Posted on 03/25/2015 4:20:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Chinese restaurant in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has been shut down and its owners summoned by authorities after it emerged it was barring black patrons, reports said Wednesday.
The restaurant became the focus of city authorities after furious residents took to social media to denounce an apparently racist policy of not allowing African patrons to eat there after 5pm -- pushing #RacistRestaurant, #NoBlacksHere and #TheChineseInvasion to be top trending topics.
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Kind of a dumb move in a majority black country governed by blacks.
Excellent business plan!
Kind of a dumb move to expect to be free under any government.
Not nice, but I do believe blacks should be entitled for their own private places.
I think that of non-blacks, too.
After you start screwing around with that, the whole notion of private property starts is diminished.
Now, it’s very, very diminished.
Of course, Kenya maintains it’s own laws, so...well...okay.
Time for a policy rethink, maybe?
They did let blacks in, but not during the evening shift. There had been a robbery at that time.
Unfortunately, the risk of being beaten or robbed over a plate of Chow Mein is an acceptable business risk to many other owners. Takes a big set of brass ones though, to even try such a policy in ‘darkest Africa’.
Could have been worse: they could have taken dog off the menu.
Apparently, it’s not a licensed restaurant, in Kenya.
No word yet on the legal immigration status of the owner and workers, in Kenya.
Well, being a business owner means that you can be a real jerk in making the rules and running it if you control the purse strings. Still Kenya has its own laws I suppose and it is how the Kenyans want to run things. Even so, it is a very poor business model considering the demographics of the area. It makes as much sense as opening a ski lodge in Jamaica or a Christian book store in Saudi Arabia or Iran. I didn’t think he’d last too long in business anyway.
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