Right Joe. Pertinent questions and strange dilemmas indeed. Considering the kind of "leadership" we have in Black Africa (Tony Daabaa, Robert Ayegaaf, etc), we are very far from putting a stop to abuses inflicted on Africans by institutional dudes like Maroc. Personally, I now treat racists (who are generally ignorant and intellectually myopic, whether Phd or No School) exactly the way they treat me, on a case by case basis. Good for you that you insisted on the downtown hotel. As for the so-called AU or our individual caricatures of governments, well, they simply are too dumb to even think straight about anything. Not even how best to cling on to power! So let them enjoy the Hotel Africas of the world!!
 
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Baba, we are empowered to address the racist individual or state. Morroco is one place among many others that Africans should target for boycott. I was in-transit there twice before and vowed never to use their Airline or pass through Maroc. If you take air Maroc, they have a place by the airport I call "Hotel Africa" - Atlas Hotel. That is where they will ship the Africans in-transit, that is if the police will not try to fleece them at each inch of the way with some having to spend their entire 10 or so hours at the airport. You get to the hotel it will be sometimes four or five hours of your 7 hour transit without a room and the lunch hour is madness. A white colleague hip me on where they were sent while in-transit. They were sent to a hotel downtown Casa. Since then, I refuse to lodge in Hotel Africa and insist on Downtown. I take it a notch higher and to boycott the dogone place. I will travel via Paris or Dakar, but NEVER Maroc. Africans cannot just claim to be victims and you get nothing just playing the victim. African countries, particularly French West Africa buy a lot of produce and vegies from Maroc. They can transfer their business elsewhere. Besides, why in hell shoud these African countries buy onions, oranges, garlic, carrots, etc. from elsewhere when they can produce these things cheaper and in abundance. Senegal spent the entire Ramadan period foaming about lack of onions, potatoes, carrots, etc. What is wrong with us? Senegal can produce these things cheaper than Maroc for example. They have the land and inputs to be food self sufficient, but are still stuck on complaining. Now they are leasing thousands of hectres to the Arabs to grow stuff for their populations while Senegal continue with their gift of the gab.

All these Africans in Maroc came from some where and their governments can nib this on the bud and do the same to Morrocans in their countries and hit them on their wallet - Airline, exports, etc. businesses. Unless I bend over, none can ride me! We need to stop bending over. As to the AU, if they cannot do for their own country citizens, what can they do for others, or what have they ever done? How many were elected based on what they can do for their countries? Most are there because of the tribe they belong to or took power through the barrel of the gun.

Joe  



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It is a sad fact that Black Africans are targets of racism in every white-skinned country of the world. Many Arab speaking white-skinned persons are just as racist as many Caucasians and other white-skinned peoples. One is often tempted to think "the curse of the black skin"; However, it is perhaps more appropriate to think of the curse of the racist heart and racist mind because ultimately, racism is a painful, misery-inducing disease afflicting the racist individual, not the target of racism. Thanks for sharing Fye.
 
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Yes its a fact.I stayed in Morocco for three months in 1990 on attachment with the Moroccan Tourism Board and it was hell. I even wrote to the B.C.C network Africa about my experience.
 
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Well the AU is kissing their oily behind .
Hous




On Aug 14, 2013, at 10:21 AM, Fye Samateh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

You are right brother Hous...But i wonder what the AU is doing about this...

Niamorkono...


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Husainou <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I'm not surprised for that is blacks are treated in the Arab world. I had my experience in Egypt.
Hous




On Aug 14, 2013, at 9:57 AM, Fye Samateh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

This is unbelievable dark skin African students are discriminated in Morocco..

Am disgusted
Niamorkono

19/07/2013 / MOROCCO

Casablanca landlords try to ban renting to Africans

Photo posted on Facebook and sent by one of our Observers in Casablanca.
“Renting apartments to Africans is strictly forbidden”. This message hangs in several building lobbies in Casablanca, Morocco. Some landlords have been enforcing this rule, even though it is completely illegal. Our Observer, a student from the Ivory Coast, experienced this discrimination firsthand a few months ago.
Several photos of these posters, written in both French and Arabic, have been circulating on social networks over the past few days. According to our Observers, the photos were taken in buildings in the residential Farah Essalam neighbourhood in the Oulfa area, where many students from sub-Saharan Africa live. Similar posters have also been reported in other parts of town.
While Morocco is located in northern Africa, many Moroccans don't consider themselves "Africans", a term they generally use to refer to sub-Saharan Africans.
Photo posted on Facebook and sent by one of our Observers in Casablanca.
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“The building’s apartment owners ganged up on us”

Nafissa (not her real name) is studying science in Casablanca. She is from Ivory Coast.
In 2012, three of us students were renting an apartment in the Areeda residence in the Oulfa area. As Africans, we quickly became the target of threats from residents who didn’t want to have us as neighbours.
One day, when we came home from university, we came across this poster. At first, we didn’t know it was aimed at us, but then someone translated it for us. We were really shocked.
Poster photographed at the end of 2012 by Nafissa at the Areeda residence. “It is strictly prohibited to lease apartments to Africans in this building. Signed: all the apartment owners.”
After that, we got even more threats than before. Our apartment’s landlord did everything he could to help us, but under growing pressure from the other apartment owners, he had to order us to leave, which we refused. On January 1, 2013, the police came to force us to leave. We were taken down to the police station. My friend was slapped by an officer. We still don’t know what legal basis the police acted on.
I haven’t been back to our old building since, but my friends tell me that the poster is still there. I’d like to say it’s an isolated case, but my experience makes me think otherwise. From the first day at my new apartment, the residents have been asking the landlord to kick us out. But we’ve signed a lease, which the landlord has so far refused to terminate.
Discrimination against Africans has been firmly rooted here. Not all relationships with Moroccans are this confrontational, but life is definitely more unpleasant if you’re black. Personally, I’ve had stones thrown at me on the street several times, sometimes even fruit, depending on the person’s mood.

“Having one bad experience doesn’t justify this”

Mrs Benzekri is owns an apartment at the Areeda residence, from which Nafissa was kicked out.
I can personally confirm these types of posters are in two buildings including my own, but there are probably others. I think it’s scandalous, and I’ve made this known to the building’s management. These posters are absolutely illegal. The law does not permit such discrimination. I have had African students as renters, and they’ve been great.
Some of my friends and relatives, themselves landlords, have had bad experiences with their renters and thus draw conclusions about all Africans. One of them leased an apartment to two students, who quickly divided the rooms with partition walls - without permission - and rented out space to immigrants working as street vendors. In the end, the two students left without warning, and the apartment was occupied for months by people who didn’t pay rent. So they had to bring in the police to clear them out. The neighbours also put pressure on the authorities, saying 10 people lived there, and that they made a lot of noise.
There’s always a chance of coming across bad renters, but to use this excuse to ban all Africans is just absurd. If people start thinking like this, then why not simply stop them from entering the country when they land at the airport? However, that’s not the King’s policy at all, since he is doing everything to make sure African students come to Morocco.

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Submitted by JoJoJoJo (not verified) on Sun, 21/07/2013 - 23:59.
Am I totally wrong or is Casablanca not in Africa . Therefore ALL Casablancans and all other Moroccans are Africans. They should all vacate their homes straight away
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