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[Abe Abraham]

• The American media is making a black Iraqi broadcaster a “ ...” story
  
  
  
  
  I like it! They want all the colors.. the mother of professionalism, efficiency and tact!
  
  It is noteworthy that the head of the Iraqi Media Network, Nabil Jassim, told the American newspaper that Randa's employment shocked and upset a small number of the network's employees and viewers, a negative response that highlights the endemic racism in Iraq, a country of about 40 million people.
  
  In the clan-dominated Iraqi political system, mainly black Iraqis have no political representation. There is not a single black representative in the Iraqi parliament, and there are almost no black senior officials in government ministries.
  
  Most of the brown-skinned people in Iraq are descended from enslaved people who were brought from East Africa to the southern coast of Iraq beginning in the ninth century, through the slave trade that lasted more than a thousand years and ended in some Arab countries only decades ago. Most people of African descent still live in the south of the country in extreme poverty and few educational opportunities.
  
  
  When black Iraqis appear on television, they are usually musicians, dancers or comedians.
  
  Jassim says he wants to change those stereotypes about them, and he is also considering giving Randa the opportunity to host a television program focused on political affairs.
  
  While the Black Lives Matter movement has spread to most parts of the world, Iraq has only a nascent black rights movement.
  
  There is no consensus among Iraqis of African descent on the name they call themselves, some reject the term “black” or “African-Iraqi” because they see it as divisive. Many have settled on the term “tan” or “dark-skinned.”
  
  Black advocates say many black students drop out because of student and teacher bullying. A 2011 survey reported that illiteracy rates among black Iraqis reached 80 percent, a figure more than double the national average and believed to have remained largely unchanged since then.
  
  For her part, after she mastered her work on television, Randa says that she is working on the idea of ​​being a role model that can inspire black Iraqis. "I'm trying to prove that my model can be hope for everyone, and that the color of our skin will not stop us," she says.
  
  Researcher Muhammad Al-Quraishi wrote:
  
  @ALKARAISHI
  
  The appointment of the black woman, Randa Abdel Aziz, as a presenter on Iraqi TV by the Iraqi Media Network, is a huge step in the framework of managing diversity in Iraqi society.
  
  Journalist Stephen Nabil said:

[Somaliman]

I didn't even know that there were non immigrant black people in Iraq, and I'm sure I'm not the only one to learn this so late, as the fuc.king Arabs never say anything about the black people living in their countries.

Thanks, Abe Abraham.

Do you know any Youtube video that's addressing Blacks in Iraq?

[Abe Abraham]

I didn't even know that there were non immigrant black people in Iraq, and I'm sure I'm not the only one to learn this so late, as the fuc.king Arabs never say anything about the black people living in their countries.

Thanks, Abe Abraham.

Do you know any Youtube video that's addressing Blacks in Iraq?

The great Al-jaHiz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jahiz

The Zanj Rebellion:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanj_Rebellion