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 Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik (Re: Mohamed Omer)
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Comments from the Guardian website
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I remember seeing a series in which African-American academic Henry Louis Gates travelled around Africa. In one country (I forget which) he had a conversation with a very black, African looking man who nevertheless described himself as "an Arab" and proceeded to make various racist comments about black Africans. Gates seemed quite shocked and pointed out to the "Arab" that in America he would be considered black and no one would ever think of him as an Arab. The self-proclaimed "Arab" was very offended and their conversation ended soon after
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A thought-provoking piece
In my experience, racism is everywhere. I guess the in-group/out-group dichotomy is too deep in our collective psyche to be ever fully eradicated.
Why relatively lighter skins are universally prized is something of a mystery (excepting the San Tropez self-tanning brigade.) Legend and myth the world over typically make gods of the fair, while demons are dark.
Maybe it's something of an atavism, when our ancestor didn't have any nightlight but the stars
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| The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-05-08, 07:19 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-05-08, 07:28 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-05-08, 07:32 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-05-08, 07:47 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-05-08, 08:07 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-05-08, 08:21 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-05-08, 08:30 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-05-08, 08:44 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-05-08, 08:49 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-05-08, 09:02 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-06-08, 03:59 AM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-06-08, 02:12 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-06-08, 02:18 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-08-08, 06:19 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Mohamed Omer | 03-08-08, 06:37 PM |
| Re: The Guardian :A paler shade of black by The Sudanese Nesrine Malik | Deng | 03-05-08, 08:40 PM |
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