{"id":131041,"date":"2016-07-09T13:31:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T19:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/09\/yes-were-one-of-those-countries.html"},"modified":"2016-07-09T13:31:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T19:31:12","slug":"yes-were-one-of-those-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/09\/yes-were-one-of-those-countries.html","title":{"rendered":"Yes, we&#039;re one of THOSE countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sort other countries issue travel advisories about.<\/p>\n<p>The Bahamas has issued a warning to Bahamians looking to travel to the United States &#8212; especially young male Bahamians (who are people of color):  <i>&quot;exercise extreme caution in affected cities in &#8230; interactions with the police.&quot;<\/i> Also, avoid demonstrations and crowds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2016\/07\/09\/the-bahamas-travel-advisory-for-the-u-s-use-extreme-caution-around-the-police\/'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/lUHqLdmSt8VZuscfEr9CwjzE0vkMUHLJ8C5T85xzeJAeZ7uetPkm_GHU35kVhSIzumc083jKqzOC8jIoLdXeiyRzPW0luSgkvFyVjC75GtiXior8u7JRIpjFTglLvI71DeTxGBswKCb1qbFkvk5fsFGvAobKxxk1uQ2TPkci5m8EtqZC4Hi_s0utDI5uCuSN2TNY2aYBUEqWa3L3gRjfoM5xG8CWH9WHxYFvE1q0Xcw_1_warvu2YS5MMduRl68y=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2016\/07\/09\/the-bahamas-travel-advisory-for-the-u-s-use-extreme-caution-around-the-police\/'>The Bahamas&rsquo; new U.S. travel advisory: Use &lsquo;extreme caution&rsquo; around police<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n&ldquo;Do not be confrontational and cooperate,&rdquo; with police, advised the foreign ministry of The Bahamas, which is 90 percent black.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/57qNRuwBsAu'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sort other countries issue travel advisories about. The Bahamas has issued a warning to Bahamians looking to travel to the United States &#8212; especially young male Bahamians (who are people of color): &quot;exercise extreme caution in affected cities in &#8230; interactions with the police.&quot; Also, avoid demonstrations and crowds. The Bahamas&rsquo; new U.S. travel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/09\/yes-were-one-of-those-countries.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Yes, we&#039;re one of THOSE countries&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42477,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/10\/finding-english-speakingish-countries-in-the-eu.html","url_meta":{"origin":131041,"position":0},"title":"Finding English-speaking(ish) countries in the EU","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 10-Jun-14 2:38pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Actually, this is a pretty darned useful map.Note, of course, that the number will vary depending on where in the country you are and the nature of the person's employment; I would expect more hotel managers in Berlin to know how to converse in English than, say, lumberjacks in Norway.\u00a0Reshared\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tumblr_n6xzjpAPjI1s2jikwo1_1280.jpg.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":132967,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/03\/visiting-europe-you-may-need-a-visa-soon.html","url_meta":{"origin":131041,"position":1},"title":"Visiting Europe? 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