"Geisha Bar" Debate links

Here are some follow up links that address the "Geisha bar" controversy detailed in the article Oakland APAs Fight to Keep ‘Offensive’ Bar Out of their Neighborhood.

- The first is the from the blogger Reappropriate who weighs in on the issue by supporting the protests and comments about a debate between 8Asians.com and Asian Pacific Americans for Progress about the protests:

“Geisha”: Blog Wars?

http://www.reappropriate.com/2009/10/08/geisha-blog-wars/

-The Asian Pacific Americans for Progress blog talks about the protests themselves:

Racist and Sexist "Geisha" Bar Gets Permit to Operate in Oakland Chinatown

http://www.apaforprogress.org/racist-and-sexist-geisha-bar-gets-permit-operate-oakland-chinatown

- And the blog 8Asians.com comes down in opposition to the protests, claiming they are making a big deal over nothing and (of course) an example of "political correctness":

Protests Against New “Geisha” Bar in Oakland

http://www.8asians.com/2009/10/08/protests-against-new-geisha-bar/