Racism: Sudan Gov’t On Hot Spot For Treating Black Citizens As Slaves
By Our Reporter
As
anti-racism protests swept through various parts of the world following
African-American George Floyd's death in police custody in the US, Sudan seemed
to be in a completely different world.
There
was little take-up in Sudan of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. Instead many
Sudanese social media users hurled racial abuse at a famous black Sudanese
footballer, Issam Abdulraheem, and a light-skinned Arab make-up artist, Reem
Khougli, following their marriage.
"Seriously
girl, this is haram [Arabic for forbidden]... a queen marries her slave,"
one man commented on Facebook after seeing a photo of the couple.
There
were dozens of similar comments - not surprising in a country where many
Sudanese who see themselves as Arabs, rather than Africans, routinely use the
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