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The article is not too long and having read it made me think of a few reasons why blacks there might or might not be discrimited against.Black Iraqis in the southern province of Basra are complaining of discrimination, saying they are not fairly represented in the state.
African Iraqis have lived in the country for centuries and now number more than one million.
Many of them are descendants of African slaves brought to Iraq. Many Iraqis still refer to them by their ancestral name, abeed - meaning slaves
Here's a few:
1 One of the reasons that I had in mind about the complaint by blacks of inadequate representation could be b/c of a lack of action on the behalf of the blacks themselves.
Maybe some of the people there are not qualified for what-ever position is available there.
2 But then, if blacks are still referred to their ancestral name of abeed, then perhaps discrimination might be accurate.
The 3 min. video does make mention of blacks living in poor conditions, having lower paying work than other Iraqis.
maybe it is really discrimination afterall.
Afterall, discrimination is pretty much everywhere on earth. That's sad.
3. However, the video does make mention of there being only 10 % blacks and 90 & whites in Basra. Perhaps that could be one of the reasons why there are so few blacks in the region....not enough numbers.
4 the best estimate that I could think of is that it's a combination of all of the above reasons as both stated in my opinion and the video.
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