Mariamu Stanford, a soft-spoken, 28-year-old single mother from rural Tanzania, has earned a grim distinction: She’s one of only two people with albinism — a group that has faced discrimination in East Africa — to survive a brutal attack by those wanting to sell the limbs of albinos on the black market.
October 19th, 2009 by exZachtly (Learn Something New)
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Isn’t it 2009? The 21st Century?
Really? Witchdoctors?
Oo ee, oo ah ah. Ting tang. Walla walla bing bang… and I’ll give you straight cash for a pasty human foot.
They also pronounce it “al-bean-oh.”
This isn’t one to joke about. I watched the ABC special-and ended up crying. It was terrible-these people are being terrorized over there just for being albino! It is horrible to watch. They are even sold out by fellow villagers, to make money! It was not a pretty sight, and very heart wrenching.
I’ll accept that admonishment. You’re right, I went too far. I certainly don’t intend to minimize what these victims have experienced.
I think the shock of the stupidity and blatant evilness of these witchdoctors got to me. It’s an easy response to want to be sarcastic about their madness. Either way I was wrong so I apologize to anyone who saw my previous comment as callous.
Oh! I wasn’t admonishing you! I just know that I take it a little more seriously after having watched that. I had no idea that things like that still happened in this world, and to see it was very eye opening. No admonishing, I promise!!
Kalena, you’re cool, no worries
I reread what I wrote and decided that it isn’t the best attitude for me to display about this topic. And really, thank you for bringing it up so that I could notice that!
Additionally, I don’t see admonishing as either positive or negative. I think it’s the reason and means that make it good or bad.
There is nothing off limits for joking. If we stop joking, then the terrorists have already won.
Jeff-
Remember that look I gave you in the car? You are getting it now, mister!
Then I have succeeded.