Even for China, where companies have struggled with race issues in their marketing previously, the latest inflight magazine from the country's flagship airline will likely come as a shocker.
Air China's Wings of China carries a long feature on visiting London, with almost a third of the magazine dedicated to tourist attractions in Britain's capital and other famous towns such as Oxford. The main article, titled "London the city of 'hat tricks'," covers Brits' apparent fondness for all kinds of hats.
Then, after a section on transport options and lifestyle and cultural activities in London, Wings of China offers some "Tips from Air China."
"London is generally a safe place to travel, however precautions are needed when entering areas mainly populated by Indians,Pakistanis and black people," China's flagship carrier advises. "We advise tourists not to go out alone at night, and females always to be accompanied by another person when traveling."
I'm half disgusted and half impressed at the brazen wording. Like they didn't even try to be subtle or disguise the racism and use words like "coloured" or something, they just went full on. Lawd
What's wrong with Harrow, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets? They're the only areas 'mainly populated by Indians, Pakistanis and black people' with a higher or near-same percentage than the white population.
Someone needs to update their database because of all places that could be mentioned, I haven't heard anything dangerous about these boroughs
It's not a lie though. Areas populated by refugees from those countries statistically have higher crime rate than most white neighborhoods. Crime rates in those countries are also much higher than western countries.
It's the truth racism would be "avoid ALL black people"
"avoid pakistan neighborhoods" is a genuine issue and IS something you need to be concerned about.
What's wrong with Harrow, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets? They're the only areas 'mainly populated by Indians, Pakistanis and black people' with a higher or near-same percentage than the white population.
Someone needs to update their database because of all places that could be mentioned, I haven't heard anything dangerous about these boroughs
racism would be "avoid ALL black people"