Originally a vulnerable group, they were regarded as "commodities" to make money because of abnormal skin color.
In fact, black albinism is not a magical disease. It's the same as albinism in white and yellow people. It is because human cells lack the influence of tyrosine, which reduces the function of pigment molecules and eventually leads to whitening of skin, hair and eyes.
In other words, anyone can get this disease, but because he was born in a person with dark skin, the result of suddenly "dyeing" a piece of black into white is simply against the sky. So this makes those who discriminate against blacks completely unbearable, thus giving birth to all kinds of cruel and tyrannical means.
Of course, with the development of modern civilization, this kind of thing has been much better, but a hundred years ago, those black people who were born with albinism were almost sent to hell. Some are regarded as animals, some are killed innocently, and some are even bought and sold as commodities.
1927, Ecuador has a very famous circus: freak show. Because this circus is full of unhealthy actors. Among these people, there are two black people with albinism. They are all white, their eyes turn pale blue, and their hairstyles are unique to Africans.
They were kept in cages, performing a brutal life for the audience: eating raw meat, live chickens, snakes and other foods, and the picture was extremely bloody.
The performances of these two people have brought very high income to the circus, but unfortunately there has been no income. It turned out that they were quietly tricked into the circus because of albinism, thus forcing them to perform.
It is said that they were just children when they were tricked into the circus, one was six and the other was nine. Since then, they have lost their families and free lives.
However, these two black people are not the worst. After all, there are many races of all colors performing in the circus. When they are together, they are at least a group of people, a life that can breathe and survive.
But the fact is that when that kind of black people are particularly discriminated against, albino black people are almost completely treated as animals rather than people. The United States, in particular, is particularly keen on freak shows. As a result, more and more albino blacks are deceived, forced, or sold to circuses to become abnormal performers.
Moreover, in the United States, blacks with albinism at that time did not even have the right to have children. They think that blacks are more prone to albinism than whites, so under the banner of "protecting American racial purity", some albino blacks were sterilized.
Although this also includes people with mental illness and physical deformity, it can be seen that the albino blacks at the beginning of the last century actually lived in dire straits.
Being discriminated against is just a tragic way of life, and some patients lose their lives.
I thought all the discrimination against albino blacks was only the result of the lack of civilization, but in fact, even in today's highly developed modern civilization, albino blacks in some areas are still branded as "aliens", which makes them unable to live or die freely.
Tanzania in 2008 is a fertile ground for blacks, so we should not discriminate against and persecute our compatriots. However, a shocking and cruel case happened: a seven-month-old baby was killed by his father because he was an albino.
After the baby was killed, his body was cut into different pieces: head, legs and genitals, and then sold to local wizards. Why do wizards want these body parts? Because of their religious beliefs, they think that this child's body parts are very rare raw materials, and it will be very effective to make "lucky" with them.
Obviously, this is only an ignorant and backward superstitious behavior in the local area, but it has won the worship and trust of the local people. Therefore, albino blacks have become "commodities" in their eyes, and which one is better and which one sells with higher value is regarded as "normal" trading behavior.
Locals think that albino blacks are "different" themselves, and there must be something different about them that will make them feel lucky. For example, some places weave fishing nets with albino black hair, thinking that this will make fishermen luckier and catch more fish.
The most incredible thing is that some blacks will especially force them to have sex with albino black women. Because they believe that after having sex with such women, they can treat their own AIDS. This atrocity, which is more terrible than murder, is undoubtedly a blatant massacre of albino blacks.
It is said that in Tanzania, Burundi and other countries, albino blacks are often killed, dismembered and sold. The probability of albinism in these areas is very high. More naturally, there are more than 50 cases of albino blacks being dismembered and killed every year.
Moreover, this kind of behavior has a special black market in the local area, and they will treat the albino black bodies after being killed as commodities and sell them according to different parts. It is said that the most expensive corpse can fetch 75 thousand dollars. It is this high income that makes the life of albino blacks more uncertain.
As the saying goes, "born from the same root, why are you in such a hurry?" Such a bloody and horrible incident may be just a murder in a foreign country, but it will become naked cannibalism when it happens between people of the same kind.
Fortunately, today's world civilization has awakened many people, and this tragic event has also attracted attention from all over the world. Tanzania also broadcast the documentary "The Curse of Albinism" on 20 1 1 to support and save albinos. I only hope that those who hold up butcher knives can understand that they are only killing the lives of a vulnerable group, not "commodities".