Blackface in Lebanon

Three Lebanese girls dressed for Halloween as their own maids. Gratitude is not an Arab thing, it seems.

Those girls have been named and shamed, but why is Israel becoming more popular in Africa and Europe? Answering that question demands a long period of anguish and sadness from the Arab on the street, that culminates in enlightment and self-hatred of the Arab.

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Racism on Halloween

By Joey Ayyoub (Hummus for Thought)

Three very sophisticated Lebanese women clearly thought this was an appropriate costume for Halloween. After all why not? Why not dress up as black maids? It’s not like trying to dress up as Lebanon’s quasi-slaves can’t have some entertainment value. ‘Heik heik’ they’re already degraded to the level of sub-human, why not at least get a laugh?

I’m just trying to figure out what could have possibly gone through their minds, but I can’t seem to find anything remotely sensible. This is as degrading as what Life bar tried to do almost two years ago. Dehumanizing, disgraceful and just pathetic. The good news is that Filipinos didn’t seem to be the main target here. But I guess they had some black makeup around and simply had to use it, so Ethiopians and Sri Lankans were the lucky winners. I don’t know which nationality was the target here, but anyway our racists use “Sirlankyyeh” (literally: Sri Lankan woman) for all female migrant workers – No, I’m not kidding.

Now I know that it’s very likely that at least one person reading this would know who these three women are. I don’t want their names. I don’t really care. Just let them know that their faces have now gone viral.

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[Now for some senseless comments:]

I can’t really find what’s the big deal, and i never support racism acts especially in our country, but what they did is nothing of the sort! What if someone showed up as Michael Jordan or Barack Obama? Would you have the same reaction? They’re both as real as you and me; but one is a more common sighting in lebanon.

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Get a life all of you i wonder if a black person painted himself as a white guy what do you call that !!!? Just enjoy and let the others enjoy the core of it is fun not any racist point. Lebanese people got nothing except trends one day lets defend the bugs rights another day lets defend gods right you made us sick the human nature survived all these years without any rights. So please don’t show off about you’re defending this or that that won’t make you popular!!

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The writer of this article is the racist for interpreting this HALLOWEEN COSTUME in this manner. What if kobe bryant dressed like a common white lebanese and grew a mustache ? will he be interpreted as a racist for dressing like a terrorist ?? pff people like you need to jump off a cliff for spreading such unbiased hate

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It is a very normal costume, i don’t see what is the big deal about it. Stupid bloggers and people want to pretend that they care about others. I am sure in normal life they are the most racist people. Get a life bit….

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Hahahaha #shattifgood !!! Big deal get over it. Any of the haters bloggers blogging against this probably have maids as well. Take a joke, don’t dramatize it.

[Meaning described here:]

It’s basically a way of mopping that involves tossing bucketfuls of water onto the floor (usually outdoors) and sweeping or pushing out the water and all the dirt…what a hashtag, huh?

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Maybe before you talk about racism you should consider the fact that you just posted someones picture without their knowledge and permission.. I think maybe you should respect their right to privacy before you call them racists and slander them online :)

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“Three very sophisticated lebanese woman” .. AND a man (on the right).. don’t be sexist