Sudan anger over racist slur caught on air at Bashir trial BBC News
Posted: 21 Apr 2022, 14:34
Sudan anger over racist slur caught on live nation television at Bashir trial
By Mohanad Hashim
BBC News April 21, 2022
It is 2022 in Sudan but still the government ministers insult each other "slave" or Abid on national television.
This is from the same Arab slaves who hate their own languages and identity.
Is this how the Arab slaves in Eritrea's Jebha learned to hate themselves, their history and the Tigre Tigrinya languages?
A racist insult broadcast live on Sudanese television during a high-profile trial involving ex-President Omar al-Bashir has triggered an outcry against the racism that continues to permeate Sudanese society three years after the long-time leader was ousted.
Warning: This article contains words which some may find offensive
Bashir's defence team were chatting among themselves in the courtroom in the capital, Khartoum, and did not realise that their microphones were still on.
One of them was heard to say: "This 'slave' with his ugly nose irritates me."
The Arabic word for slave, "abd", is often used in Sudan to refer to people whose perceived roots are thought to be African instead of Arab - and is a derogatory term used to describe black people. ....
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61112459
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By Mohanad Hashim
BBC News April 21, 2022
It is 2022 in Sudan but still the government ministers insult each other "slave" or Abid on national television.
This is from the same Arab slaves who hate their own languages and identity.
Is this how the Arab slaves in Eritrea's Jebha learned to hate themselves, their history and the Tigre Tigrinya languages?
A racist insult broadcast live on Sudanese television during a high-profile trial involving ex-President Omar al-Bashir has triggered an outcry against the racism that continues to permeate Sudanese society three years after the long-time leader was ousted.
Warning: This article contains words which some may find offensive
Bashir's defence team were chatting among themselves in the courtroom in the capital, Khartoum, and did not realise that their microphones were still on.
One of them was heard to say: "This 'slave' with his ugly nose irritates me."
The Arabic word for slave, "abd", is often used in Sudan to refer to people whose perceived roots are thought to be African instead of Arab - and is a derogatory term used to describe black people. ....
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61112459
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