Racism on the Menu

[Unkotare]

Beijing restaurant removes 'racist' sign after fury, but manager refuses to apologize ? Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion



Classy, real classy.

 

[there4eyeM]

It only takes a few like this fellow in a society to give it a bad name. Every nation seems to have this element in varying quantities.

What can one do with those who demonstrate what they are declaring; that there is an inferior 'race'.

 

[ThirdTerm]

The owner of the Chinese restaurant may have made a political statement by putting up the sign because those nationalities singled out by him have been engaging in territorial rows with the Chinese in recent years and it could be viewed as a sign of patriotism rather than racism. Vietnam and the Philippines are locked in a territorial row with China over islands in the South China Sea and China and Japan have an another dispute over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea and it's increasingly dangerous for foreign tourists to travel around China these days due to the rise of xenophobic sentiment.

After almost three decades of sharply increased military outlays, an increasingly assertive China now has the firepower to challenge rivals claiming strategically important and resource-rich territory in the East China and South China seas. The Chinese navy, now second in size only to the U.S. fleet in terms of raw numbers, has become a genuine blue-water force and is conducting almost continuous patrols and exercises in these contested waters. China's spending is now second only to the United States and the Pentagon last year estimated that Beijing's real outlays for 2012 would be between $120 billion and $180 billion. Over the past six months, China's stand-off with Japan over a series of rocky islands in the East China Sea known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China has become more acrimonious. Beijing is also in dispute with the Philippines and Vietnam, as well as Taiwan, Brunei and Malaysia, over territory in the South China Sea.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/01/us-china-defence-idUSBRE9200HH20130301

 

[there4eyeM]

The owner of the Chinese restaurant may have made a political statement by putting up the sign because those nationalities singled out by him have been engaging in territorial rows with the Chinese in recent years and it could be viewed as a sign of patriotism rather than racism. Vietnam and the Philippines are locked in a territorial row with China over islands in the South China Sea and China and Japan have an another dispute over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea and it's increasingly dangerous for foreign tourists to travel around China these days due to the rise of xenophobic sentiment.

It would still seem that anyone intelligent enough to know how to read and write would have to realize how embarrassingly bigoted such a sign would be, not to mention the inclusion of dogs so closely to nationalities.

 

[Katzndogz]

There might be some sort of row, but this restaurant owner has not broken any laws, he cannot be prosecuted and has violated no one's politically correct rights.

China permits this kind of dissent. It's America that doesn't.

 

[Unkotare]

There might be some sort of row, but this restaurant owner has not broken any laws, he cannot be prosecuted and has violated no one's politically correct rights.

How do you know?

 

[Katzndogz]

Can you provide any evidence that the restaurant owner in Beijing was arrested, or that China has comparable civil rights to ours.

It didn't happen here. If it had happened here, the FBI would be investigating him by now.

China permits individual freedom, we do not.

 

[Defiant1]

You can tell racism doesn't exist anymore because no one uses the term correctly.

What are we going to call it if it does start occurring again?

 

[Unkotare]

Can you provide any evidence that the restaurant owner in Beijing was arrested, or that China has comparable civil rights to ours.

Are you saying that whenever someone is NOT arrested that is proof that no law has been broken?

 

[Unkotare]

While there is no specific anti-discrimination law in the PRC, there are provisions within several laws there that prohibit, among other things, discrimination based on gender, nationality, religious belief, or race.

 

[hoosier88]

Is no one speaking up for dogs there?

Given the persistent rumors about organ-legging, forced labor camps, re-education work camps, people who simply disappear in the middle of the night in the PDRC, I would think that this story is way down the foodchain.

 

[Unkotare]

There are no more re-education camps, and it is the PRC not PDRC.



As for dogs, a great many - and a growing number - of people keep dogs as pets these days. As recently as ten years ago or so it was still illegal to keep dogs as pets, but now it is quite popular.

 

[Katzndogz]

While there is no specific anti-discrimination law in the PRC, there are provisions within several laws there that prohibit, among other things, discrimination based on gender, nationality, religious belief, or race.

I am quite sure that if this restauranteur had been sued or prosecuted you would have posted the link by now.

 

[Unkotare]

Try reading all the posts, numbskull.

 

[hoosier88]

There are no more re-education camps, and it is the PRC not PDRC.


As for dogs, a great many - and a growing number - of people keep dogs as pets these days. As recently as ten years ago or so it was still illegal to keep dogs as pets, but now it is quite popular.

(My bold)

Good to know, I'd always assumed that "Democratic" was part of the mix. Thanks.