I’ve been asked to address issues raised here abt racism agst Africans in China. While there’s no denying existence of casual racism agst Africans, it’s not a state policy to specifically target Africans. I will address issues raised in quoted tweet in this thread. https://twitter.com/masadiamond_/status/1248532643597213696

Africa street sign is next to sign 五洲中路 and 五洲南路 which translated middle and south 5 continents street. But instead of English, they used Pinyin romanization Wuzhou. This is certainly not meant to be derogatory. Now time to address more serious issues

There’s now a fear in China of re-introduction of #COVID19 from abroad due to widely reported inept handling of Western gov. This fear drives many overaction which translated into reported denial of entry into supermarket and restaurants to ALL visible foreigners incld white euro

Africans are not specifically targeted for #COVID19 testing. This applies to all people in certain lockdown areas. As for rumors that those test actually contain #coronavirus meant to infect, I will leave that for you to judge