Beijing ban on blacks in bars is a FAKE
source: http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/07/20/sanlitun-saturday-night-blacks-enjoy-drinks-play-pool...
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- helloimcat
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^_^ points for alliteration!
The ban is a fake, a young Chinese blogger visits 10 bars in Sanlitun, one of Beijing's best bar streets, to find "blacks enjoying drinks, and playing pool".
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Here are my notes from a pub crawl last night that covered Sanlitun north and south. To maintain the sensationalism, I bold the name of each bar where I saw black patrons. (An asterisk denotes a bar in which I looked in but did not stay, mostly because it was too crowded.)
The North Side
Luga’s: Since that two-day shutdown a few weeks back, this place is busy, busy, busy. The staff pumps out comfort food, beer, and margaritas to a ravenous crowd. I see black people eat burritos.
Cheers: Though traffic is lighter than usual, the Xinjiang band rocks the joint as always. Black people play pool.
Kokomo: Partiers are shank to flank on the rooftop and it’s a struggle to reach the bar. Black people enjoy beverages.
The Saddle: The deck holds a good-sized crowd, though there are only a few patrons inside. I see black people upstairs and downstairs, including an acquaintance from the bar business who says the media is calling him with interview requests. (The obvious question: How do you plan to ban yourself?)
Second Floor: There is not one black person to be found! Then again, there are only four patrons. Sample size is too small …
Poachers*: The place seethes with dancers, including… you got it… black people.
Shooters*: The street outside is curb to curb partiers and there is barely breathing room in Shooters. It wins tonight’s “first place I heard ‘Hips Don’t Lie’” award. It ain’t 2008 Sanlitun if you don’t hear Shakira.
The South Side
Nanjie*: What can I say - the partiers are out in force tonight. This place is full and dozens of patrons - including black ones - spill into the street.
Salsa Caribe*: Black people hang out in the entranceway.
The mom-and-pop shop near Caribe *: Black people enjoy beverages (again!)
Tun: The place has a light crowd, but the vibe is OK. It needs to clean the beer lines or change the Stella keg, because my draft is off.
Final results: 10 bars checked, 8 bars with blacks. I also saw black patrons pretty much everywhere I walked. In fact, while I stood with my black friend in front of Tongli Studio, I saw black people go by, which is observing blacks to the second degree. (Unfortunately, my friend wasn’t in the spirit of my research, given that the contestants for a Club China Doll bikini contest were pouring out of the building.)
...Finally, if groups are to be banned from the bars during the Olympics, I think patrons should have a say. My vote goes to drunken frat boys wearing backwards baseball caps.
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photo credit: http://www.daylife.com/photo/0aY66mMaBr0uC
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nickwing
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you could have used baloney in stead of a fake...but nice work anyways
- 3 years ago
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nickwing
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J_Jammer [removed]
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This is amusing.
Good thing I didn't buy it the first go around.
- 3 years ago
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J_Jammer [removed]
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WorldPeaceTV
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Thank you for the truth! and the time you took to reveal it!
- 3 years ago
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WorldPeaceTV
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arcticspirit
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I am speechless. (smiles warmly.. ) But wanted to weigh in anyhow. Yeah sorry for wasting the space, but am interested in social issues ya know?
- 3 years ago
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arcticspirit
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twentytwo
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I informed people at a social gathering about blacks being banned from these bars. A rare event where im glade i was misinforming people, will give them the update
- 3 years ago
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twentytwo
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Saladin
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I took it with a grain of salt, but didn't my own research.
But I did think when I read it, how in the fuck were they going to stop Blacks and Mongolians from going into bars? What were they gonna do? Arrest them?
Glad to see it was bullshit.
Current does tend to have some really fucking stupid stories from time to time.
The GM foods are just the tip of the iceberg.
- 3 years ago
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Saladin
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CarlosIsDown
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I guess I was foolish to belive that. Something like that would've been all over the news and Jesse Jackson and the like would've been all over it too.
- 3 years ago
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CarlosIsDown
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damnneargenius
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OMG! No way, China is currently planning to poison the food of Olympic athletes from all western countries?
I can pretty much use the exact same defense and logic from my retorts to other nonsensical sensational postings.
Well, that certainly is bad, if it's true.
But I doubt it is, because logic says otherwise.
So therefore we've just wasted more of everyone's time debating problems that don't exist and criticizing foreign countries because of what other people say.
What it's an interesting study in group psychology and the power of misinformation if nothing else.
- 3 years ago
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damnneargenius
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damnneargenius
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Nice to have some first-hand investigative reporting. Seriously, some of the crap that gets reported and/or slanted on here is pretty bad.
It's good to know I was right and that such blatant nonsensical crap doesn't actually exist. Still, it's fucked up that someone is intentionally "crying wolf" and getting everyone all riled up.
What kind of person reports that way anyway?
I wonder if Jesse Jackson has a fake identity on here.Wait, the conspiracy theorist just asked me, what if this report is actually made up too?
Doh!
It looks like I'll just have to stick with believing what I've seen first hand and what makes the most sense.
I told ya'll, if anything, they were trying to crack down on drugs and prostitution, not blacks.
Nice job for knocking the b.s. down in person.
- 3 years ago
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damnneargenius
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Laizzzaaarrr
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Thank goodness for people with the ability to think for themselves.
Its getting to a ridiculous stage where I could claim that China is currently planning to poison the food of all olympics atheletes from capitalist western countries or some nonsense and everyone would just sit there like *two brain cells spark together* OMG!!!!!!REALLY!!!!CHINA IS BAD!!!!
to be honest as sentwali says, the original WAS almost too easy to believe.
but whether it was or not, im just sick of people lashing out mindlessly about china.of course I think theres a whole deal that country has to fix.starting with their hold on tibet, and the ridiculous amounts of propaganda and control the leading powers have over the people, but then if we are so quick to believe what we're told maybe we're being kept in the dark as much as your average communist chinese citizen hearing outrageous things about a country over our end of the world...
- 3 years ago
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Laizzzaaarrr
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Sentwali
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Sadly, it was easy to believe the original story, however, I am happy to know that it is indeed false.
- 3 years ago
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Sentwali
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stephenthomson
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almost an alliterative royal flush, but you used the word "fake" instead of "bunk"
- 3 years ago
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stephenthomson
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helloimcat
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stephenthomson:
AW SHOOT.
negative points for cat. - 3 years ago
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helloimcat
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stephenthomson
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stephenthomson:
you can still change it cant you? I'll erase my message if you do. you can take the credit. :)
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stephenthomson
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helloimcat
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stephenthomson:
no, no. It's alright. I'll take my busted flush.
- 3 years ago
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helloimcat
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stephenthomson
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stephenthomson:
well to be fair, "bunk" could have been misconstrued. there's no mistaking what "fake" means, so for the sake of news, you probably did the best thing.
- 3 years ago
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stephenthomson
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rwylie
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Very revealing I think, myself very much included. I think however, the ACTUAL facts should not be ignored: the thousands of evictions I find particularly distasteful.
They may not be racist, but the Chinese government has done plenty of other things to warrant our distrust.
- 3 years ago
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rwylie
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helloimcat
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rwylie:
Completely true, but the point is that the reasons must always actually be true.
- 3 years ago
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helloimcat
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Merge9
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Well the original story on here gave about 40 people a good excuse to get their China/Olympic bashing gloves out again without stopping for one second to question the utter ridiculousness of it.
I'm glad, for once, to see the truth making it up the ranks to balance it.
- 3 years ago
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Merge9
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helloimcat
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Merge9:
You should see the bashing on the perez hilton blog, but not just against the Chinese but against blacks too.
"HAHA! I think this is funny. No one wants their kind around anyway. They get drunk and get even LOUDER and MORE OBNOXIOUS. Oh well… " -#3
"GOOD! The world would be a MUCH better place without minorities around. Good for Beijing… they've got the right idea. "- #13
"Really…maybe those lilttle yellow devils are smarter than I thought. If we only had the balls here to do the same thing" - #27
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helloimcat
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kewal91
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Merge9:
wow those comments are assy
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kewal91
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petarro
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Really? it is kind of obvious. Who really believed they would let people anything to talk about?
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petarro
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SuzyA
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Hoaxers: 0 Bloggers: 1
- 3 years ago
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SuzyA
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Owwmykneecap
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called it.
- 3 years ago
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Owwmykneecap
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saverio
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Thank you, helloimcat.
This is indeed an intelligent and insightful investigation into the issue. - 3 years ago
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saverio
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SilenceNoMore
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hah. just goes to show how easily people will jump on a story without ever checking the facts.
betcha this one doesnt make it to tv though.
- 3 years ago
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SilenceNoMore
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helloimcat
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SilenceNoMore:
Why do you think that? Because we wanna believe in the big bad bully we'll hide the truth?
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helloimcat
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Blazesboy
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SilenceNoMore:
I wish I had taken that bet!
- 3 years ago
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Blazesboy
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SilenceNoMore
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SilenceNoMore:
I stand corrected.......
But no its not because everyone wants the bully its because usually when the hoaxes are revealed on here they dont make the tv.
just look at that damn cellphone vid.
- 3 years ago
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SilenceNoMore
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kewal91
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aww that was weak mattbrown.... u just used a thesaurus... ;)
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kewal91
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mattbrawn
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kewal91:
I actually didn't...
Any alphabetical alliterated arrangement appears accidental!
- 3 years ago
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mattbrawn
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mattbrawn
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Check the original story to see what other Current.com users were saying about it.
And much kudos helloimcat, the alliteration absolutely amazed, astounded and amused me. ;)
- 3 years ago
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mattbrawn
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Xqu_sme
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I would like to thank the person(s) whom did the research on this subject.
Thanks for finding the truth!! - 3 years ago
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Xqu_sme
