by Rod Williams, November 26, 2021 - Today President Biden, amid the discovery of the new highly infectious “Omicron” variant of the coronavirus, imposed a travel ban on eight African countries. The ban applied to South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Malawi. These are all majority Black countries.
You may recall that in February 2020, Biden criticized Trump for his xenophobic response to the coronavirus crisis. The mainstream press, popular cultural influencers, CNN and MSNBC pundits, and many Democratic politicians denounced Trump's ban on Chinese travel as hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering. To show her solidarity with the Chinese people Nancy Pelosi, toured San Francisco's Chinatown and hugged some Chinamen.
Biden is right to impose this travel ban on these African countries. Trump was right to impose a travel ban on China. Biden, Pelosi, late-night TV talk show entertainers, and a whole lot of other people owe Trump an apology. I am not going to hold my breath and wait for it to happen.
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