Beastly Truth: the story of George Howe

In the 1900s a series of lurid headlines were published in the New Zealand Truth about George Howe, a "Beastly Brothel-keeper" who pimped out underage girls from his shop on Wellington's Adelaide Road. But what Truth found most "beastly" about Howe, is that he was Chinese. Black Sheep looks at the case of George Howe, and the "editorial hate-crimes" of what was once NZ's most influential newspaper. Content warning: contains discussion of underage prostitution and quotes racist slurs which featured in the NZ Truth Newspaper i.e. "slimy slit-eyes" and "concupiscent chows" Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Beastly Truth: the story of George Howe is an episode from Black Sheep by RNZ.

This episode is 00:44:25 long.

This episode was published on Aug 22, 2024.

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