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Can A New Ban On Witchcraft Protect The Albinos Of Tanzania?
WGBH ^ | January 16, 2015

Posted on 01/16/2015 7:51:17 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

This week, albinos and so-called witch doctors have made headlines. A number of news outlets reported that Tanzania had announced a ban on these "witch doctors" to curb attacks on people with albinism.

That made us wonder: What, exactly, is a witch doctor? And why are people with albinism under attack in Tanzania?

Roughly 1 in 1,400 Tanzanians has a rare genetic condition that results in the lack of pigment in his skin, hair or eyes. By comparison, the rate is 1 in 20,000 worldwide.

(Excerpt) Read more at wgbhnews.org ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: albinos; tanzania; witchcraft

1 posted on 01/16/2015 7:51:17 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Racist witch doctors?


2 posted on 01/16/2015 7:55:33 PM PST by sagar
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To: ConservativeStatement

They will just go underground. These people have been relying on witch doctors for so long that a ban will do nothing


3 posted on 01/16/2015 8:00:25 PM PST by doc1019 (Blue lives matter)
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To: sagar

It’s not racist if you’re white, you know!(sarc.)


4 posted on 01/16/2015 8:00:52 PM PST by toothfairy86
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“Can A New Ban On Witchcraft Protect The Albinos Of Tanzania?”

Duh! I mean does anyone even have to ask?


5 posted on 01/16/2015 8:14:14 PM PST by ifinnegan
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To: ConservativeStatement
Oldy but Goody:


6 posted on 01/16/2015 8:16:27 PM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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