{"id":56021,"date":"2014-07-24T06:38:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T14:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=56021"},"modified":"2014-07-24T06:38:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T14:38:39","slug":"when-will-iraqi-blacks-receive-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=56021","title":{"rendered":"When Will Iraqi Blacks Receive Justice?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why does every society shunt blacks into menial jobs or affirmative action cushy jobs? <\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/07\/23\/opinion\/will-iraqi-blacks-win-justice.html?hp&#038;action=click&#038;pgtype=Homepage&#038;module=c-column-top-span-region&#038;region=c-column-top-span-region&#038;WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&#038;_r=0\">From the NYT<\/a>: BAGHDAD \u2014 Jalal Dhiyab Thijeel was tall, funny and handsome, qualities that should have made him a popular man in Basra, Iraq, where he lived. But he was also black, one of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have been pushed to the margins of society based on their skin color&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>But as in America, abolition did not mean an end to discrimination. While a number of laws promise equality, anti-black racism in Iraq pervades everything from housing to jobs to cultural life. Blacks in Iraq are routinely called \u201cabd,\u201d meaning \u201cslave.\u201d They mostly hold menial or low-level jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why does every society shunt blacks into menial jobs or affirmative action cushy jobs? 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