Reports of black Africans being subjected to racial abuse in China are shocking, retrogressive and should be condemned outrightly. Several reports of Nigerian and Kenyan nationals being denied entry into their homes and public spaces such as subways because they are foreigners have emerged and caused an uproar on social media. It has also been reported that members of the black community in Guangzhou are facing special scrutiny amid coronavirus pandemic, unlike the citizens. It is inappropriate and inhuman for the Chinese government to treat foreigners, who are in the country legally, like animals. The world is currently facing a deadly pandemic that has so far left over 125,000 people dead. Economies are suffering. Millions of people across the world have lost their jobs because they cannot go to work lest they contract the deadly virus, whose disputed source is said to be a food market in Wuhan, China. Thousands of families have lost their loved ones and there is the need to
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