#Roommates, earlier this month many were outraged when a local McDonald’s in China posted a sign banning black customers from entering. Finally addressing the uproar, McDonald’s has officially issued a formal apology regarding the location’s blatant racism.
@NBCNews reports, a McDonald’s in China was the source of outrage and protest when customers noticed a sign in the store that read “black people are not allowed to enter.” In a viral video of the location, it’s identified that the sign was placed in a McDonald’s in Guangzhou, which is in China’s southern Guangdong province.
The restaurant has been temporarily shut down to “further educate managers and employees on our values, which includes serving all members of the communities in which we operate,” McDonald’s said. The company also issued an apology, saying that the racist sign is “not representative of our inclusive values.”
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The racial tensions between Africans and Guangzhou residents have been steadily brewing ever since Chinese officials recently warned about the rising number of imported coronavirus cases allegedly being caused by Africans. Hundreds of Africans in Guangzhou have currently been forced to quarantine for 14 days, evicted from their homes, and denied services at restaurants and hotels, according to several reports from Africans currently in the city.
Ironically, Guangzhou has one of the largest African communities in China and serves as an industrial hub for African traders who mainly hold short-term business visas, traveling to China several times a year.
Things have gotten so out of hand that in a statement titled “Discrimination Against African-Americans in Guangzhou,” the U.S. Consulate General advised African Americans “to avoid the Guangzhou metropolitan area until further notice.”
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