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The danger of categorically accusing others of prejudice

Tom Miller of the South China Morning Post has generated somewhat doubtful outrages with an article alleging Beijing ordered bars not to serve blacks. For now, however, Beijing Boyce seems to have seriously deflated the credibility of Tom Miller’s... ...full story at Blogging For China

from Blogging For China on Fri, Jul 18 2008

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13 Feb 08 visit Good To Be A Gangsta  »  YouTube videoSummer Study of Law in Beijing 2004 (video clips courtesy of Bina.net) This clip actually took place after the program was over when Miller visited Bina in Chicago. A song comes on at the place they're at that reminds Miller of our time as roomies...
18 Jul 08 visit No blacks or Mongolians for bars, or no sources for SCMP?  »  Danwei From Beijing Boyce: Tom Miller of the South China Morning Post reported today that bars in central Beijing have been instructed to not serve blacks or Mongolians during the Olympics: Beijing authorities are secretly planning to ban black people and...
19 Jul 08 visit Beijing Blacklisting Blacks?  »  Humanaught So, story goes - sometime yesterday afternoon both Shanghaiist and Beijing Boyce reported on a South China Morning Post article by Tom Miller entitled “Authorities order bars not to serve black people”. Mrs. Granite Studio (YJ), Danwei,...
21 Jul 08 visit Emperor: clothes; USA: history; South China Morning Post: ???  »  Blogging For China It has been three days since the sensational title “Authorities order bars not to serve black people” written by Tom Miller showed up in the supposedly reputable South China Morning Post. I used the phrase “supposedly reputable”...
18 Jul 08 visit Report: Beijing bars told to ban black people during Olympics  »  Shanghaiist by Dedric Lam In a couple of weeks Beijing will turn into a party town and Sanlitun is predicted to be the epicenter of the Olympic night events. The South China Morning Post has however reported that the bar owners in the area were asked to refuse...
27 Sep 07 visit So some people in China are racist against blacks - should you come to China?  »  Lost Laowai Recently I wrote a post about Racism in China, just before finding out about the Beijing Police Rounding Up and Beating of Black People at Josh’s blog.  Rick also wrote a post dealing with this called Sino Xenophobia? It’s a really sad an...

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