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Is there a Black Travel movement?

I was reading an article on CNN's website
"Why the Black Travel movement has taken off" and wondered if there was such a thing as a Black Travel Movement.
Maybe there is in America, in Europe Black people have been travelling for years, if only to go back home and see their family.

Yes, most black people in Europe have been on an airplane, have experienced taking off and landing. For those who have not taken a plane, most black people in Europe have travelled and are travelling abroad on a regular basis, more than Black American I suppose.

However, I really could identify when the article got to  'Evita Robinson adds: "There is a sense of awareness that's heightened when [people of color] travel. How we may be perceived is different [from how other people are perceived].'

Any black person having travelled to South America, Asia, Eastern Europe, Russia knows that is the case. We are perceived differently than other non-black travellers.
Sometimes it is funny, some other times it's irritating and after a while it's a real pain.

She goes on saying "There is a sense of responsibility we walk with -- wanting to represent. I'm more conscious of my behavior when I travel." I'm not sure that people want to represent, they just want to be seen for themselves and left alone.

 What is your worst travel experience?

 Original article: edition.cnn.com/2016/06/15/africa/black-travel-discriminatory/index.html?sr=fbcnni061916black-travel-discriminatory0200AMVODtopLink&linkId=25639113

Serena Williams builds schools in Jamaica, Uganda, Kenya and Zimbabwe

Serena Williams built a new school in Jamaica. She posted photos and videos where she’s painting the school and getting her hands dirty while doing construction.

Her non-profit, the Serena Williams Fund partnered with Helping Hands Jamaica to build the Salt Marsh Primary School. The mission of her charity is to help “individuals or communities effected by senseless violence, and [ensure] equal access to education.”

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This is the third school Serena has built. Previous secondary schools were created in partnership with Build Africa Schools in Uganda, Kenya and Zimbabwe.

Bogus Birmingham 'Marabout' faith healer jailed for £145,000 con

 

Image caption Abdoulie Gassama claimed to have 40 years experience in healing

A bogus faith healer who defrauded three women out of £145,000 has been jailed.

Abdoulie Gassama claimed to have "40 years' experience and guaranteed results", Birmingham Crown Court heard.
The 34-year-old, from Erdington, pleaded guilty to 18 charges of fraud and one of money laundering.
Following complaints to Trading Standards, Gassama was prosecuted and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.
Gassama, of Slade Road, advertised his services under the pseudonyms Shaikh Jammal and Shaikh Riyad in several local and Asian newspapers, said Birmingham City Council.

He would meet clients at a flat in Handsworth where he would charge £20 for the initial session. Subsequently, he would ask for more money for special medicine, prayers and sacrificial animals including cows and crocodiles.
Fees would vary between £377 and £17,000, with Gassama charging one woman more than £134,000 over seven months with the promise her husband would give up drinking.
He told the woman her daughter would go blind and her husband would not give up alcohol if she refused to pay, the court heard.
Several women who responded to the adverts complained to Trading Standards between December 2014 and March 2015.
The head of Birmingham Trading Standards has praised the victims for helping to put him in jail.

Source:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-36552533

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What's behind China's 'racist' whitewashing advert?

 

 

 

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A Chinese laundry detergent advertisement is causing widespread outrage online and is being dubbed the most racist commercial to be screened.

But racist advertising has form, and not just in China.

A black man walks in and gets 'washed' a different colour

The scene: a young Chinese woman is doing her laundry. In walks a black man, with some paint stains on his face.
They look at each other suggestively. She puts a tab of detergent into his mouth....

...and then shoves him into the washing machine.
 
Hey presto! He emerges a fair-skinned Chinese man.

The lady doing laundry is apparently delighted by this development.

It is a month old but it is shocking the Internet now

It has appalled many on Facebook and other forums over the last 24 hours. But the ad itself is about a month old, having appeared on television and been shown at cinemas in China. At that time it didn't cause much of a furore with cinema-goers.
But then it was shared by US expat Christopher Powell, a musician with the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra, and by DJ Spencer Tarring.

Although the story was not covered widely by Chinese media, there were hundreds of comments on Chinese social media, with some calling the advert "awkward".
One user, @YY_CodingBear, said: "My lord. Do Chinese marketing people not have any racial education?"
However, another user said they did not see any problem with the advert.

The owner of the detergent has also commented

"I don't know much about the advertisement," the owner of Qiaobi laundry detergent, who identified himself as Mr Xia, told BBC Chinese's Grace Tsoi.
He said he did not realise it was racist until it was pointed out to him: "To be honest, I didn't really pay that much attention to the advertisement."
It mirrors an Italian advert for detergent, equally fraught with ethical issues, that does just the opposite - by washing a white man to black to advertise "coloured" laundry powder.

It's not the first time we have seen awkward advertising in China

The Darlie brand of toothpaste is called "black man toothpaste" in China.

Darlie toothpaste used to be known as "Darkie" toothpaste, until it was rebranded.
The significance of the name change was lost on many, analysts say.
And recently in Hong Kong, an insurance advert showed a man dressed up like a Filipina domestic helper, with a blacked up face.
It did not amuse Hong Kong audiences.

Chinese attitudes to race are complicated

A few years ago a well-known Chinese beer brand, Harbin, invited basketball star Shaquille O'Neal to endorse the beverage, presumably to expand into the global market.
The US NBA competition is massive in China, and stars like Kobe Bryant are hugely popular, so it shouldn't have been a controversial move.
But on Tianya, one of China's most popular forums, some netizens weren't happy, with some posting overtly racist and discriminatory comments.

Image copyright AFP

Image caption Only 600,000 foreigners live in China, a small portion of them black

Certain posts called for a boycott because it was endorsed by "a black man". Some of the comments touched upon Aids and described Africans as orangutans.
However, experts say, that does not mean that Chinese think of themselves as the most superior, with some saying Caucasians enjoy a higher status in certain quarters.
There is a history of cultural bias against people of dark skin.

But we cannot dismiss it as just a racist place

Barry Sautman, a political scientist at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, believes it shows the particular problems China has dealing with portrayals of race.
"It is not a question of Chinese not having anti-racist consciousness. They do."
In 2008, a World Public Opinion poll about government action to prevent racial discrimination interviewed people from 16 countries. China came second - 90% of Chinese respondents said racial equality is important.
The small number of Africans living in China does not help. According to the latest census, only 600,000 foreigners are living in China, a small portion of them black.
So the vast majority of the 1.3bn population has no experience interacting with black people.
China's government is trying to change attitudes towards Africans. State media have promoted several stories about warming China-Africa relations, and lauded African people who have successfully learned Chinese.
The 'white ideal' is also a pan-Asian phenomenon
Controversial whitening adverts are part of the beauty scene right across Asia.
In the Philippines, once colonised by Spain, white skin is associated with mixed ancestry. Annual beauty polls are conducted to rank the best whitening soaps, treatments and lotions.

Image caption This Thai advert stirred up a storm of debate online, with a lot of commentators calling it racist

In Thailand a "racist" skin-whitening ad was withdrawn earlier this year after being condemned as racist.

And racist advertising has a long and global pedigree

Of course overtly racist advertising can be found in Britain and the US as well.

Image copyright Alamy

British and US advertisements for Pear's Soap dating from the early 19th Century pushed the racist stereotype of black skin as dirty and white as somehow pure and desirable.

Mario Balotelli Donates 50% of His Salary to Children in Africa

Mario Balotelli Donates 50% of His Salary to Children in Africa, Lets Talk About It.

The media makes fun of Mario Balotelli and not a lot of people take him seriously, just because he is different. Just wonder what the lot will think when they find out Mario Balotelli is known to donate 50% of his salary for the children of Africa. The message did rounds throughout twitter and Facebook some time ago. For the ones who do not know, Mario Balotelli is a football player, who plays for Liverpool and Italy. There are rumours he may be leaving Anfield to go somewhere else, as Liverpool think he might not be suited for the club.


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Knowing that he gives 50% of his salary to kids in Africa, what do you think of him now. The fact he is a such a generous giver shows a little different personality from what a lot of people think. He also said:

“I am a naturalised italian, but I`m from Ghana. I was abandoned by my parents and adopted by two angels. I suffer with racism every day. I am the first black to wear the jersey of Italy. I`m not angry, but my life experiences make me act differently from other people. Then, try to learn more before you criticise me!”.

Who would have guessed he had such an awful life, growing up and still suffers from prejudice till today? And when he cried in the Euro 2012 final, he showed some feelings too. After knowing all this, and the most important that he helps children with 50% of his salary, one should think twice before criticising him. After all he`s a great person.

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source: africanleadership