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Home Front: Politix
State Department lifts warning about racism in Spain
2010-08-04
Just in time for Michelle O's visit
As Spain prepared Wednesday to receive First Lady Michelle Obama, the U.S. State Department rescinded a warning to travelers in Spain that cautioned Americans to beware of "racist prejudices." Obama and her nine-year-old daughter Sasha are expected to begin a four-day vacation Wednesday in a five-star hotel in Marbella, on the Costa del Sol.

On Tuesday, the U.S. State Department was still advising tourists that "racist prejudices could lead to the arrest of Afro-Americans who travel to Spain." The website of the Office for Consular Affairs also mentioned "isolated reports" of racially-motivated arrests of tourists. The travel advice has since been removed.

"The note has been removed. It was 15 months old and out of date. Somebody forgot to remove it," the U.S. embassy in Madrid said. "We are in no way suggesting Spanish police are racist. This is an isolated incident."
Posted by:ryuge

#4  OTOH TURKEY > repor ranks ahead of SPAIN in the market for EXPATRIATE REAL PPROPERTY DEV + INVESTMENTS, by Foreigners.

* Also, WAFF > NEW LAW IN TURKEY: PROPRIETORS MUST EMPLOY FIVE LOCAL TURKS FOR EVERY ONE FOREIGN RECRUIT, within six months of gaining their legal permits to employ foreign workers.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-08-04 20:58  

#3  Funny enough, the State Department issued the same warning for New York, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, New Orleans, Richmond, and Newark. Apparently, if you're black the police watch you closer.
Posted by: Who you calling Troll?   2010-08-04 15:49  

#2  Hopefully the Spanish cops don't act "stupidly"...
Posted by: tu3031   2010-08-04 15:33  

#1  I knew it was going to be bad, but I never imagined this administration would be so obsessed about race.

Posted by: bigjim-CA   2010-08-04 14:53  

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