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Dolce & Gabbana Accused Of Racism In Hong Kong

Dolce & Gabbana has reportedly banned Hong Kong citizens from taking pictures of its Hong Kong store, even from the street. The reason? So it can protect its intellectual property. Curiously, the brand allows foreign and mainland Chinese tourists to snap photos. This is a policy that makes no sense — and some believe it has racist motives.

Local Hong Kong paper Apple Daily reported these claims, and a protest was organized on Facebook shortly after. More than 1,000 people gathered outside the store, which was consequently closed because of the obtrusive crowd. As per the Wall Street Journal:

According to other reports, including this one from the Hong Kong Standard, a “well-known mainlander, possibly a government official” was shopping in the store and complained to D&G of photos taken from the street, fearing that they would be posted online and link his shopping trip to corruption. (Last year, a Chinese rail official came under fire after it was revealed he was sporting an expensive luxury watch while at a press conference following the Wenzhou rail disaster.)

Both the shopping mall that houses Dolce & Gabbana, as well as the brand itself, have apologized for offending Hong Kong locals. However, the outrage may very well be a sign of a deeper issue. Explains Chung Kim-wah, director of Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Centre for Social Policies Studies:

“Since the city’s handover to China in 1997, Hong Kong people have faced a lot of setbacks in their fight for democracy and freedom. As there is no universal suffrage and other political rights, they cling very hard on to what is left for them, such as the fundamental right to enjoy public space.

Mainland mothers come to give birth, mainland buyers are buying the most luxurious properties in Hong Kong. The mainland is basically the backbone of our economy. Hong Kong people are afraid that their roles will be increasingly taken over by the mainlanders, but they have nowhere to express this fear.”

Nowhere until now, that is.

[WSJ]

 



  • http://www.facebook.com/derrode Derrode Louis Rowe

    Well I don’t know why its a shock. The D&G that was in Soho manager had the cops to follow me because they thought I was stealing something after coming out of the store and standing in the front for a few mins while texting on my phone. The bad thing is they lost a good client because I would buy mostly shoes, underwear from that all the time & the manager had the nerve to be nasty with me on the phone when I called them about it. All this because I’M A YOUNG BLACK MALE. Not all of us steal, play sport of rap to like nice shit. In this case steal.

  • http://www.facebook.com/derrode Derrode Louis Rowe

    Well I don’t know why its a shock. The D&G that was in Soho manager
    had the cops to follow me because they thought I was stealing something
    after coming out of the store and standing in the front for a few minutes
    while texting on my phone. The bad thing is they lost a good client
    because I would buy mostly shoes, underwear from that all the time &
    the manager had the nerve to be nasty with me on the phone when I
    called them about it. All this because I’M A YOUNG BLACK MALE. Not all
    of us steal, play sport of rap to like nice shit. In this case steal.

  • Anonymous

    Africa for the Africans,Asia for the Asians,white countries for EVERYBODY!

    Everybody says there is this RACE problem. Everybody says this RACE problem will be solved when the third world pours into EVERY white country and ONLY into white countries.

    The Netherlands and Belgium are just as crowded as Japan or Taiwan, but nobody says Japan or Taiwan will solve this RACE problem by bringing in millions of third worlders and quote assimilating unquote with them.

    Everybody says the final solution to this RACE problem is for EVERY white country and ONLY white countries to “assimilate,” i.e., intermarry, with all those non-whites.

    What if I said there was this RACE problem and this RACE problem would be solved only if hundreds of millions of non-blacks were brought into EVERY black country and ONLY into black countries?

    How long would it take anyone to realize I’m not talking about a RACE problem. I am talking about the final solution to the BLACK problem?

    And how long would it take any sane black man to notice this and what kind of psycho black man wouldn’t object to this?

    But if I tell that obvious truth about the ongoing program of genocide against my race, the white race, Liberals and respectable conservatives agree I am a naziwhowantstokillsixmillionjews.

    They say they are anti-racist. What they are is anti-white.

    Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_N56I2VWNAA3FQYICS33LXA3SKU Steven

    Every White country on the planet is forced to become multicultural and multiracial. EVERY White country is told to end its own race and culture. No one asks that of ANY non-White country. Immigration and intermarriage is for EVERY White country and ONLY White countries.

    These Anti-whites call themselves “anti-racists”, but their actions lead to the genocide of one race and only one race, my race, the White race. The true goal of immigration and assimilation is to wipe out my race. It is genocide.

  • Anonymous

    As a white man I need to defend my property right to the word RACIST. Its about white identity since the term has been used for so long to define whites.

    RACIST is an attack word against whites, no need to call someone a white racist, it’s included in “RACIST.”If you want to call a black person a racist you must call him a BLACK RACIST. Another example is: NAZIWHOWANTSTOKILLSIXMILLIONJEWS.You know what is meant is a white person. Its silly to think that somehow that term is referring to a black man or Asian.WHITES think about how anti-white attack words are being used against them all the time.

    Its part of the culture of white extinction.  Don’t water it down by using it so promiscuously.

  • Kyle H. Davis

    It is NOT RACISM!  I despise it when ignorant people use the term “Racism” in cases where it is not.  Being born in HK does not dictate what race you are, and it never has.

  • Iamwyim

    I do agree to your points that the point held by the protesters cannot constitute racism, but it is certainly that some policies that D&G hold are very unwelcome towards people with colored skins. I think D&G is too inert toward the issue and result in damaging their goodwill and reputation.

    By the way, I do not agree that “HK does not dictate what race you are”. As I am Chinese born in Hong Kong, I do agree that most people in Hong Kong would still believe that people with white skin would have a kind of superiority (or well off) towards peoples with colored skin. However, if you look at other racial minorities in Hong Kong, they are facing variety kind of discrimination. This especially happened for those new migrants in Hong Kong. So to make our community without any racial identifiers, we still have a long long way to go! 

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