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Somalis with albinism: Pelted with stones and raw eggs (www.bbc.com)

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Albinism, the ways that it is misunderstood, and how it affects the people that have it.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I read about this a few years ago and it has stuck with me ever since. They go easy beyond abuse and will kill them for their body parts for medicine and food luck charms.

LA Times Article

It feels like some people are living on a totally different planet. It's hard to imagine this stuff going on at the same time we're landing on asteroids and such.