said it closed the restaurant when it found out about the notice
McDonald\u2019s in China has apologized after a branch in the industrial city of Guangzhou barred black people from entering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A video shared on social media showed a notice that read: \u201cWe\u2019ve been informed that from now on black people are not allowed to enter the restaurant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McDonald\u2019s said that when it found out about the notice it temporarily closed the restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tensions have been running high between Africans and local people in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last week, hundreds of Africans in Guangzhou were evicted from hotels and apartments after online rumours that coronavirus was spreading among African people, community leaders told the BBC.
Guangzhou is a hub for African traders buying and selling goods and is home to one of China\u2019s largest African communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Guangdong provincial government has responded to concerns about discrimination by calling China and Africa good friends, partners and brothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said it attached \u201cgreat importance to some African countries\u2019 concerns and is working promptly to improve\u201d its way of operating.
McDonald\u2019s also responded, saying the ban on black people was \u201cnot representative of our inclusive values\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cImmediately upon learning of an unauthorised communication to our guests at a restaurant in Guangzhou, we immediately removed the communication and temporarily closed the restaurant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The restaurant added that it had conducted \u201cdiversity and inclusion\u201d training in the branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources: BBC News, Guyana Chronicle, Barbados Nation<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" said it closed the restaurant when it found out about the notice McDonald\u2019s in China has apologized after a branch in the industrial city of Guangzhou barred black people from entering. A video shared on social media showed a notice that read: \u201cWe\u2019ve been informed that from now on black people are not allowed to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3460,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3458\/revisions\/3460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}