black and Mongolian.
July 19th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
this could be in response to not allowing lupica into the all star game
July 19th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
What the hell they gonna do with all that Tsingtao Malt Liquor?
July 19th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
The essential problem with quantity over quality:
People are idiots.
But, no, really. There’s some fine editorial work going on here, TBL.
Damn fine.
July 19th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Vulcanjew and Cabbage, go jump in front of a train!!!!!
July 19th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
I would, but, members of my race can’t jump.
July 20th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Can a brother get a little bit of a fist bump for being ahead on this one?