I had intended to take a break from commentary on political and social issues and limit my self to the World Cup. But this sort of racism is totally unacceptable. Something must be done, especially in a country that deems itself "cosmopolitan" and a tourist destination.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/22/pan-arab-narrative-myth-lebanon
(Arabic) http://international.daralhayat.com/internationalarticle/155906
I hasten to add that once when I filming was in Sudan on the banks of the Nile I saw some kids approaching gathering all sorts of plastic bags and rubbish. I asked the old Sudanese man I was interviewing who the children were. "Pay them no attention, they are Negroes," he said!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/22/pan-arab-narrative-myth-lebanon
(Arabic) http://international.daralhayat.com/internationalarticle/155906
I hasten to add that once when I filming was in Sudan on the banks of the Nile I saw some kids approaching gathering all sorts of plastic bags and rubbish. I asked the old Sudanese man I was interviewing who the children were. "Pay them no attention, they are Negroes," he said!
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