Kala verboten!

Kala verboten!

Pubs bar African nationals in Bangalore:

At most of these bars and pubs, blacks are generally frowned upon. In most cases, a group of black males, unaccompanied by women gets responses varying from a polite – “sorry, prior reservation needed” to the outright rude – “please leave”.

At one of the sports bars, which had the most number of complaints, the head of marketing said it was “security reasons” and not racism that made them discourage blacks from coming. Besides, the bar’s other clients were uncomfortable with black-skinned people around, he said.

One aspect of a globalized world, where African live in India and China, Chinese work in Africa, and Indians relocate to Australia, will be more racial conflict and friction. The New World has arguably the most developed attitude toward racial conflict and cooperation because it has had centuries to develop cultural responses and accommodations. In contrast much of the Old World has not had this experience, nor do they wish such an experience.

Here’s Mona Eltahawy on Egyptian racism against Sub-Saharan blacks.

Razib Khan