
THEY SAY FREE PALESTINE. THEY NEVER MENTION THE “SLAVE” NEIGHBORHOOD.
Did you know Gaza has a neighborhood commonly known as Al Abeed, literally the slave neighborhood?
It’s home to many Afro-Palestinians, descendants of Africans brought to the region through the historic Arab slave trade. Members of that community have said they’re still called abeed, slaves, as a racial slur.
Yet somehow, every conversation about oppression skips over that part.
The people demanding you memorize every criticism of Israel rarely spend five seconds talking about anti-Black racism inside Palestinian society.
Apparently, some victims are more useful than others.
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