Chinese in South Africa

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinajournal/2008/06/19/in-south-africa-chinese-is-the-new-black/?mod=yhoofront

If I understand this article, the Chinese people living in South Africa been reclassified as "blacks." At first glance, that sounds bad, like they will be subjected to the same horrible conditions as the native Africans. At second glance, it appears to reaffirm the former racist policies of the South African government but in reverse. But this reclassification of the Chinese is considered to be a good thing, because "ethnically Chinese citizens will be able to benefit from government affirmative action policies aimed at undoing the effects of apartheid."

I'm not so sure this is a good thing. I think they missed the message of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He (and I) oppose racist government policies of any sort, whether they favor whites, as they did in the South in the 1950s, or blacks, as they do now in Zimbabwe. And this sure seems to be a government policy based on race.