If you’re black, stand back: Discrimination and hospitality
Tourists relax by the swimming pool at a beach. Discrimination against locals is common in tourist economy-reliant African countries as the image of the tourist is Jambo Caucasian Bwana. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMG
That the words discrimination and hospitality should figure in one sentence is truly ironic. Some years ago, we went out for dinner as a team facilitating a workshop in an African capital.
As we entered the restaurant, I was stopped for a security check. My five co-facilitators, all white, were not.
