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Chinese is the new Black

post #1 of 18
6/19/08 at 2:09pm
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A high court in South Africa ruled on Wednesday that Chinese-South Africans in the country will classified as ‘black,’ a term that includes black Africans, Indians and others who were subject to discrimination under apartheid. As a result of this ruling, Chinese will be able to benefit from government affirmative action policies aimed at undoing the effects of apartheid.

Yet another example of how racial classifications are absolutely ridiculous.
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post #2 of 18
6/19/08 at 2:12pm
Wait, what? The hell?
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post #3 of 18
6/19/08 at 2:19pm
After that tiger penis dust, that the new way they want to increase their virility?
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post #4 of 18
6/19/08 at 2:22pm
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Originally Posted by LisaNY View Post
Wait, what? The hell?
Is that because Chinese people are actually black (in South Africa, anyway) or because the link to the story opens a new CHUD forum post?

Certainly this would explain the string of Hong Kong-produced unofficial sequels to THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY. At least that much has now become clear.
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post #5 of 18
6/19/08 at 2:22pm
don't blame the South Africains they can't help it. They have a very high rate of color blindness in their population
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post #6 of 18
6/19/08 at 2:22pm
facepalm
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post #7 of 18
6/19/08 at 2:33pm
Here's the proper link
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post #8 of 18
6/19/08 at 2:49pm
This can't be right. I refuse to believe it. So, in someone's mind this made more sense than just adding the Chinese to the ethnicities discriminated against during the Apartheid?
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post #9 of 18
6/19/08 at 3:02pm
This actually makes sense. It's not perfect (I'm assuming this is a legislative issue by the background the article provided) but the courts at least addressed the status of the ethnic Chinese as best they could and provided relief.
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post #10 of 18
6/19/08 at 3:05pm
Honestly, after the Chinese drafted the Wu Tang Clan, this was the next inevitable step.
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post #11 of 18
6/19/08 at 3:37pm
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Originally Posted by reggie-wanker View Post
Is that because Chinese people are actually black (in South Africa, anyway) or because the link to the story opens a new CHUD forum post?
No, not the link - the fact that Chinese people are black people in South Africa.
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post #12 of 18
6/19/08 at 3:39pm
Anyone else reminded of that speech given by the new leader of San Marcos in Bananas.

"All children who are under sixteen...are now sixteen."
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post #13 of 18
6/19/08 at 3:49pm
I thought gay was the new black?
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post #14 of 18
6/19/08 at 4:11pm
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Originally Posted by reggie-wanker View Post
Is that because Chinese people are actually black (in South Africa, anyway) or because the link to the story opens a new CHUD forum post?
Weird. The boards are acting wonky for me today.

Here's the link

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Honestly, after the Chinese drafted the Wu Tang Clan, this was the next inevitable step.
Little green boxes for you, good sir!
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post #15 of 18
6/20/08 at 5:59am
Everyone was so quick to say Spike Lee was wrong about there being lots of black soldiers at Iwo Jima.


(for the joke to work you have to pretend that Japanese and Chinese is the same thing















which makes you a racist)
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post #16 of 18
6/20/08 at 7:35am
More like yellow, eh?
Amirite guys?!
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post #17 of 18
6/20/08 at 11:11am
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Originally Posted by Bancroft Agee View Post
This actually makes sense. It's not perfect (I'm assuming this is a legislative issue by the background the article provided) but the courts at least addressed the status of the ethnic Chinese as best they could and provided relief.
That's what I thought, too, but the article makes it clear that Chinese people living in South Africa during apartheid were treated somewhat differently than black people. It sounds like creating a different category for the sake of affirmative action policies might have been more logical.
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post #18 of 18
6/20/08 at 5:07pm
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That's what I thought, too, but the article makes it clear that Chinese people living in South Africa during apartheid were treated somewhat differently than black people. It sounds like creating a different category for the sake of affirmative action policies might have been more logical.
It's easier to provide injunctive relief than change the laws and probably a bit more timely. I'm sure the legislature will get around to addressing this by changing the laws or, if it's policy and not law, get it changed post-haste.

Of course, I have no idea how South African courts or government work so I'm just talking out of school here.
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