bitterarab:

We’re so immunised to deaths of Iraqi bodies, that suicide bomber killing young children in a football stadium doesn’t warrant global outrage. Boys from the ages of 10 to 16 were being presented trophies for their talents in the sport when IS killed them. Bear in mind the importance of football in Iraq, it holds the biggest form of unity to the people of Iraq, Sunni, Shi’a, Christian, none of it matters when it comes to football. IS strategically did this at a football tournament to show that nothing is safe. These were young children killed far too early. 

It’s frightening the place that white bodies hold in times like this over brown bodies. As Teju Cole once called it, we’re ‘unmournable bodies’.

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  8. anarchocommy said: @flawless-angell I totally agree that it’s disgusting and no family should go through that and no children should die from bombs. What I mean is that it’s so fucking hard to get people to care when it’s easier to just do nothing and continue with their lives. Like getting people to take action when it’s not happening right in their backyards is difficult. Doesn’t mean I’m not trying. Just that I feel that I’m not having an impact when trying to get people to listen.
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    As an iraqie, same here!
  10. flawless-angell said: @julianocornuti But it shouldnt be, the want it to be normalised when it shouldnt. Its funny how white people sit here scream “ALL LIVES MATTER” but once we bring up exactly what the op is talking about its instantly “oh but it happens everyday there.”
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